Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "Why Did The King Of England Execute His Wives?" video.

  1. 1:07 - Producing a son was especially important for Henry since he didn't have any other close male relatives (brothers, nephews, male first cousins) to fall back on; his only living relatives closer than at least the third-cousin point were his two sisters.
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  2. 3:20 - Thinking about it, I'm actually a bit surprised that Henry didn't arrange for Catherine to have an "unfortunate accident" to clear the way for him to marry Anne.
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  3. 1:15 - Not all of Henry and Catherine #1's sons were stillborn or miscarried. They did have one live-born son, Henry, born on 1 January 1511 (what we would call New Year's Day today, but the year started in March back then rather than January), who lived for seven-and-a-half weeks before dying in late February.
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