King Henry VIII Vs. The Catholic Chruch

King Henry VIII was born on June 28th 1491 in London, England. He was the son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. King Henry VIII was most famous for having six wives. The reason he's so famous for that is because back then with the Catholic religion, divorce wasn't aloud. The first of his six wives was Catherine of Aragon. The pope didn't like the idea of the marriage, because Catherine was Henry VIII's brothers widow, but Henry and Catherine got married anyway. This is where his coexistence problem kicks in. Catherine couldn't give him a son, and he wanted a son to be his heir because no woman had been the heir to a throne in England yet. King Henry was so upset with the fact he couldn't have a son with Catherine, he went to the pope and asked him to allow a divorce, the pope wouldn't allow it. King Henry got so mad that he dropped from the catholic church. Many people were upset about his drop from the catholic church, but he didn't care, he wanted a divorce and in the end that's what he got. King Henry got his divorce from Catherine of Aragon on May 23rd 1533.