... foster was a girl, Mary I. Although Henry did love his daughter, he was exceedingly dissatisfied with Catherine's inability to produce an heir. Catherine's politically position was also deteriorating when her nephew, the Holy Roman Emperor, had forfeited the alliance with England. Henry's distain for Catherine grew and his attention waned because of his dissatisfaction. Once Henry's attention waned he became infatuated ... Christendom." Henry's situation left him to depend upon the church to grant him a divorce. "In 1527 Henry announced his desire to divorce his wife, on the grounds that ...

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... reason why Henry though that his marriage was a sin. In 1533, Henry's mistress, Anne Boleyn got pregnant and he was determinate to divorce from Catherine. "What Henry wanted was a papal pronouncement that the dispensation of 1509 was in error, that the marriage to Catherine had been invalid from the beginning, and that the king was therefore in an unmarried state ... he chose"ii.That's the driven force and the beginning of the English Reformation. Clement VII, then Pope, was under the power of Charles of Spain. Charles was Catherine's nephew and, therefore the pope had to please Charles...

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