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We don’t know for sure how different Henry the VIII’s wives’ lives would have been had they not married him, but it seems safe to say they would have preferred to avoid being beheaded. These portraits make it pretty clear that he had a type; why haven’t we classified him as a serial killer yet?
Although he only beheaded two of them, heartbreak and terror were commonplace if you married him. His constant infidelity meant that his biographies were filled with the tragic stories of the women he was married to. Of course, it was always their fault for not producing a male heir. Clearly, it had nothing whatsoever to do with him…