Educación Secundaria para Personas Adultas 2módulo - aulAragon

Unit 2: Life events
● DATES ⇒ Learn this rule:
• We write 23 rd December or December 23 rd
• We say the twenty-third of December or December the twenty-third
● ACTIVITY. Write these dates:
12/1
1/12
23/3/1953
20/4/2007
31/5/1839
Understand
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HENRY VIII
Henry VIII is one of the most famous kings of England. He was born on June
28,1491. He was the second king of the House of Tudor . Henry was very
intelligent. He spoke many languages and he liked sports. He wrote books and
music too.
Henry VIII became king at the age of eighteen. King Henry VIII won many wars.
The Pope gave him the title Defender of the Faith", but later he split from the
Catholic Church and established the Church of England because the Pope didn't
let him divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon (Mary I's mother). He annexed
Wales into Britain, creating a unified nation.
Henry is probably more famous because he had six wives. When Catherine of
Aragon did not give him a living son, he sought to divorce her. After Henry split
with the Church and divorced her, he married Anne Boleyn. Anne was the mother of Elizabeth I, queen
of England for many years. Anne Boleyn was beheaded. Henry next married Jane Seymour. Jane died
while giving birth to Henry's only son, Edward VI. His son took the throne at the age of nine and ruled
England until he died at the age of sixteen. Henry's next wife was Anne of Cleves. He married her as a
political alliance but divorced her immediately : he thought she was very ugly... His next wife, Catherine
Howard, was beheaded when Henry found she was interested in another man. His last wife, Catherine
Parr, outlived King Henry.
King Henry VIII died on January 28, 1547 at the age of 56. He was buried at Windsor Castle next to his
third wife, Jane Seymour.
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