Henry VIII was king of England from 1509 to 1547. He annulled his marriage to Catherine of Aragon after she failed to give him a male heir and had Anne Boleyn beheaded for the same reason. His third wife, Jane Seymour, gave birth to his son Prince Edward but died shortly after. Over the course of his reign, Henry married six times and had two of his wives executed in his pursuit of a male heir to the throne.