Strange Facts That You Didn't Know About Henry VIII

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  • Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
  • King Henry VIII might be known as a bad husband with a hot temper who straight beheaded a couple of his wives. But he was also a surprisingly talented musician and was an animal lover. Henry was a complicated man.
    Today, we’re going to talk about some strange facts that you didn’t know about Henry VIII.
    #KingHenryVIII #BritishRoyals #WeirdHistory
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  • @WeirdHistory
    @WeirdHistory  4 роки тому +886

    What is your best or worst thing you've learned about a royal?

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 4 роки тому +75

      Learning how all that stuff in Braveheart about Robert The Bruce was complete bs. He was a good man and a good King.

    • @Spazzycat14
      @Spazzycat14 4 роки тому +167

      I learned that Prince Andrew was involved with Jeffrey Epstein.

    • @bizzl187
      @bizzl187 4 роки тому +19

      Nice Hermans hermits throw back lol!

    • @DeafLord18
      @DeafLord18 4 роки тому +50

      Nothing about a individual but learning about how bad the defects got with trying to keep the blood pure. Absolutely insane and these barely held together peeps ran empires.

    • @thegirlwiththedarkcherryha1929
      @thegirlwiththedarkcherryha1929 4 роки тому +34

      One of the scandalous thing I ever heard about one of the current Kings in my country is one of them is addicted to ICE (some sort of drug) and he had to go to rehab and there he met a Russian woman and fell in love, got married secretly (we found out about it eventually), she got pregnant, and then he divorced her (when she was still pregnant) lol

  • @theangelbelow88
    @theangelbelow88 4 роки тому +5364

    *Henry sees random girl on the street*
    "I think she'll beheading my way 😏"

    • @JEJS
      @JEJS 4 роки тому +128

      Oh. my. god. Stoooooooppp ittttt

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 4 роки тому +40

      Lol

    • @bilindalaw-morley161
      @bilindalaw-morley161 4 роки тому +105

      Hellorhighwater88 thank you. I’ve had a bad day, can’t sleep because of pain, and yet you made me laugh out loud. Genuine lol.

    • @lorrie9462
      @lorrie9462 4 роки тому +17

      Thank you

    • @harrypottah5237
      @harrypottah5237 4 роки тому +16

      Oh hell noooo

  • @cindymorose6673
    @cindymorose6673 4 роки тому +2462

    Not to mention that smelly wound on his leg that never healed, probably due to diabetes.

    • @kaitdean7188
      @kaitdean7188 4 роки тому +146

      Cindy Morose or gout the “kings disease”

    • @cindymorose6673
      @cindymorose6673 4 роки тому +72

      Kate Dean I didn’t know so many of them died from gout. 😵

    • @idk-ch7hj
      @idk-ch7hj 4 роки тому +18

      Kate Dean you can die from gout???

    • @adamfletcher6032
      @adamfletcher6032 4 роки тому +166

      Regina George you could die from everything in 16th century England because they believed effective herbal medicine was sinful 💀

    • @susanmaryn9236
      @susanmaryn9236 4 роки тому +5

      Cindy Morose sounds like peripheral vascular disease

  • @AnlStarDestroyer
    @AnlStarDestroyer 4 роки тому +2645

    My family is actually descended from one of his illegimate sons, Richard Edwardes. One of the coolest things I've found in my family tree

    • @maryelizabethbowman8432
      @maryelizabethbowman8432 4 роки тому +307

      He was a murderous, batshit crazy monarch. He ain't much.

    • @BR0984
      @BR0984 4 роки тому +66

      Andrew Edwards nice

    • @JustinAbroad
      @JustinAbroad 4 роки тому +337

      My ancestor was a French translator for George Washington. That's the only thing exciting in my family tree

    • @projectboy5409
      @projectboy5409 4 роки тому +209

      @Shaise Kindering My family is a decedent of Anne boleyns family. Not much.

    • @unknownlyn750
      @unknownlyn750 4 роки тому +97

      Projectboy how is that not much. Anne Boleyn is like the most hated and liked figure!!! And you have a musical with her and a series?!?

  • @oogaboogashooga880
    @oogaboogashooga880 4 роки тому +302

    “U up?” KILLED ME 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 just like poor Ann Boleyn.....🥴

    • @nicholasbullenwwe6842
      @nicholasbullenwwe6842 4 роки тому +1

      TheBitch IsBack she is my ancestor no joke

    • @andresramirez8948
      @andresramirez8948 4 роки тому +10

      Imagine if Henry had internet back then 😅

    • @reynhacoezy5510
      @reynhacoezy5510 4 роки тому +4

      Andres Ramirez
      OH GOD .

    • @BBK83
      @BBK83 4 роки тому +4

      @@andresramirez8948 I'm cracking up at the text "u up??" he'd totally do that too if they had texting then 🤣 he'd find his next wife on match.com or MonarchSingles.com

    • @svqmei
      @svqmei 3 роки тому +2

      @@BBK83 😂😂

  • @ethandull3116
    @ethandull3116 4 роки тому +2147

    Divorced-beheaded-died-divorced-beheaded-survived. Easy trick to remember

    • @jordandennis6794
      @jordandennis6794 4 роки тому +47

      Weird flex but okay.

    • @salar332
      @salar332 4 роки тому +128

      glad thats inside my head instead of financial advice

    • @adamhonestyanddecency5054
      @adamhonestyanddecency5054 4 роки тому +5

      Ethan Dull Yeah,that would never happen nowadays. Everyone’s too pc. 🙂

    • @callin141
      @callin141 4 роки тому +49

      Good ol horrible histories

    • @whitney524
      @whitney524 4 роки тому +21

      Jordan Dennis it’s how a lot of us were taught to remember his wives in school

  • @MissSpaz
    @MissSpaz 4 роки тому +1531

    Henry's out of control temper only came on after his horse fell on him during a jousting accident, after which he was unconscious for a number of hours. So, he had a pretty bad head injury. Its not uncommon for people's personality to change drastically after such a head injury.
    His weight only increased after said accident.

    • @shesaknitter
      @shesaknitter 4 роки тому +131

      He also had a poor diet...too much meat and not enough vegetables and fruits, and he also had that wound on his leg that would not heal. And he smelled so bad that people who were not even near him could smell him as he approached.
      This link is to the video about his health. They did a whole forensic examination of what information could be gathered from records contemporary to his time: ua-cam.com/video/3ofdjTzZRm8/v-deo.html

    • @Pro-Deo
      @Pro-Deo 4 роки тому +85

      He also had a leg wound that never healed, add the bloodletting just about every day to alleviate the infection in the nauseatingly gaseous, toxic and nauseatingly smelling wound meant he couldn't work out or play tennis anymore like he used to. His leg wound and bloodletting gave him 24/7 chronic pain to boot. But one thing that never changed was his big appetite. He loved food. add that to his traumatic brain injury and his forever love of food and bammm. He's toast.

    • @brontewcat
      @brontewcat 4 роки тому +6

      A much more plausible explanation.

    • @ichigopockychan
      @ichigopockychan 4 роки тому +74

      Diabetes, two traumatic head injuries, an infected and possibly gangrenous leg wound and a shitty diet do bad things to a person in addition to running a country and struggling to produce a male heir

    • @Marinlss
      @Marinlss 4 роки тому +5

      @@shesaknitter thank you for this link!

  • @twelfthlady847
    @twelfthlady847 4 роки тому +215

    🎵"Cut my wife into pieces, this is my last divorce..."🎵

  • @genesiskravitz8621
    @genesiskravitz8621 4 роки тому +706

    Me: **knows a whole lot about Henry VIII**
    Me: **reads title**
    This guy has MORE weird shit?

    • @reynhacoezy5510
      @reynhacoezy5510 4 роки тому +16

      Me a part of the SIX fandom : Yup . And it is just the beginning.

    • @ishaniisha507
      @ishaniisha507 3 роки тому +3

      Lmao this comment made me laugh out loud

    • @thereforeayam
      @thereforeayam 2 роки тому

      Henry VI: N=VIT

  • @reythejediladyviajakku6078
    @reythejediladyviajakku6078 4 роки тому +1052

    Respect for his sisters who wasn’t taking crap from Henry

    • @TrollinFromFlask
      @TrollinFromFlask 4 роки тому +11

      mary sue btw

    • @dammardedinamarca1017
      @dammardedinamarca1017 3 роки тому +4

      ReyTheJediLady ViaJakku respect for his sisters who WEREN'T taking crap......

    • @everythingsfine1395
      @everythingsfine1395 3 роки тому +5

      They were as bloody as him the whole royale family are and were evils bloody , they killed lil girls just cus they believed in nonsense

  • @lillyrose3545
    @lillyrose3545 4 роки тому +731

    I have fallen down this Henry the 8th hole after falling in love with “SIX”

  • @woopwoop4637
    @woopwoop4637 4 роки тому +239

    I love how he refers to Henry’s executions as murders

    • @vixster6977
      @vixster6977 2 роки тому +33

      they bloody well are, the reasons for execution are barbaric in nature, so they are murders indirectly caused for his whole spiel that we need king not queen thing, also by the fact he technically cheated on catherine but other european monarchs also did that a lot.

    • @thereforeayam
      @thereforeayam 2 роки тому +5

      Especially when he could've simply banned papaya from his household

    • @aprilgosa5779
      @aprilgosa5779 Рік тому

      Woop Woop what else would you call what he did to those innocent people his own wife included I understand having to defend your own life or country Henry went beyond that if he did not like you he would kill you or if he got bored or angry with a wife he would chop her head off look what he did to Catherine Howard not only murders her but he has someone pour a chemical all over her body to make it dissolve as if she never existed

    • @janbadinski7126
      @janbadinski7126 Рік тому +4

      As they should be referred to.

    • @nicolehegarty4749
      @nicolehegarty4749 11 місяців тому +1

      As he should because that's what it was. So tragic.

  • @chickennugget315
    @chickennugget315 4 роки тому +174

    HEAR ME OUT:
    A musical about Henry VIII but not in the perspective of his wives, but his poor horses.
    I'm not a horse girl, I swear.

    • @sharkie9975
      @sharkie9975 4 роки тому +8

      Chicken Nugget I don’t know why but I need this

    • @Kolchak_Enjoyer
      @Kolchak_Enjoyer 3 роки тому +1

      flanders mare.

    • @trishax89
      @trishax89 3 роки тому +12

      Horsix: the tudor musical coming to a theatre neigh you!

    • @thereforeayam
      @thereforeayam 2 роки тому +1

      Only happy he didn't try to ride his dogs.

  • @supe4701
    @supe4701 4 роки тому +1387

    Henry: *exist*
    Henry’s wives head: ight ima head out

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 4 роки тому +18

      What the hell did you just write?

    • @feisty_yet_spicy
      @feisty_yet_spicy 4 роки тому +10

      Lmaooo basically 😂

    • @kathykaura7219
      @kathykaura7219 4 роки тому +1

      🤣

    • @MsGegham
      @MsGegham 4 роки тому

      @@ingriddubbel8468 Today in history ua-cam.com/video/Bvq7jtEfAvw/v-deo.html

    • @MsGegham
      @MsGegham 4 роки тому

      @@feisty_yet_spicy Today in history ua-cam.com/video/Bvq7jtEfAvw/v-deo.html

  • @kevinpearce5808
    @kevinpearce5808 4 роки тому +131

    Henry Fitzroy low-key wearing Gucci headwear back in the day 😂

  • @funguscreature4721
    @funguscreature4721 4 роки тому +744

    i beg of you, please stop calling him your “big beefy boy”

  • @questionablehistorian9335
    @questionablehistorian9335 3 роки тому +73

    The term "eavesdropping" came from Henry XIII court. He placed statues hanging on the eaves of his great hall as a way of letting people know that he had ears everywhere. The people started calling them eavesdroppers.

    • @nuerodol1147
      @nuerodol1147 2 роки тому +4

      really?

    • @questionablehistorian9335
      @questionablehistorian9335 2 роки тому +3

      @@nuerodol1147 I think they're still there. Creepy little things.

    • @Hilz28
      @Hilz28 11 місяців тому

      Who is Henry XIII? You mean Henry VIII?

    • @questionablehistorian9335
      @questionablehistorian9335 11 місяців тому

      @@Hilz28 I think it's pretty obviously a typo.

    • @savinghistory642
      @savinghistory642 2 місяці тому

      @@nuerodol1147 yes. and they actually had tubes running from the open mouths to the other side of the wall and were used to listen to people who were not aware

  • @leiajiang7877
    @leiajiang7877 4 роки тому +725

    I thought his most important achievement was producing Elizabeth.

    • @dennis2001ish
      @dennis2001ish 4 роки тому +21

      Leia Jiang I mean no he made her illegitimate when he beheaded Anne B

    • @leiajiang7877
      @leiajiang7877 4 роки тому +71

      @@dennis2001ish right but made her regardless. I just remember him as the fat ass that killed his wives a bunch and ate a lot.

    • @N.A525
      @N.A525 4 роки тому

      NO!

    • @maryelizabethbowman8432
      @maryelizabethbowman8432 4 роки тому +6

      I totally agree

    • @dolphineachonga555
      @dolphineachonga555 3 роки тому +16

      His most important achievement was cutting ties with the catholic church.

  • @Krolted
    @Krolted 4 роки тому +681

    Why is nobody talking about his eyebrows though like they are almost nonexistent

    • @Spazzycat14
      @Spazzycat14 4 роки тому +65

      No they are normal size. His incredible mass makes them appear small.

    • @Spazzycat14
      @Spazzycat14 4 роки тому +10

      @Johnny Morphine He look like beyonce.

    • @aegon8691
      @aegon8691 4 роки тому +10

      @@Spazzycat14 holy shit i can see it now

    • @Spazzycat14
      @Spazzycat14 4 роки тому +4

      @@aegon8691 Yeah. Look at that dude. Look into his marshmellow goodness.

    • @KimberRose16
      @KimberRose16 4 роки тому +11

      Ironically enough having no eyebrows became attractive a few decades later

  • @nikki9125
    @nikki9125 4 роки тому +79

    The narration is hilarious 😂 your description of Henry’s “ poetry” is like a parent trying to relate to a teen 🤣

  • @dabi410
    @dabi410 4 роки тому +67

    Fun fact: Henry VIII had a talented singing voice and was given his own group of musicians.

    • @AdamSmith75th
      @AdamSmith75th 2 роки тому +1

      They went on Ye oldie X factor, but only made it to the judges houses

  • @mrfluffytailthethird
    @mrfluffytailthethird 4 роки тому +726

    Those poor horses 🥺

    • @brendadrumm9708
      @brendadrumm9708 4 роки тому +19

      Bet he smelt worse than the horses

    • @amberallen9760
      @amberallen9760 4 роки тому +10

      Omg I literally said...that poor horse to myself and then saw this lmbo😂😂😂

    • @stalinsmum6475
      @stalinsmum6475 4 роки тому +1

      im your 300th like

    • @deeliciousgrapes
      @deeliciousgrapes 4 роки тому +6

      Those poor wives

    • @niwe3631
      @niwe3631 4 роки тому +1

      The dogs only ate bread

  • @mistymcguffin2098
    @mistymcguffin2098 4 роки тому +482

    Henry probably has descendants out here somewhere through his siblings and illegitimate children he did not claim

    • @RAZERDsXe
      @RAZERDsXe 4 роки тому +18

      All of the Henrys are in my lineage

    • @rere2425
      @rere2425 4 роки тому +29

      He's in my family tree too but way distant lol 😂😭💀

    • @RAZERDsXe
      @RAZERDsXe 4 роки тому +31

      @@rere2425 sup cousin lol, like 9000th cousin

    • @rere2425
      @rere2425 4 роки тому +5

      @@RAZERDsXe 🤗🤗🤗

    • @youngandrestlessjean3634
      @youngandrestlessjean3634 4 роки тому +30

      One of my ancestors was a Godson of Queen Elizabeth 1. I'm an American, but many of my ancestors are from England and Scotland. Henry probably has ancestors all around the globe at this point.

  • @nakeasimone13
    @nakeasimone13 4 роки тому +36

    Henry: “I think I’ll fancy a ride, you there, go fetch me my steed!!!“
    Henry’s horse: FUCK!!!!

    • @82566
      @82566 2 роки тому +3

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @masc6287
    @masc6287 3 роки тому +62

    In Henry's life he suffered two serious head injuries. Some historians, doctors and scientist believe that Henry may have suffered 1 to 2 traumatic brain injuries when he was younger that resulted in his personality change as records showed that he was more even tempered when he was young (based on records) before said injuries and some of the traits he had aline with some of the symptoms of a traumatic brain injury; such as poor memory, bouts of anger, lack of impulse control, impotency and etc.

    • @Kerosene.Dreams
      @Kerosene.Dreams 2 роки тому +1

      And gout.

    • @masc6287
      @masc6287 2 роки тому

      @@Kerosene.Dreams I blame the gout more on his poor diet as he ate heavy portions of meat or fats and hardly ever touched his vegtables as he saw them as peasant food.

    • @Kerosene.Dreams
      @Kerosene.Dreams 2 роки тому +2

      @@masc6287 As one does.

    • @aprilgosa5779
      @aprilgosa5779 Рік тому

      MASC I have heard different evidence and besides he was mean to his first wife and Daughter at the end of their first marriage way before his accident he beheaded Anne because she would not put up with his new apparent affair with Jane Seymour

  • @Petrico94
    @Petrico94 4 роки тому +317

    Imagine a timeline where Henry's brother lives to become king and Henry goes on to become a bishop and either doesn't marry at all or gets kicked out for trying to

    • @kaiserwilhelmii671
      @kaiserwilhelmii671 4 роки тому +16

      Honestly Henry would never be able to become a bishop. BUT *POPE HENRY* t h o

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 4 роки тому +1

      Why will he become a bishop?

    • @clintdavis9511
      @clintdavis9511 4 роки тому +26

      @@blugaledoh2669 He had an older brother that would have inherited the throne but died young. Henry was in training to be in the clergy.

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 4 роки тому +1

      @@clintdavis9511 He won't last I believe. But maybe I am underestimating him.

    • @umamipaneer
      @umamipaneer 4 роки тому +18

      @@blugaledoh2669 in those days, the firstborn son was heir to the throne, and any following sons either went into the military or the clergy. Henry VII intended his second son to become a priest, but Arthur's premature death gave us the psychopath known as Henry VIII

  • @anastasiachristina
    @anastasiachristina 4 роки тому +489

    Before we dive
    *head first*

  • @72vince27
    @72vince27 4 роки тому +75

    Why y'all hating on Henry's writing? That was fire asf.
    He really talked to that lady like a real one would.

  • @sliverscreencritic
    @sliverscreencritic 3 роки тому +25

    2:59 Henry VIII's mental illness was very different from Charles VI of France and George III of Great Britain's mental illness so while interesting probably isn't true. The brain injury he got in his 1536 jousting match is more likely to be the root cause as there's a shift in Henry VIII's behavior from the accident as he became increasingly cruel and angry afterward. Henry was also said to be unconscious for a really long time after the accident which further supports the idea Henry had brain damage. I don't really know whether or not syphilis played a part though.
    7:43 Elizabeth I died in 1603, not 1601

    • @tessat338
      @tessat338 2 роки тому +1

      There was a known treatment for venereal disease at the time and Henry wasn't given it, though other kings were, so syphilis probably wasn't the cause of his problems.

  • @aryakeepsafe4142
    @aryakeepsafe4142 4 роки тому +134

    Henry was very atheletic in his day . Tne accident left him with a head injury and his leg was permanently damaged . After that he was never the same . His health suffered and he became the huge gross man he was famous for

    • @aprilgosa5779
      @aprilgosa5779 Рік тому

      a head injur ydoes not make you an evil murderer

    • @skycloud4802
      @skycloud4802 Рік тому +2

      @@aprilgosa5779 a traumatic head injury can give a person brain damage. It can dramatically alter a person's personality.

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +1

      Why the fuck was King Henry VIII so fat if his dad, King Henry VII was very skinny his entire life? 👑💍🎭🩰🎨

  • @strawberryfields0530
    @strawberryfields0530 4 роки тому +179

    “Henry Henry Henry, had so many, wives that had to diiiieeeee”
    I catch myself randomly singing that song since High School 😂

    • @strawberryfields0530
      @strawberryfields0530 4 роки тому +1

      Mittens xo it’s my jam 🤣

    • @Mrs.V98
      @Mrs.V98 4 роки тому +8

      6 wives!!!!! IN AAAAALLLL!! Oh the things they could do. If they hadn't married Henry that was their downfall!!!

    • @thirzasnijders9618
      @thirzasnijders9618 4 роки тому +1

      This has been stuck in my head for almost a week and I'm not mad yet

  • @HiroJJ94
    @HiroJJ94 3 роки тому +19

    "HENRY HELPED USHER IN AN ENGLISH HEALTH REVOLUTION"
    Man, did I have to read that twice

  • @kaitdean7188
    @kaitdean7188 4 роки тому +45

    Those poor horses man. You can serious injure a horses’ back if you’re too heavy.

    • @adventureguy4119
      @adventureguy4119 4 роки тому

      Kate Dean there Carry limits top out around 500lb

  • @sofiablairferrer7307
    @sofiablairferrer7307 4 роки тому +77

    I bet that horse had his spine cracking like raw pasta.

    • @angelic_stargaze
      @angelic_stargaze 3 роки тому +1

      I am mad because this doesn’t have more likes 👆🏻

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob 4 роки тому +166

    Never imagined I'd one day hear "bros before hos" in a documentary about Henry VIII.

    • @glow4200
      @glow4200 4 роки тому +7

      It absolutely applies to Henry VIII though 😂 Thomas More was one of his best friends and one of the closest people to him and Henry still beheaded him because of Anne Boleyn and religion.

    • @punkwrestle
      @punkwrestle 4 роки тому

      Erica McClure Well Moore betrayed him.

  • @molly-zx9cr
    @molly-zx9cr 4 роки тому +19

    The main reason Henry gained so much weight was an injury apparently. Some people think the reason he was so unstable was due to a head injury he got from falling off his horse. His 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn, was pregnant at the time and ended up losing the baby from stress while he was in a coma. The baby would have been his heir and history might have been a lot different

    • @aprilgosa5779
      @aprilgosa5779 Рік тому +3

      molly he was mean way before he fell off that horse ask hs first wife and daughter

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +1

      Why the fuck was King Henry VIII so fat if his dad, King Henry VII was very skinny his entire life? 👑💍🎭🩰🎨

  • @rosesdrawings
    @rosesdrawings 3 роки тому +44

    “He wants to kiss her pritty ducky’s?”
    “Wow, this guys loins are in FIRE”

  • @harrymonk6
    @harrymonk6 4 роки тому +605

    Can't believe he was on cocaine nearly everyday during his last years

    • @candicehoneycutt4318
      @candicehoneycutt4318 4 роки тому +95

      Cocaine was a common pain killer until like super recent history

    • @rickrudd
      @rickrudd 4 роки тому +47

      @@candicehoneycutt4318 I mean, that's what I use it for!

    • @harrymonk6
      @harrymonk6 4 роки тому +13

      @@candicehoneycutt4318 I know, but he was one of the first to use it just to get lit!

    • @cj3030
      @cj3030 4 роки тому +9

      Johnny Morphine I don’t understand how it was used for medicine tf it help with

    • @Zenhumanist
      @Zenhumanist 4 роки тому +6

      Had it been discovered then?

  • @PatrickAllenNL
    @PatrickAllenNL 4 роки тому +63

    He loved horses so much you could say he had a crush....them

  • @swastikqjana7128
    @swastikqjana7128 3 роки тому +17

    The real toxic relationship Henry viii had might be with his dear horses...👀

  • @coffeepot3123
    @coffeepot3123 4 роки тому +12

    "With Henry's generous stature, the horse could not fly, on the contrary it was sinking trough the terrain at an alarming rate".

  • @embracethemystery
    @embracethemystery 4 роки тому +208

    No mention of the significant jousting accident that led to a never-healed leg wound, a hard knock to the head, his obesity, and mercurial temperament?

    • @JalaKamal
      @JalaKamal 4 роки тому +8

      Exactly. Thumb up for you.

    • @ryanm.751
      @ryanm.751 4 роки тому +16

      That’s exactly what I was thinking. The claim that Henry has syphilius is common, but the genetic anger issue argument is news to me. Not sure how that could be substantiated, but Henry’s jousting days certainly took a toll on him, especially his leg, which was constantly painful and had to be drained on occasion. And constant pain would certainly have put him on a short fuse.

    • @utubefreshie
      @utubefreshie 4 роки тому +17

      Agree. He was unconscious for several hours after that accident, long enough for the entire court to fear he was gonna die. He eventually woke up but that says to me, he had a major concussion or brain injury. AND yes, add to that the leg injury that never fully healed and actually kind of rotted thanks to the quack "medicine" they practiced at that time. His "doctors" kept picking at the wound and opening it and draining it etc etc. so much so that it never healed (I know, gross!) So yeah, guy wasn't only brain damaged but was in constant pain and probably rendered immobile and disabled to a certain extent after that. Historians now think that's what explains the change in his personality & temperament, and the paranoia, erratic judgment & horrible decision-making that he eventually became known for. Apparently before that, he was actually a nice, jovial, healthy guy that everyone liked especially the women. So yeah, too bad!

    • @babs66
      @babs66 4 роки тому +8

      @@utubefreshie also diabetes aparently.

    • @ckallen1546
      @ckallen1546 4 роки тому +7

      Good point. No modern medicine. No modern diagnosis, antibiotics, or surgery. What would it be like (back then) to survive a wound that never healed properly? Especially if surrounded by shady people, pushing shady advice?

  • @slightlycrippled2
    @slightlycrippled2 4 роки тому +326

    for a guy who loved animals he really was cruel to those horses they had to carry that tub of lard around...... would I get beheaded for saying that during his day ? hmmm : /

    • @Iwishtheirwasnopain
      @Iwishtheirwasnopain 4 роки тому +47

      Absolutely, and keep in mind it took several blows from an axe to remove the head, not like the movies

    • @slightlycrippled2
      @slightlycrippled2 4 роки тому +8

      @@Iwishtheirwasnopain ohhhh shit : X

    • @SpookiCooki
      @SpookiCooki 4 роки тому +27

      Not to forget he forced his poor dogs to be vegetarian. That's animal cruelty.

    • @404killer
      @404killer 4 роки тому +8

      @@Iwishtheirwasnopain not true if its sharp enough

    • @justegg8008
      @justegg8008 4 роки тому +3

      @@Iwishtheirwasnopain ... Whelp i learned something new

  • @kaltaje
    @kaltaje 2 роки тому +5

    Hahahaha the commentary just gets better and better, such sass! I love it! Thank you for making history fun AND interesting :D

  • @UATU.
    @UATU. 3 роки тому +52

    Those who suffered most under Henry were his horses and women.

    • @thereforeayam
      @thereforeayam 2 роки тому

      Suffered most fruit salad

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku 2 роки тому +1

      I'd hate to be a dog & fed a strict diet of bread. He may have liked dogs, but he made sure they didn't live long or healthy.

  • @blutheblooper1280
    @blutheblooper1280 4 роки тому +63

    Fun fact recorders were actually really important and impressive instrument that got pieces written by Beethoven

  • @joselainez189
    @joselainez189 4 роки тому +392

    Henry the 8 hundred pound

    • @panaddict3448
      @panaddict3448 4 роки тому +2

      Doggo

    • @alicewilloughby4318
      @alicewilloughby4318 4 роки тому +3

      @@panaddict3448, Why "Doggo"? Does that mean something in this context?

    • @kittye8340
      @kittye8340 4 роки тому +1

      Alice Willoughby profile picture of the original commenter...

    • @skylaann6536
      @skylaann6536 4 роки тому +2

      nice Dashie pfp. I dig it.

    • @wankun8258
      @wankun8258 4 роки тому +4

      @@alicewilloughby4318 r/woosh

  • @ninaharper6282
    @ninaharper6282 Рік тому +6

    I love this narrator's sense of humor. He didn't love his war horse enough to lose weight.

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +1

      Why the fuck was King Henry VIII so fat if his dad, King Henry VII was very skinny his entire life? 👑💍🎭🩰🎨

  • @WorldOnWeb84
    @WorldOnWeb84 4 роки тому +13

    Such a treat to watch these videos. History lessons were never this funny, interesting and factual all at the same time! 😄👍
    Keep up the good work teamWeird History! 👍👍

  • @mattyclad9185
    @mattyclad9185 4 роки тому +501

    Probably a good thing his genes were never really passed to anyone. 👍 Yikes.

    • @burrito5673
      @burrito5673 4 роки тому +67

      Mary, Elizabeth? Or do you mean like his family line wasn't carried since Mary and Elizabeth never gave birth?

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 4 роки тому +24

      He was actually quite fit during his early life

    • @votewaldo9876
      @votewaldo9876 4 роки тому +65

      Elizabeth was the best monarch in English history. Solely responsible for the English golden era.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 4 роки тому +52

      @@votewaldo9876 She also killed 20.000 Catholics, including Irish woman and children. I would suggest Victoria as their best monarch, she ruled over 25% of the world and help grant Catholics their freedom back.

    • @votewaldo9876
      @votewaldo9876 4 роки тому +33

      @@herodotus945
      By the time Victoria Came to power
      UK was an established constitutional monarchy. in which the sovereign held relatively little direct political power.
      You can't possibly compare Elizabeth to Victoria, a puppet monarch.

  • @a.ran_blvd
    @a.ran_blvd 4 роки тому +3

    The way you elaborate historical facts is hilarious! I love it.

  • @pierrelaliberte3964
    @pierrelaliberte3964 3 роки тому +7

    From a wide array of research over the years, I find that Henry the 8th at first was a Man's Man that was very athletic and charming until some accidents came to define him in his later years. During his Jousting matches this one opponent managed to lance his spear into Henry's visor where a splinter of wood made its way into his eye and beyond making the King adopt a hellish mean streak that he would carry throughout the rest of his life. He changed the religious norm in England to protestant to pass a law of divorce to serve him in order to kill a few of his wives and marry others finally when an infection in his leg left him in agonizing pain and meaner than ever, it did not heal and he died as a result. I believe that if Henry had not suffered these injuries, he may have been a fine King to his court and England as a whole.

  • @diegoterneus2250
    @diegoterneus2250 4 роки тому +28

    It's true that Henry broke away from the Pope and Rome, but he still considered himself a Catholic. The Protestant reformation came about during his son Edward VI and later re-established under Elizabeth I. Queen Mary aligned herself to Rome during her reign, but when Elizabeth I became queen, she again broke with Rome and re-established the Anglican Church.

    • @mikesaunders4775
      @mikesaunders4775 4 роки тому +3

      Absolutely true,he considered himself a Catholic until the day he died. Oddly enough so did Martin Luther.

    • @catsberry4858
      @catsberry4858 2 роки тому

      @@mikesaunders4775 yes! Wish more ppl understood this! I'm a Protestant but they both considered themselves faithful Roman Catholics to their dying days!

  • @TheColonelKlink
    @TheColonelKlink 4 роки тому +58

    "We hate to keep dunking on the guy."
    Also, our pants are on fire.

  • @Deadsea_1993
    @Deadsea_1993 4 роки тому +38

    "He was an animal lover"
    "How do we know that his wives were good people ? Maybe he had reasons to kill them". -PETA.

    • @sandranorman5469
      @sandranorman5469 4 роки тому

      So makes up for his two beheadings

    • @svqmei
      @svqmei 3 роки тому

      I was a good person! I was *INNOCENT!* But I still got beheaded.

  • @lessthanamillionsubscommun5845
    @lessthanamillionsubscommun5845 4 роки тому +8

    Henry: *sucks at writing love letters*
    Me: So that’s why Anne Boleyn played hard to get..

    • @punkwrestle
      @punkwrestle 4 роки тому +2

      Compared to some pick up lines today, he was a pick up expert. Not to mention all the girls he had all over his.

    • @lessthanamillionsubscommun5845
      @lessthanamillionsubscommun5845 4 роки тому +5

      Punkwrestle They were all over him because he was the king. Their families treated them like political pawns.

  • @brewerfamily1062
    @brewerfamily1062 4 роки тому +83

    The Other Boelyn Girl was a great movie! It got me interested in researching the Tudors and learning more about England's history. If it draws people into the story behind the history then it's done its job. I guess I'm one of the 5.☺

    • @tinaclark75
      @tinaclark75 2 роки тому +5

      The only issue I have with that movie is there's no evidence that Anne actually slept with her brother and that was very much part of that story

    • @Mustang5458
      @Mustang5458 Рік тому

      She did not slept with her brother. He could not carry it out. Spies everywhere who ratted that her brother came to her room..Geesh..I read the book and seen the movie (twice). Really, who knows what really happened. All told lies, even her own father and uncle.Her mother was the one who had the money and prestige.Her father was a nobody trying to move up the ranks to be part of the kings line of somebody's..He failed. Got his own children killed trying to be somebody.

    • @marir838
      @marir838 7 місяців тому

      The OtherBoleyn Girl attempted to rewrite history. Very inaccurate

  • @badposture4968
    @badposture4968 4 роки тому +106

    Who else is here because of SIX the Musical?

  • @Mike649foxx
    @Mike649foxx 2 роки тому +10

    He did not start to “chunk up” after 40. He was still incredibly athletic at the age of 45, at which point he had a big jousting accident. If you can’t get that right, how are we to trust anything you profess?

    • @msatxgault560
      @msatxgault560 2 роки тому +3

      Seems like almost every video. Might unsubscribe. And I just subscribed a few vids back

    • @Mike649foxx
      @Mike649foxx 2 роки тому

      @@msatxgault560 Ahhh I see, is this a common thing for this channel?

    • @made-line7627
      @made-line7627 2 роки тому +2

      Not the best channel for 100% historical accuracy

    • @silvergust
      @silvergust 2 роки тому +1

      You gotta be really sensitive to get that dramatic over a fact gotten wrong. None of us today were there 💀

    • @Mike649foxx
      @Mike649foxx 2 роки тому +1

      @@silvergust Well that depends, do you want fiction, or history? There are numerous first hand accounts of Henry’s health status and weight problems. No we weren’t there, but by collating sources we can have a pretty accurate idea of how things were. To get something like this wrong shows that this channel cannot be trusted. If they got that so wrong, why should we believe anything they say? We may as well be listening to fiction. If you can’t understand why that is a problem, then why are you even interested in history? Just go and read fiction instead. You must be awfully sensitive to get so upset by my comment.

  • @sweetnsourchick1761
    @sweetnsourchick1761 4 роки тому

    Loved you "spin" on Henry. Very humorous! Keep up the good work.

  • @schizoidboy
    @schizoidboy 4 роки тому +13

    One of the things about his being hoisted onto a horse Henry also had a bad leg. It was badly injured during a tournament, I think it was the same one where he got his severe head injury, all of which essentially crippled him so there was more than just his weight keeping him from mounting a horse.

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +1

      Why the fuck was King Henry VIII so fat if his dad, King Henry VII was very skinny his entire life? 👑💍🎭🩰🎨

  • @LisaBowers
    @LisaBowers 4 роки тому +120

    _Heyyyy,_ I liked The Other Boleyn Girl.

    • @petuniajo4146
      @petuniajo4146 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah me to

    • @hshyan
      @hshyan 4 роки тому +2

      Me three

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers 4 роки тому +16

      @Batman The Dark Knight So now you're keeping up the streets of Gotham safe _and_ patrolling UA-cam comments for grammatical errors. Do you ever sleep? 🙃

    • @WeirdHistory
      @WeirdHistory  4 роки тому +25

      @@hshyan Well, we've found 3 of the 4 people who watched it :D

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers 4 роки тому +2

      @@WeirdHistory Haha! 😁

  • @AshleyLebedev
    @AshleyLebedev 3 роки тому +1

    I think the fact I knew all these makes me happy. Have studied for 15 years. I just love when you cover this court! Plz keep doing unknown fasts videos on famous history. X

  • @DemiIsADoucheBag
    @DemiIsADoucheBag 2 роки тому

    I just found this channel and this narrator is one of the best on youtube. The jokes are perfect! "Gallops and giggles " 😂😂😂

  • @A.R.77
    @A.R.77 4 роки тому +26

    Nothing embarrassing about being lowered onto that poor horse than with tower crane.

  • @alessandramunoz7557
    @alessandramunoz7557 4 роки тому +92

    This channel never disappoints lol 👍🏼

  • @tracyh3206
    @tracyh3206 4 роки тому +3

    I spent a couple of semesters studying in England, we studied Henry the 8th era quite a bit. A good way to remember Henry’s wives; Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.

  • @adisynnefransen1066
    @adisynnefransen1066 4 роки тому +13

    “Facts you didn’t know about Henry VIII”
    Me: try me

  • @ElevatedChillz
    @ElevatedChillz 4 роки тому +19

    "gross sister brother marriage" lmao

  • @kirkmorrison6131
    @kirkmorrison6131 4 роки тому +11

    The Scots had a joke " Your King is Majestic, ours are merely Graceful"

  • @shaunp9095
    @shaunp9095 4 роки тому +1

    Love the videos keep up the good work. Could you do a video on the history of mental health?

  • @emilypotter02
    @emilypotter02 4 роки тому

    Omg i really needed that laugh- THANK YOU! "he wrote the banger greensleeves as a boy" LOL

  • @hinakomalin
    @hinakomalin 4 роки тому +16

    You guys missed out an important strange fact. Henry VIII actually wrestled with the French king.......and lost the match. 😂

  • @whitney524
    @whitney524 4 роки тому +20

    A lot of schools aren’t in existence thanks to Henry, but more so thanks to Anne Boleyn.

  • @dawnreneegmail
    @dawnreneegmail 4 роки тому

    I also enjoy another history channel, that one being more buttoned down. Your dead dry humor is what keeps me coming back as you’re both great history channels with wonderful photos & art but you get my funny bone. I hated history in school. Conversely, when it is brought alive and the former backbone of historical events based on wars alone fades SO MUCH BETTER😷‼️thanks

  • @GemmaJadeYT
    @GemmaJadeYT 4 роки тому +7

    I haven’t seen the movie BUT “The Other Boleyn Girl” is one of my most favorite books in the entire world, I know it’s fictitious, but I just love the historical era it takes place in and idk I just think it’s a wonderful book!!

    • @spannajupiter
      @spannajupiter 3 роки тому +1

      The book is great. The film howeverbthe first 30 min are not even in the book.

    • @michaelk4740
      @michaelk4740 11 місяців тому +1

      Anne Boleyn ain't black though

  • @elpadroni1626
    @elpadroni1626 4 роки тому +16

    My boy Henry was the way way way back in the day meatloaf 😂

  • @sunnyfayezz1843
    @sunnyfayezz1843 4 роки тому +12

    The Showtime series ‘The Tudors’ is my all time favorite Henry V111 rendition showing most of his entire rein from his first wife Kathryn to his death...
    If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it...
    (Just a warning there is a lot of sex going on throughout the series)

    • @glow4200
      @glow4200 2 роки тому

      They took it off Netflix :( If you know somewhere else to watch it I'd kill to know!!

  • @ARiElTHEGREAT1
    @ARiElTHEGREAT1 3 роки тому +6

    “But before we dive... uh, head first” 😂

  • @criscoleman9720
    @criscoleman9720 Рік тому +5

    You forgot his beard tax in, I believe, 1535, which his daughter, apparently, reinstated after his death. That's why I listened to this, as I was wondering what you had to say about it.

  • @erinautumns238
    @erinautumns238 4 роки тому +4

    I love the Ramones reference, also your channel is awesome

  • @RayPrune
    @RayPrune 4 роки тому +16

    The narrator really sounds like Grover Gardner one of my favourite audiobook narrators

    • @cjdfv
      @cjdfv 4 роки тому +1

      I still say it's Stephen Colbert.

  • @georgiahogue8588
    @georgiahogue8588 4 роки тому

    Thank you for these. Interesting, and a great way to escape the news.

  • @weasel1822
    @weasel1822 3 роки тому +3

    I find it oddly sweet that he loved dogs so much. I imagine him taking photos of them with his iPhone if they had them back then.

  • @NightmasksHaven
    @NightmasksHaven 4 роки тому +12

    This is amazing! I laughed so much

  • @shamsalfarabi6107
    @shamsalfarabi6107 4 роки тому +6

    Whenever I see video titles like "Strange Facts That You Didn't Know About Henry VIII" I'm like, "Dude, I know 'em all" But thank you Weird History, for I actually didn't know the facts mentioned in your video. Great job!

  • @robinlillian9471
    @robinlillian9471 4 роки тому +26

    Comparing a tyrant King to Bernie Sanders is insane.

    • @annfeeney1662
      @annfeeney1662 3 роки тому +2

      Robin Lillian it’s an insult to Senator Bernie sanders , in my opinion .

  • @ichomej3837
    @ichomej3837 4 роки тому

    I cackled at the love letter commentary- well done 😂

    • @laurielovett8849
      @laurielovett8849 3 роки тому +1

      It was the usual name for breasts in those days just like tits today

  • @vjoucherjepoy8298
    @vjoucherjepoy8298 4 роки тому +4

    Great content 🔥🔥🔥keep it up! Much love from 🇵🇭

  • @neilmu3494
    @neilmu3494 4 роки тому +6

    Big boy
    Delicate fancy man
    😂the narrator didn't leave out a single name that targets HENRY's physical appearance.

  • @pugxlemon6265
    @pugxlemon6265 4 роки тому +10

    No one:
    Me: *crying for the horses*

  • @veganperson
    @veganperson 3 роки тому +8

    Yep, Henry loved horses, enough that he made them carry his massive weight around on their backs 🤦

  • @kimberleysmith818
    @kimberleysmith818 4 роки тому +4

    Fun fact: through his father Henry VII,he had links to Henry V. After Henry V died his wife Catherine of Valois married a man named Owain Tudor. One of their sons married Margaret of Beaufort and they had Henry Tudor who became Henry VII.

  • @nickbloom6861
    @nickbloom6861 4 роки тому +7

    Weird, I was just thinking about Henry the 8th last night while watching The King on Netflix... This video is well timed for me.

  • @lunitamaria89
    @lunitamaria89 4 роки тому +1

    love this channel

  • @lynnb3965
    @lynnb3965 4 роки тому

    I love the guy that narrates these videos, fantastic

  • @rickrudd
    @rickrudd 4 роки тому +17

    "you up?"

  • @cutie5028
    @cutie5028 4 роки тому +43

    Christ, it’s recommended that a horse should carry 240lbs at most, let alone 400lbs.

    • @user-pe2yx9kt4e
      @user-pe2yx9kt4e 4 роки тому +2

      Didn’t know that... I don’t reach max height but I def don’t think I’ll be riding a horse anytime soon don’t want to hurt the poor thing

    • @cutie5028
      @cutie5028 4 роки тому

      Fesjeklngs Csalkjv It it an average so I imagine that larger horses can handle more, but I only got my numbers from Google so I’d recommend asking someone who actually knows more about horses.

    • @user-pe2yx9kt4e
      @user-pe2yx9kt4e 4 роки тому

      Cutie oops meant to type *weight before! And okay! Maybe a vet would know more

    • @chelseadickinson42
      @chelseadickinson42 4 роки тому +4

      I did some googling and apparently he had a hand in creating the Shire horse breed. He passed laws that forbade small horses from being bred and even had small horses rounded up and slaughtered.
      "Average shire horses can weigh up to 2,425 pounds, and comfortably carry 20 percent of their body weight. This means the largest of shire horses can carry up to 485 pounds with ease."
      equinehelper.com/what-horse-breed-can-carry-the-most-weight/

    • @cutie5028
      @cutie5028 4 роки тому +1

      Chelsea Dickinson Oh that’s interesting, that’s a bit better than just any regular horse then. Thanks for the info.

  • @KittyHiPur
    @KittyHiPur 4 роки тому +22

    God Henry sounds like a neckbeard trying to court m'lady

  • @karenhodges7545
    @karenhodges7545 4 роки тому

    Very good. Always enjoy learning about Henry VIOzi. Thanks