Which king had a lot of wives?

King Henry VIII of England is one of history's most famous rulers, though not for his power as king. Henry VIII's fame instead lies in the number of wives that he had: six in total, though only three of them were deemed legal in the eyes of the church.
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Which king married the most times?

King Henry VIII led a very interesting life and was married six times!
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Who was the king that had 8 wives?

Henry VIII (1509-1547) is one of history's most famous monarchs. His radical political and religious upheavals reshaped the Tudor world.
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Which king had 9 wives?

King Henry VIII, To six wives he was wedded. One died, one survived, Two divorced, two beheaded.
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Who had multiple wives in the Bible?

Despite these nuances to the biblical perspective on polygamy, many important figures had more than one wife, such as in the instances of Esau (Gen 26:34; 28:6-9), Jacob (Gen 29:15-28), Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1-8), David (1 Samuel 25:39-44; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 5:13-16), and Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3).
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Who did Henry VIII love the most?

Anne Boleyn is usually stated as the woman Henry VIII loved most and that's probably correct. Yes, England separated from the Catholic Church so they could marry but there is so much more to it than that.
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Did Anne sleep with her brother?

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, had directly before been found guilty of treason. A jury declared that she had committed adultery with her brother and four other men.
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Why did Henry have so many wives?

Henry had six wives because....

He had the first wife because he was betrothed to her by his father. He had the second wife because he fell in love and also needed a legitimate male heir. He had the third wife because he still needed a male heir. He had the fourth wife because of diplomatic reasons.
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Who was the ugliest wife of Henry VIII?

Anne of Cleves has gone down in history as the ugly wife. Henry VIII was so revolted when he first clapped eyes on her that he immediately instructed his lawyers to get him out of the marriage.
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Did Henry the 8th love Catherine of Aragon?

Henry VIII's most devoted wife and queen? Why did Henry marry Katherine of Aragon? He loved her – and Spanish Katherine's powerful family also provided useful allies to the English throne. Katherine was first married to Henry's older brother, Arthur, who died soon afterwards.
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Who were Henry's six wives in order?

The six wives of King Henry VIII
  • Catherine of Aragon. Henry VIII's first wife was Catherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. ...
  • Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn became Henry's second wife after the pair married secretly in January 1533. ...
  • Jane Seymour. ...
  • Anne of Cleves. ...
  • Kathryn Howard. ...
  • Catherine Parr.
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Who had 100 wives?

Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens.
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Who had the most wives ever?

Perhaps the most well-known polygamist of all is the wise figure of King Solomon. He is believed to have had around 700 wives, and another 300 concubines, or mistresses.
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Who has the most husbands in history?

Glynn Wolfe, also known as Scotty Wolfe (July 25, 1908 – June 10, 1997), was a Baptist minister who resided in Blythe, California. He was famous for holding the record for the largest number of monogamous marriages (31). His shortest marriage lasted 19 days, and his longest lasted eleven years.
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Is queen Elizabeth related to Anne Boleyn?

Elizabeth, was born on September 7, 1533. Queen Anne fell pregnant in 1934 and 1536 but both were stillborn. Therefore, Elizabeth was the only child of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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Did Mary Boleyn sleep with the king?

So the question remains, did Mary Boleyn have an affair with King Francis I of France? There is no evidence to suggest that she did and it is most likely that the words of Rodolfo Pio are nothing more than a fabricated lie to discredit Mary and her sister Anne.
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Did Mary Boleyn have a baby with Henry VIII?

Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period of time. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the king's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either of them as he had acknowledged Henry FitzRoy, his son by another mistress, Elizabeth Blount.
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Who was king Henry's favorite wife?

Jane's sweet and charming demeanor captured Henry's heart. Married just days after her predecessor's death, she was to become Henry's favorite wife. Jane, unlike any of Henry's other wives, gave Henry the one thing he wanted most -- a son, an act that would lead to her death.
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Which of Henry VIII wives lived the longest?

Anne of Cleeves outlived every one of Henry's wives and she lived to see, and be involved with, the coronation of his first daughter, Mary I.
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How many miscarriages did Catherine of Aragon have?

Henry's first two wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, had ten pregnancies between them from 1509 to 1519 and from 1533 to 1536, respectively, but six resulted in miscarriage. Henry's first son, Prince Henry, who was born in 1511, lived less than two months (see Table 1).
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How many wives did Noah have?

17) names Noah's wife as Phiapphara, Shem's as Parsia, Ham's as Cataphua, and Japheth's as Fura. Another (fol.
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How many wives did Abraham have?

According to one view, Abraham remarried after the death of Sarah and had a total of three wives: Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah. Another tradition identifies Keturah with Hagar, and thus Abraham married only twice. Each of these views finds Scriptural support for its position: the three-wife opinion relies on Gen.
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How many wives and concubines did king Solomon have?

They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.
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