So I took the art history classes they had at school these past few semesters and I honestly had so much fun and it makes me very sad to know that I won’t be able to take any more for I am graduating this Summer, however, someone that we learned about a little bit that caught my attention was King Henry VIII. If you don’t know about him, he is known for his six wives and their rhyme of: Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. Yes, he did other things, things that he would have most likely been known for if it weren’t for his many wives. I personally only know about the wives because there is a musical called Six Wives that tell the general tale about the girls that had to deal with him. I’m sure during his era most of his actions were normal, but it’s still wild that he ended up with six wives as well as hundreds of mistresses if I am correct. I know there is apparently a television show about him on Netflix but I don’t think it’s too accurate- however most history isn’t accurate when it comes to royalty. If there was one thing that I learned, is that this might not even be what Henry looked like. When it came to painters, they had to please the commissioner, if not they could be beheaded for making them look ugly. Small bends in the truth is a big change to history if you ask me. Nonetheless, his story that we know of is interesting with his six wives.

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