Henry VIII had grown tired of his wife, as she had not produced a male heir. He appealed to Pope Clement VII for an annulment to his marriage so that he could marry Anne. The Pope refused to annul ...

Henry VIII’s father, Henry VII, was the founder of the Tudor dynasty ... but he and his first wife's only surviving child was a daughter, Mary. The Pope allowed Henry to put his marriage ...

The Church of England split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century, after Pope Clement VII refused King Henry VIII’s request to annul his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon.