Was HENRY VIII a SERIAL MONOGAMIST? Do you know any OTHERS?

[AviatorTom]

Henry VIII of England had six wives, all in series, considered by some to be a Serial Monogamist.

Do you agree with that?

Do you know any other Serial Monogasmists?

[Cubus]

King of my country - Casimir III the Great. He had 4 wives.

He managed to stay with the first one until she died (but that doesn't mean he didn't have mistresses - he did). But after he married his second wife, it turned out she was infertile. So Casimir tried to convince the Pope to annul the marriage, but the Pope said "no way". So Casimir thought "screw it" and just sent his wife to monastery and married another woman, which was a bigamy, as his previous wife still lived (the only difference between him and Henry VIII of England is that Casimir didn't start his own church).

So his first wife died (naturally) his second wife was sent to a monastery, and he married his third wife (even though the second wife still was still alive). And that was the moment when Casimir realised he is more unlucky, than he could have imagined. Cause it turned out that his third wife was bald, ugly and suffered from Scabies. So he rejected her as well, and married for the 4th time and he was with his 4th wife until his death.

Casimir never had a son (at least with his wifes, he had some sons with his mistresses but they were illigitemate). He had three daughters with his 4th wife, but they couldnt inherit the throne and the dynasty ended on him - after his death his nephew became a new king. It is said it was God's punishment for how promiscous his life was.

But outside of this he was a really good ruler, one of the best Poland ever had, thus he is the only king in the country's history to have the title "the Great".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_III_the_Great

[AMS700CX4u2]

However if you have sex in the garage make sure you bolt the garage door in case someone is cruising with a remote.

[DrPepper12]

Yes but he's the GOAT of serial monogamy!! In class I tried to avoid using that picture of him despite its popularity because in his younger days he was quite the athlete and stud! The ladies in waiting weren't waiting long as his bedroom endurance & royal scepter were shall we say polished prolifically!

Some more info:

Sports:

Jousting: Henry VIII was a skilled jousting, a sport that involved two knights on horseback charging at each other with lances.

Archery: He was particularly skilled at archery, with one chronicler describing him as shooting "as strong and as great a length as any of his guard".

Tennis: Henry VIII was also fond of tennis, a sport that was popular in the Tudor period.

Hunting: Hunting was another of his favorite pastimes, and he was known to tire many horses during his hunting expeditions.

Other Sports: He was also skilled in riding, dancing, and possibly even "casting the bar" (which may have been a form of hammer throwing).

Other Skills:

Languages: He was fluent in French, Latin, and Spanish.

Music: He was an accomplished player of many instruments and a composer.

Scholarship: He was also a student and a patron of the arts, writing both books and music.

He is one of those larger than life historical figures!!!

[FreyaRed]

As a king it wasn't about sex because he had surely lot of mistress to sleep with and he didn't execute all of his wives, so I guess it wasn't some kind of dominance and violence surge towards them. I guess he was just a weirdo who fell in love easily and two months later he hated his wives again. Bipolar probably.

[purplepoppy]

Perhaps, but you can't judge medieval people by the morality of today. Life could be short back them so you couldn't wait around.

[OlderAndWiser]

I’ve spent most of my adult life in monogamous relationships but with some time in between the relationships.

[AMS700CX4u2]

I don't think he was a monogamist at all. He was having children with barmaids was he not. Barmaids who bore him sons. Was not that the point of frustration with him. If barmaid can produce sons, why can't my wives. He simply needed to take a compass to the bedroom of the places he had sex at the pubs and note the magnetic orientation of the bed. Go back to the royal bedroom and orient the bed in the same direction. He blamed the women he married for the problem. I'll bet the orientation of the furniture in that room has not changed in centuries. Want a mixture of children change the orientation of your bed or better yet have sex all over the sex. Really want to shake things up, have sex in the back of a moving Volkswagen bus. Give your spermatozoa a night at the gym.

[NathanDavis]

I've been a monogamist... but there was plenty of time between relationships

I've liked to be single as well... I don't really date around much, or at all

[Raceandgendertheory]

Yeah, Henry VIII fits the serial monogamist label, but with an extreme twist—he didn’t just move on, he rewrote laws and took lives to keep doing it. His pattern wasn’t about love; it was about control, legacy, and ego. Serial monogamy usually involves emotional transitions. His involved executions.

[Anonymous]

The man had 6 wives and broke away from the Roman Catholic Church creating the Church of England to do it

so the man was committed to getting out of relationships

I’m sure many on here would sympathize with wanted to behead a ex or two

[Drumlin2001]

He was never monogamous. Along with the multiple wives he had a string of mistresses (and illegitimate children)

[Shiprex]

If it looks like a duck quacks like a duck maybe he's a lizard

[RingOfFire]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/GisCRxREDkY

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[Massageman]

The ex of my brother-in-law. She ruined the lives of four guys, in sequence. Working on #5 now.

[Staximus]

I wouldn't call him a monogamist, he was probably banging all the serving women too

[Dargil]

Me. On number 2

[Madgedays]

Most kings were

[Anonymous]

Also a serial killer.