Their son, Edward, became King of England after Henry VIII died, being his only legitimate living male heir. He died soon after, at the age of 16, which led to chaos. Some of his advisors conviced the very Protestant Edward that if his oldest sister Mary, who was next in line for the throne, became queen, she would restore Catholicism to England, so they got Edward to put Jane Grey into the line of succession before he died. She famously ruled for a few days before being executed by Mary (Henry VIII's first child with his first wife Katharine of Aragon) who is better known as "Bloody Mary." After her death, Elizabeth, Henry VIII's second child by his second wife, Anne Boleyn, became Queen and led England into a very successful period.
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Henry the VIII always wanted a son,but with every wive he had doughters and only one son out of all of his kids but he died as all his doughters accepy one. Did the kids die because he misstreated them?I don't know,but you might...
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond (1519 - 1536) was the illegitmate son of Henry VIII and his mistress, Elzabeth Blount. He died when he was 17. Henry Fitzroy was the only acknowledged illegitimate child of Henry VIII. Henry Carey (1526 - 1596) was the child of Mary Boleyn (sister of Anne). As Mary Boleyn had been a mistress of Henry VIII, there was much speculation that this child was also Henry VIII's. But this was never acknowledged. Mary Boleyn was actually married to William Carey. During the reign of Elizabeth I, Henry Carey became Baron Hunsdon and was eventually made Lord Chamberlain. He and Elizabeth were cousins through their mothers - but it is not beyond the realms of possibility that they were actually half brother and half sister!
Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII, had six pregnancies, but only one child survived infancy. That lucky survivor was Mary I of England, also known as Bloody Mary for her delightful habit of executing Protestants. So, to answer your question, Catherine of Aragon had one surviving child with Henry VIII.
during his life he only admitted to siring one illegitimate child, Henry Fitzroy. There is evidence thought that he had as many as six illegitimate children. Henry Fitzroy (son of Bessie Blount) Catherine and Henry Carey (son and daughter of Anne Boleyn's sister Mary) as well as three others by two different women.