Divine Right of Kings

GOD says who should be King or Queen

Power given by GOD

Follows rule / law of GOD

Henry VIII – TUTOR – 6 wives

#1 - Catherine of AragonMarried to Henry’s brother who died then married Henry VIII Married 1509 - 1533 (Divorced) ---had a daughter Mary

Henry VIII – TUTOR – 6 wives

#1 - Catherine of Aragon (Divorced) ---Mary

#2 – Ann Boylen married 1533 – 1536 (Executed) – had a daughter Elizabeth

Henry VIII – TUTOR – 6 wives

#1 - Catherine of Aragon (Divorced) ---Mary#2 – Ann Boylen (Executed) – Elizabeth

#3 – Jane Seymour married 24 hours after Ann executed 1536 – 1537 (died)Had a son Edward

Died in childbirth / buried with Henry VIII

Henry VIII – TUTOR – 6 wives

#1 - Catherine of Aragon (Divorced) ---Mary#2 – Ann Boylen (Executed) – Elizabeth#3 – Jane Seymour (died)

#4 – Anne of Cleves married January – July 1540 Not attractive / no children (divorced)

Henry VIII – TUTOR – 6 wives

#1 - Catherine of Aragon (Divorced) ---Mary#2 – Ann Boylen (Executed) – Elizabeth#3 – Jane Seymour (died)#4 – Anne of Cleves (divorced)

#5 – Kathryn Howard married 1540 – 1542 She was 19 / Henry was 49She cheated / he had her executed

Henry VIII – TUTOR – 6 wives

#1 - Catherine of Aragon (Divorced) ---Mary#2 – Ann Boylen (Executed) – Elizabeth#3 – Jane Seymour (died)#4 – Anne of Cleves (divorced)#5 – Kathryn Howard (executed)

#6 – Katherine Parr married 1543 – 1547 (widowed)

Henry VIII – TUTOR – 6 wives

#6 – Katherine Parr married 1543 – 1547 (widowed)

She married Thomas Seymour (brother of Jane Seymour) – caught Princess Elizabeth in bed with her husband, Elizabeth sent away…

Edward VI

Protestant ProtestantCatholic

Mary – Bloody Mary Elizabeth I

Mary

Connection to Today

Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary

Father – Henry VIII Tudor

Mother – Ann Boleyn (Henry’s 2nd Wife – beheaded when Elizabeth was 3 years old)

Globe Theatre

Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

• 1606 – Macbeth – 1st performed

Guy Fawkes

Symbol of Occupy Wall Street

November 5, 1605 – Gunpowder Plot

3 Witches

Shakespeare’s Titles

Ides of March

(Julius Caesar)

Shakespeare’s Titles

Ides of March

(Julius Caesar)

Shakespeare’s Titles

Ides of March

(Julius Caesar)

Shakespeare’s Titles

Ides of March

(Julius Caesar)