Solving the puzzle of Henry VIII

Southern Methodist University ^ | March 3, 2011 | Unknown

[Tennessee Nana]

Henrys Dad was also Henry, not Edward...

[muawiyah]

The Cornish native culture was crushed by nascent English nationalism.

I'm sorry you don't know more about the country. In the 7th, 8th and 9th Centuries AD many Cornish knights shipped out to Spain where they joined the remaining natives to fight back against the invading Moors in a multi-century long war called the RECONQUISTA.

Most of your top Spanish noble families have names or "titles" traceable to Cornwall.

The Cornish were not different than the Welsh in North Wales, and the Britons who moved to Brittany in the 7th and 8th centuries. They are closely related to the Irish, the Manx, and the Welsh in Southern Wales. Earlier, they were part of the polity known as Roman Brittain.

The Angles and Saxons (Sassanach) were allowed into Brittain by a king known as Arthur (or Ad in Gaellic) some time in the 6th Century.

He expelled the native population of what are now Wessex, Essex, North Essex, North Wessex, East Wessex, and West Essex ~ who immediately moved to a then unpopulated Brittany (had a rough half dozen winters and everybody and everything died there ~ which is one of the reasons all those Angles and Saxons wanted to get on to Britain).

The English are descended, for the most part, from Angles and Saxons ~ who were not the native people in Britain.

Cornishmen are descended, for the most part, from Britons, who are, of course, the native people.

This is BASIC HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES stuff ~ you should check up on it someday.

A number of Eastern Roman Emperors were drawn from the ranks of Welsh and Cornish noblemen (before the withdrawal of Roman troops from the island).

Yes, they are different ~ REALLY DIFFERENT ~ even if they don't speak differently, or wear strange clothes.

No, on to Scotland. It used to be called Alba. Today's Ireland was called Scotia or Scota.

Then, in the 8th and 9th centuries some time the Norse in Scandinavia figured out how to build large seaworthy boats and they found Alba. At the same time enterprising Irish in Scotia discovered that they could readily deal with the remaining natives in Alba and invaded.

Together the Scandinavian peoples (there's more than a dozen different ethnicities and even a couple of genetic isolates there) joined with the Scotians to conquer Alba. They created a new ethnicity ~ the Scot. They renamed Alba "Scotia" or "Scotland", and there we have it. That's why so many Scots have such interesting bumps on their heads ya' know. It's the vigor of the genes, the claymores and the kerry knobs eh!

[Tennessee Nana]

Also henry’s mother never had any children from a previous marriage...

She was never married beofere she married Henry VII, the father of Hentu VIII

Who told you you were descended from her ???

[Cheburashka]

Others have pointed out that Henry VIII’s father was Henry VII, not an Edward. You may be referring to Elizabeth Woodville, the mother of Henry VII’s queen and the grandmother of Henry VIII. Elizabeth Woodville was married once before she married Edward IV, who was Henry VIII’s grandfather.

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[wontbackdown]

Yes, you are right - I did get the grandmother confused with the mother. Yes, it was Elizabeth Woodville that I was referring to. Thanks for straightening it out!

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Henry VIII May Have Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3405986/posts

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