King Henry VIII was a king that ruled from 1509 to 1547 AD. He did not earn the name of king until if father died in 1509. That is when 18 year old Henry became King Henry VIII. That is the way Henry VIII king of England. King Henry the VIII, the son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Born in 1491, Henry VIII was the second son of Henry VII. June 28, 1491, at the royal residence, Greenwich Palace, in Greenwich, London, England. He had six siblings, but out of all of them only three survived: Arthur, Margaret and Mary. And his older brother Author was thought to take the thrown but he passed away at 15 years old before he could take the thrown. Thus leaving it all to Henry. “In the first years of Henry VIII reign, he effectively