Henry VIII's grave

[NicolaWriter]

Like him or not,King Henry VIII made history. After all,we are still debating about him over five centuries later. Without him,16th century England would have been a boring place and there would be no Elizabeth or Mary or all the drama we so LOVE to debate about. He did what he wanted and didn't give a damn. Elizabeth was more like him than her mother by a long stretch.

[itskayleighbaby]

i hate him

[mckfrr]

So, this is where the monster sleeps.

[Fishheadmama]

Since I'll likely never make to England to visit his tomb, I'll just speak my piece here and now. Henry what you did to Anne Boleyn was just plain wrong!!! she was as innocent as they come as her only "sin"(?) was her failure to provide your sorry ass with an heir, you Bastard!!!! shame on you!!!shame-shame-shame!!! if I should run into you in Hell i'll make your eternity miserable, you sorry son of a bitch!!!nyaaaaaaa!

[LadyofCleves65]

@Fishheadmama This all happened way back in the 1500's you seem to carry a lot of hatred for a man who has been dead for so many years. Get a book an read life from his point of view. There are two sides to every story. No Anne should not have been beheaded but she was no saint, she and her family were only interested in what they could get from Henry.

[Dolphindream15]

ok Im confused king henerys remains are in the floor where that plaque is what was that fancy thing in the middle of the room was that a grave too,,

[TheEsthergirl]

King Henry V111's father was cheap. Henry grew up living in shoddy clothes and hardly enough logs to put on the fire to keep warm in winter. I don't blame him one bit for trying to outdo his cheapo father.

[philipatoz]

One can almost hear what must have been Henry's thought process: "Hmmm, I want a divorce to marry another - Pope won't have it. Much of my own money as well as that of England is flowing to Rome and the Pope - such a shame. I've got it - I'll screw the Pope, make myself head of the church, tithes will flow into my own church's coffers and I'll be able to divorce, remarry and do precisely as I so desire. Very pragmatic, Henry was!

[6digit]

good for him he suffered a lot after he killed his own wives,killed his own men, Henry feels a lot of pain from his feet up to his head ...!

[beandean23]

easy way to remember the 6 wives of Henry the 8th. Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.

[JiminPalmSprings]

Henry would probably barf if he knew the kind of grave he wound up compared with his son and more magnificently of course his daughter's....

[lizontopoftheworld]

would someone be kind enough to explain to me who admiral Nelson is and why he is placed in Henry VIII's sarcophagus?? would greatly appreciate it

[Brace67]

@lizontopoftheworld Horiatio Viscount Nelson was England's greatest admiral. In his day, which comprised the late 18th and early 19th centuries, he fought England's sea battles against its greatest enemy at the time, France. In October, 1805 the British fleet won a great victory against the combined fleets of France and her ally Spain at The Battle Of Trafalger, however Nelson was killed. He was given a state funeral and the available marble sarcophagus from Henry VIII's time was used for him.

[lizontopoftheworld]

@Brace67 thank you so much! :D i find it really interesting that Nelson came a few centuries after henry yet was still placed in his marble sarcophagus.

[melissah666]

haha yhea he was a greedy old man his own duaghter ruled with out a king! and that duaghter was elisabeth and she is daughter ann bolyen my favorite wife out of all of them i hated jane for stealing king henry and king henry had karma comin back to him when he killed her haha!

[regszikora]

What is not shown here is that Henry VIII is buried along side Charles I. So one could say the King beheader and the King beheaded lay side by side!!!! along with Queen Jane Seymour, who managed to keep her head.

[6teddy6bear6]

thats watchya get for being a power hungry sexist asshole

[kathCT]

Henry VIII only got a marble floor slap....ha ha....KARMA IS A B*TCH!

[VictoriasRoses]

I sent this to my friend in England she cannot watch it. She said it says something like "not available in your country." Why?

[Kedorlaomerist]

Yeah, its funny how everyone claims to not like King Henry, but, really what other King inspires so much interesting as King Henry the V111. None.LOL

[berryperson20]

Which Queen Anne?

[Miserlymom]

@berryperson20 Queen Anne Boleyn-She was the second wife to King Henry VIII

[TudorRose85]

What happend to Henry was karma. He didn't even deserve a marble slab. I feel bad for Jane Seymour being buried next to that evil pig.

[deloufu]

What was this piece from? Second is it on DVD?

[LilChuckyWoodenHead]

No.... he killed because he enjoyed holding the people in udder terror. That made him even more powerful. In the case of this monster an assassin would not have been a bad solution. He did however suffer awfully before his death and it was well deserved. England suffered under that slob's rule.

[mystbloodshead]

@LilChuckyWoodenHead It seemed that when it came to Henry he thought it easier to be feared than loved. But if you look now with all the dramatic changes that he made and started in England most people love the drama that is King Henry VIII hence why "The Tudors" was made and put on TV. I know he made me have a different outlook on history and now I cant get enough (Brittish History not my own though).

[tieskewieske]

@balthasarEF the song is Alma Redemptoris (feat. Damian Thompson) by Philip Sheppard

[aniajast]

I love David Starkey.He is a '' king of Tudor history''...

I hope so that I will go to the Windsor and see this amazing chapel...

[proletariat239]

are you guys on crack, if it wasn't for Henry Viii we would all be pedophilic sex slaves for catholicism by now.

furthermore all you gold digging bitches adn annulment chasing men would be excommunicated and possibly beheaded for wanting a divorce.

the boelyns got what was coming and cromwell had a bone to pick with the tudors over his forefather being beheaded while in office as chancellor to henry Viii.

henry was a selfish monarch, he was also a catalyst for modern rights and appeals.

[squidgetpj92]

balthasar I think its Regina Caeli..i'm not sure tho...i know its a gregorian chant of some sort

[kathCT]

I call Henry's getting a slab of marble as a tomb KARMA!!!

[VictoriasRoses]

After Henry ruined the monestary and killed monks look where it got him. He was one of the most evil of men.

Lord Nelson was a far greater man!

[balthasarEF]

I wish I knew the name of the music that is played in the background.

[anursewhocares]

King Henry I believe to be a very evil person in general. He murders his wifes one by one because of his lust and wanting a son to carry on. He was Fat, and ugly to boot!!! Religous?...thats to funny being he murdered his wifes....he was a hipicrit and evil king!!!!

[mmmmmvodka]

@anursewhocares

Well, technically he killed one because he wanted a son. Only two wives were beheaded. Two divorced. And one died due to complications. The last one was lucky because he died first. HAHAHA!

But yeah. He was a greedy old man who didn't think Queens could rule the country. Oh how wrong he was.

[jonjames1986]

@mmmmmvodka One reason he wanted a son was because the lack of a male heir led to his father becoming king after the War of the Roses, and he didn't want the country thrown into civil war.

[burnley5960]

@mmmmmvodka And how his daughter was one of the very best leaders ever

[tony3918]

@mmmmmvodka I kno rite

The daughter he put last to the succession

BECAME THE GREATEST RULER OF ALL TIME

[telamon2011]

@mmmmmvodka

Actually, Anne of Cleves outlived both Henry AND Catherine Parr.

[mmmmmvodka]

@telamon2011 Anne of Cleves were part of the two women that were divorced. I didn't say anything about any of his wives outliving any of his other wives. Catherine Parr was lucky because the king died first.

[telamon2011]

@mmmmmvodka

True, but she had to live with him in his most repulsive state for four and a half years, and was nearly executed because of her ardent Protestantism. Anne of Cleves only had to endure six months with Henry, and most of the time never even shared a bed or even an entire bedroom with him.

[astrofabio68]

@mmmmmvodka and anybody say bloody Henry just because a man

[TheEsthergirl]

@mmmmmvodka Henry V111 didn't have Anne Boleyn beheaded just because she didn't have a son. He found out that Anne was adulterous and he believed she was poisoning his family. He believed that she bewitched him. She used him for her own gain and drove him nuts. While that is no reason to kill someone in those days doing harm to a King was treason. A really good book "The Autobiography of Henry V111, with notes by Will his fool written by Margaret George will give you a different view of Henry.

[mmmmmvodka]

@TheEsthergirl The fact that he had several wives said enough about him already. I personally think that if Anne had a son, things would have been different. Way different. Luckily, England was MEANT to have Queen Elizabeth.

[sweetheart2109]

@TheEsthergirl Okay way wrong dude. Anne Boleyn cheating was made up by Lady Rochford mainly because of jealously however Katherine Howard was the one who actually cheated on Henry. That Jane Parker (lady Rochford) was bitch. Henry used that excuse to get rid of Anne in order to Jane Seymour.

[anida1402]

amazing! - i would have thought he would have made himself the flashiest 'funkiest' expensive gold sarcophagus everywhere.

but the body of another lyeth inside a plain sarcophagus!

[fleurgi]

"out doing his fathers tomb" seriously that should have been the last thing on his mind

[uk318]

as always entertaining and informative you'r videos are great when you'r watching the toudors with them.

[severyn1982]

defacing tombs is wrong..who knows what it might have looked like?

[mysticmagic4760]

Great video.

[lookinglass123]

Thanks for uploading this!!!

I didn't know know very much of this and I missed the final episode of Mind of a tyrant - I assume this was the finale?

What do you think Starkey means 'we are all made in Henry's image'

[ridzz]

i think he means that England's (and by extention, Britain's) character and all its intricate traditions are what as Henry wanted it to be. In a sense, it reflects what was visioned by Henry.. Not his image as a person per se.

[lookinglass123]

Mmm...I appreciate that, I assume it kind of meant his social/political vision. Deffo not his personal image.

Starkey doesn't elaborate, you know...he just says 'image'

[ridzz]

definitely not his physical image, i imagine..! lol!

but yeah.. i hadn't really thought about what Starkey said about "Henry's image" until i read ur comment.. But it does makes sense in a way..

[lookinglass123]

Haha. Yeah - I kind of agree with you, I just can't put my finger exactly on why.