Henry VIII

Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 - January 28, 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from April 22, 1509 until his death. It was the second monarch of the Tudor house, a descendant of his father, Henry VII. Famous for being married six times, to exercise absolute power among all English monarchs. Among the most notable events of his reign, including his break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its establishment as head of the Church of England (Anglican Church), the dissolution of the monasteries, and the union of England and Wales.It also enacted important legislation, like the several acts of separation with the Church of Rome, to his appointment as supreme head of the Church of England, the Union Acts of 1535 and 1542, which united England and Wales as one nation, the Buggery Act of 1533, the first sodomy law in Britain, the Witchcraft Act of 1542, which punished by death protection provided to brujería.La German painter Hans Holbein resulted in a formidable series of portraits and drawings to color, which effigies many characters of the Court at that time. Emphasizes the effigy of Henry VIII himself.