Henry VIII's Reign Was Crazier Than You Think

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It's always a good day whenever Weird History uploads

[@hobbs12cats]

Martinsville!

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Martinsville!

[@edenisburning]

Everyday is a good day?

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With the OG voice

[@ridureyu]

That accident - being thrown off a horse - resulted in a severe head injury and a massive shift in his personality. Apparently, Henry VIII was a pretty good guy before he hit brain-damaged.

[@tarakennedy707]

Yes I think so. It's interesting to look at his actions before and after the accident.

[@LKMNOP]

Actually, if you read histories of him you will see that all is tendencies were there even when he was young. And there's no contemporary evidence that he had massive brain damage. He was unconscious for a minute or maybe two. That was it.

[@roseprevost8081]

Watch Inside the Body of Henry VIII. They recreate the accident, and surmise he only survived because he was wearing full armor. nd that wasn't the only accident. He was also hit just above the eye with a lance while jousting.

[@prettypuff1]

@@roseprevost8081 yeah I thought he was jousting as well. Which he was specifically told not to do ( with good reason)

[@missyouwish88]

Yeah, he basically got frontal lobe damage, which is the same brain damage US football players can get

[@roseprevost8081]

I'm actually currently reading Alison Weir's book, Henry VIII The King and His Court. He wanted Anne gone because she didn't give him a son, the same reason he married 6 times. The one wife who did, Jane Seymour, died after childbirth.

[@blindbookworm8019]

Hey, is it good. I just reviewed a book on my channel about the British monarchy. When it got to the Tudors, It was filled with many errors. I always see that book in my recommended I’ve liked most of her books. The only one I really didn’t like was the book Lancaster and York. I just couldn’t get into it.

[@NewMessage]

He seems like the kind of guy who would behead someone for calling him 'idiosyncratic'.

[@jennifer_m.8613]

Kind of like Trump

[@lindacoolbaugh962]

I'm so fascinated by The Tudor Dynasty.Thank you for another video on Henry the VIII and I did see SIX in London and I liked it!

[@PatrickDowdle]

7000 pounds for Hanks Christmas feast in 1509 is worth 12,600,000 pounds in todays money, give or take a few thousand . Thats one hell of a feast

[@Hailey-mx4kc]

😮😮😮

[@rebeccablackburn9487]

Henry the 8th blew more money on one christmas party than his father did his entire reign!!😮

[@some_random_loser]

9:20 basically Anne Boleyn telling everyone to fuck off in the most passive-aggressive way

[@miamidolphinsfan]

in your intro you said Henry VIII reigned over the United Kingdom -- not so fast....Scotland & England remained separate kingdoms until 1707....over 150 years after Henry's death. The Stuart dynasty ruled Scotland until James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne in 1603, but the formal union of the kingdoms was under Queen Anne,

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! A very unique and fascinating history!

[@TheStickCollector]

It would be cool if they taught us these things about him. Would make his life more interesting to learn about and even relate to if needed.

[@LKMNOP]

This many interesting things about history that they don't teach you because if they did your course would last years and you would complain about that. And this video does have inaccuracies by the way.

[@hgodvilla00]

Weird History, wrong at the start. Henry ruled England only, not the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Scotland and England came about in 1603, and later on, formalized in the early 17th century during the reign of Queen Anne.

[@yesitcanspeak]

When in the 17th century?

[@btetschner]

2:44 When I was a student at Burwell Public School, we had that type of scale in our bathroom.

[@btetschner]

1:37 I had Chicken à la King on Stephen King's birthday.

[@yesitcanspeak]

KZbin gave me a survey for your comment. I did not know KZbin does that. I was asked to rate your comment from terrible to great and then asked why.

[@Parso77]

Henry, of course, did not preside over the United Kingdom but rather specifically over *England* (though of course that effectively included Wales and he also claimed Ireland and France, as you do).

[@btetschner]

3:18 The kid in the image reminds me of the "Knight In Shining Armor" in the music video "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)" by Katy Perry! That is one of my favorite music videos of all time!

[@everyrose2]

Could you please do an episode on the history of the use of mercury as medicine and how it mentally affected people? Thank you.

[@helgabutz8232]

Interesting, funny, easy to understand even for non native speakers, I love your videos!

[@thepoolteam9339]

The weirdest part of this “history” is that Henry VIII managed to rule the United Kingdom considering it wasn’t united until 1707.

[@maxmetodiev641]

It wasn't even known as the UK until 1801

[@Useruwydhdbwkdjwj]

Imagine living on a island and you still aren’t a developed enough nation to unite

[@garymarcera7452]

He ruled over England and Wales only because Scotland was still independent at the time.

[@blindbookworm8019]

LOL!! That’s funny that they made that mistake. Haha!

[@kinglionkayce]

There was no UK in his day.

[@spontaneous_kat]

LOVE the Six reference💜

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okay frank ocean reference THINK ABT IT HANKKKKK

[@JohnSmith-zr3yz]

Please do Peter the Great! The Beard Tax! The undercover ship builder!

[@davidboysel4509]

Hell yeah great suggestion 😊

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 👑

[@twiley3530]

Second, lol! Henry was unbelievable!

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Frank Ocean mentioned

[@Karl.Jayce-DE]

i love you Tom, love from Germany

[@SallyKohorst]

Yes he was nuts so thanks for more story.

[@garycarpenter6433]

I'd love to see a video on Nostradamus and his predictions

[@christinalahey327]

You could do a video on Queen Mary I of England.

[@MuradSundilah]

Wow amazing ❤🎉🎉

[@NealKlein]

Always use Alison Weir as a reference for Henry VIII. Her books are brilliant.

[@btetschner]

I am going to watch the videos: x Everything You Didn't Need To Know About Henry VII's Ulcerated Leg x Craziest Moments from Anne Boleyn and Henry VII's Relationship x Strange Facts That You Didn't Know About Henry VIII

[@Cam-jv7qy]

Old King Henry. He made England into what it is today.

[@onlylove556]

I remember watching the wrestling match on Showtimes Tudors

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2 more for the wrestling hall of fame

[@jaydedjen110]

There's no way in hell Henry wasn't diabetic with how much crap he ate. I can't have a cookie without it spiking my blood sugar to 300.

[@clare5687]

Well that’s a prob lol

[@LKMNOP]

Not everybody gets diabetes from what they eat. You were just unlucky.

[@derekfuiten204]

I've been drinking 6 to 8 Cokes a day for my entire adult life (I'm 41) and I've never had any issues. I eat ALL the garbage and my blood sugar is always 120.

[@257796]

His worst deed is and always will be the codpieces

[@blindbookworm8019]

On my channel, I just reviewed a book about the British monarchy. Well, when it got to the Tudors, there were several errors. And that’s saying something because it wasn’t that long of a book. I ranted a lot haha.

[@HappyBirthdayRoboto]

So no explanation how Adam Driver was in the thumbnail?

[@barryleslie7727]

What is the music at the start of this video

[@PizzaGuy2001]

2006 coming soon

[@gobbsmacked9777]

My great, great, great, etc. grandmother was Mary Boleyn . . . word on the street is that Hank may have fathered her children . . . to this day, his eating habits are alive and well in our family.

[@MaryamKhan-el2ju]

Waooo its really good

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Just for the record, Henry was never a Protestant. He did, indeed, break with Rome, but under his Six Articles of 1539, Catholic doctrine was reaffirmed, with denial of the Catholic doctrine of Transubstantiation being punishable by burning at the stake. Whilst he leaned more toward Protestantism later in his reign, he lived and died a Catholic, a bad Catholic, but still a Catholic.

[@charliesgrumma5388]

*"In days of olde when knights were bold, and toilets were not yet invented; one left his load upon the road and walked away contented."*

[@JackPoppy]

Man, this guy's loins are on fire!

[@Theamericanvillian]

Sami zayn done made Weird History

[@PatrickDowdle]

Ol Hank the 8th loved his " Boom Boom " If he was around today you would have had a hard time , getting him out of Bangkok

[@ScottSummers-m5l]

King Henry the 8th looks like Count Dankula.

[@adamblack4214]

First, that guy up there don't know

[@kinglionkayce]

Most of this is just pure American ideas of Henry VIII

[@RaymondHerwig]

I was hoping for the next installment of Timeline: 2006, but this will suffice. For now...

[@TysonGould-td2wh]

The Lady or Lady in the middle ages meant princess or blood Royale

[@evilscorpio1981]

Can you do a video about King Louis xiii

[@SquatchStomper]

Hank, the conquerer of buffets.

[@TysonGould-td2wh]

I am the direct descendant and Heir of John CRUSADER Gold & The Lady Matilda of Somerset. House of Gould Son & Campbell

[@btetschner]

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! Eating Pumpkin Spice Cheerios*†...while watching this Weird History video! * Inspired by the Weird History video "Why The 80s was the Golden Age for Sugary Cereal" † It's fall cereal!

[@skyden24195]

What do I think? I think King Henry VIII's tendency for executing wives is exaggerated. Only two of the six wives were executed, and they were executed, for the most part (if not all,) on false accusations and evidence obtained and charged by members of Henry's court. How much of these fabrications Henry VIII actually knew about is debatable, but the fact of the matter is, Henry VIII was no more of a wife-beat-- er ---killer than (unfortunately) too many other husbands (royal or not) have been throughout history. (edit: word omission)

[@mikenixon2401]

I recently read a neuro-scientific report that claimed much of Henry VIII odd and erratic behavior may have been related to head injuries he experienced as a youth and young man. I'm open to reasonable thoughts, just no trollist replies by those wanting to display their ignorance.

[@MovieFan1912]

Any chance those injuries had to do with jousting?

[@TysonGould-td2wh]

Henry he 8th looks like my dad haha

[@georgedonnellan36]

Yuk. His diet consisted of Swans, and Peacocks..!!??

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

Where did he say that? No. Those birds were more for special festive occasions. But his diet was very meat-heavy. Think roast venison, beef, goose, meat pies etc.

[@ivareskesner2019]

The insane thing is that we still have kings and queens...who some people actually take seriously and consider real kings and queens...

[@Monster-yw5od]

Just like people take Trump as a real president 😂

[@timthegem]

@@Monster-yw5od Those people also think he's a Christian even though he's incapable of leading a single prayer. He normally stands there in stonefaced silence while others are praying.

[@ivareskesner2019]

@Monster-yw5od Trump is not a current president, though...so nobody takes him as a president

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​@Monster-yw5od he is the best president america has ever had and will win again 💯🙌🥳👊🫡

[@LKMNOP]

​@@Monster-yw5odGood one!

[@missyouwish88]

Don't bother scrolling the comments, guys. It's just a bunch of nitpicky "Well, actually...." stick-in-the muds 🙄

[@murmursmeglos]

Ironically Henry's barmy ways allowed England to redefine its monarchy in its own image, breaking away from Rome meant the king/queen had to answer to the people and didn't have the Pope as back-up to support anything they did. It became a constitutional monarchy while other countries descended into absolute monarchs. He set England on the path to becoming a formidable presence, though perhaps his daughter Liz 1 deserves more credit for making the best of these developments. It led to the Bible being translated into English, not just Latin. You could even credit him with creating America, as his religious changes created numerous religious groups, including Puritans.

[@patrickgerardphotography]

Funny that you're playing "ma vlast" while talking about Henry the 8th. One is British and one is Czech...

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Vlad Tepes Leopold George and Charlotte Tsarina Catherine

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Bloodthirsty tyrant.😮

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2nd 👋

[@cheaplife2320]

He didn’t rule over the United Kingdom the act of Union wouldn’t exist for another 2 centuries 🙄🙄🙄

[@robviousobviously5757]

just found out Anne of Cleve is related to my wife's ancestors.. lol...

[@mallakilord5158]

These dad jokes are so baddd it’s hard to watch these videos. Just give us the info. We’ll stay loyal.

[@LKMNOP]

Your videos would be so much more interesting if you kept your facts straight. There's many inaccuracies in this one.

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Here’s the Voice 😊👍🏼🤗👏🏼!

[@btetschner]

First

[@darrellashby1093]

So why did he want his wife executed? Just tired of her or something

[@tarakennedy707]

She didn't give him a male heir. The first one anyway. The second one was for infidelity.

[@acerimmer8338]

@@tarakennedy707 Infidelity, and also couldn't give him a male heir. Anne had multiple stillbirths.

[@ferociousgumby]

Actually, by today's standards he was pretty slim.

[@doc3087]

You lost my sub with "clapback"

[@sOpsycotiCdoll]

In Costa Rica, there's a national hero named Juan Santamaría, and it's said he never existed... I'll leave it there. 🪬

[@uprebel5150]

Henry VIII asked Martin Luther for the right to divorce one of his wives which Luther declined. Henry VIII said that he would convert the Church of England to Lutheranism too. But nope.

[@leddielive]

What utter bollocks! 😂🤣😂

[@PatrickDowdle]

One thing about Henry VIII was , he sure made certain some of his ex wives never got greedy, when it came to a divorce settlement

[@jeffersonott4357]

Do you mean cause he murdered them?😂😂

[@kellychuang8373]

Can say really interesting and sorry if I get this skipped but have problems with time and all the inflation and other troubles happening now. Can't always be aware like a lot of people now.

[@Troyyy94]

This guy is the reason I come to this channel, not the other guys

[@kunalroy2496]

Again Henry😢 2018 already you made the mistake