Why Did King Henry VIII Execute His Wives?

Despite his long reign, King Henry VIII is remembered mainly for two things: for ruthlessly disposing his wives when they failed to give him a male child and for setting chain of events that led to England’s break with the Catholic Church and the start of the English Reformation.

But what led to these unthinkable events? The answer lies partly in the past: his father Henry VII didn’t inherit the throne, he took it forcefully on the battlefield. The Tudors were nothing more than upstarts, and King Henry VIII was acutely aware that their hold on the throne was too fragile.

It was the king’s desire for a male child that pushed him into the realms of madness. For him, no act was too unreasonable, not even the executing of his own wife.

Why Did The King Of England Execute His
Wives?