Dates: 1491 - 1547.
Job: King of England and King of Ireland.
Famous for: Because he married six women, he to exercise absolute power among all English monarchs and the more important for he was created divorce.
Interesting: Henry VIII is know for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Henry's struggles with Rome led to the separation of the Church of England from Papal authority, the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and establishing himself as the Supreme even after his excommunication from the Catholic Church. Henry oversaw the legal union of England and Wales with the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-42.
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