Don't say I didn't warn ya!

So you have fallen for a cancer, eh? You think they are the gentlest soul on earth, so sensitive and caring. Well, think again. Here's an example of a famous Cancerian.

Henry VIII:

Claim to fame:

- King of England.
- Poet.
- Power hungry.
- Clever manipulator.
- Married six times.
- Disposed of his wives in a very innovative manner each time:"divorced,beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived"
- Avid womaniser, had numerous mistresses.
- Died of syphilis.

Disclaimer : As if you didn't know...I'm only kidding...I intend to post some for the pisces and scorpio board as well.

So he was one, huh?

Anne Boleyn was a gemini.Incase you ever wanted to know that.

Henry VIII wasn't that bad really. Granted 6 wives does look bad but he only had 2 of them beheaded and one did indeed cheat on him with numerous people. he was ok really.
I'm such a history student.

By the way, I'm pretty surre the picture you posted is of Henry VII.
Henry VIII is ginger for a start.

Well, it was on wikipedia and said it was Henry VIII...I didn't want one where he's old and fat,so I chose this one.

I'm sorry.. did I read someone say only 2 of his wives were beheaded? I mean...I personally think that's 2 too many...

I find it romantic.

Yes well it wasn't unusual to have people executed then.
And they were both accused of having affairs. And if you're married to a king and have an affair its considered treason. Hence - beheading.

It was just the way things were done.When you look into all off them its not so bad that he had 6 wives. He had to make alliances sometimes and one died which was out of his control and the 1st one lasted 15 years or something. I defend him on htis whole wife thing, I really do.

We should still have beheadings.

LOL,CK,there's nothing wrong with a bit of machiavellian tactics specially if you're a king,eh? So he wanted to secure the line to the throne which is why he had to get rid of the first wife b/c she was unable to give him a male heir(otherwise he's pretty happy with having mistresses)...then he went after poor Anne after having her elder sister as his mistress.

Maybe the reason his wives betrayed him was that they never wanted to get married to him in the first place?

Sorry, CK, but I have to say this....I think he was a MONSTER!

Anne Boleyn wanted to marry him. She wanted to be queen and have power. Thats why she wouldn't sleep with him until they were sure they could be married and why she encouraged him to break form Rome so they could be legally married. She fueled that whole fandango. But people in the government hated the influence she had over him and therefore conspired against her to have her beheaded.........

The last 3 wives were for alliances and he didn't even sleep with Anne of Cleves cause he hated her.

Yeah the pic is nto Henry VIII. He was fat. His daughters were.. Mary (known as bloody Mary) and Elizabeth I.

For his real pic visit the following UK official site.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page19.asp

Okay, I admit I should have put up the fat and old picture...poor Henry...people can't think of him being thin and dour faced.So here you go people:

CK,reading back my response from yesterday I see I came on a bit strongly.Actually I'm quite apathetic about Henry, I guess he wasn't any worse than anyother powerful person in history...he did what he had to do.It's just that I'm an anarchist at heart...and sometimes I get on my high horse when I shouldn't.You are quite right about Anne Boleyn.Take care.

btw, where did you get that info about Anne being a gemini, I thought there was a controversy surrounding her year of birth?

Uh.. anarchy..??

My fave...

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Anne Stuart was an unlikely person to become queen of England. She was born on February 6, 1665 to the Duke and Duchess of York and was their second daughter out of three children. Shortly before her birth, her uncle, King Charles II

The rest........

http://www.kings.edu/womens_history/anne.html

Ah, always nice to meet a fellow Anarchist...🙂
Thanks for the link,I was actually talking about Anne Boleyn...so I checked out the link you posted above and they don't have her actual date of birth either.

Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (c.1507 ? May 19, 1536) was the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and marriage to Anne was part of the complex beginning of the considerable political and religious upheaval which was the English Reformation, with Anne herself actively promoting the cause of Church Reform. She is probably best known for her premature death when she was beheaded on false charges of adultery and treason. Her life has been the subject of numerous biographies, novels, motion pictures, plays and operas.

And continue to the source lady

I was just kidding with you?
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And thank you... nice to meeting you my anarchist fellow..
My profile says it all..🙂

Errr. Damn.. I forgot to supply the damn source...

Anarchist you know? hehe

Here it is? no worries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn

Sorry to say tat? but she was an UGLY woman? I am not sure why all those princess and queens must be UGLY?

Well Sweden and Norwegian princesses are the exceptions?.!

But those queens are remains UGLY.. until the further notice.

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O J Simpson is a Cancer - a Cancer who wears gloves~ 😉

lol,I thought about OJ too when I was posting it.

hahaha..Qbone,don't be sorry...now that you mention it...
I'm starting to wonder about that too...
maybe power has that effect on your offspring...
or it's due to the intermarriage between royal families.
ugly + ugly = more ugly.(j/k)