Henry VIII: Childhood
Six years after winning the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York- daughter of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV- had their third child and second son: Prince Henry. Prince Henry was born on 28th June 1491 in the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London. No one expected the royal baby to ever become king because he had an older brother- Prince Arthur, prince of Wales. But Prince Arthur passed away in 1502 from suspected sweating sickness but it may also have been typhoid. Henry grew up as the 'spare' child. Nevertheless he was spoilt rotten by his grandmother- Margaret Beaufort, who managed his education- and his mother. At the time of his birth, Henry already had two siblings- Prince Arthur and Princess Margaret (later queen of Scotland and grandmother to Mary, Queen of Scots). He also had five other siblings: Elizabeth (died aged two), Mary (lived to adulthood and married Charles Brandon after the king of France), Edmund (died aged one year ol...