Everything You Didn't Need To Know About Henry VIII's Ulcerated Leg
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- King Henry VIII has gone down as being one of the greatest medieval villains - a man with a tyrannical attitude and penchant for killing people he disagreed with (executing approximately 57,000 people in his time on the throne). However, it's possible that his inhumane ways may have stemmed from an excruciatingly painful condition - a leg injury that Henry VIII struggled with for over 10 years.
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Not excusing his behavior at all, but chronic pain definitely wears on a person's good nature.
It sure does..
Added to that the constant insecurity of one’s position, having to constantly look over your shoulder and after seeing what happened to his brother, and as a result Henry becoming king, the paranoia of a male heir, and ideally a spare, would have been constantly nagging at him. Added to that, he knew full well that the his father’s claim to the throne was dubious and how quickly it can be lost. I too am not excusing his behaviour but we do need to analyze with contemporary eyes and understand the climate and issues. During the first half of his reign everyone was full of praise and he stayed with Katharine for 20 years despite not having a living male heir with her
Not to mention the potential head trauma
@@w8m4n Exactly.
Doesn't excuse one from being a horn dog though 😂
The brain injury definitely could've caused a personality shift, as we've seen in the modern day that infections and strokes can cause personality disorders and loss of proper motor functions.
Same as what you see in pro footballers.
Yea, verily. Hormone imbalances post partum and menopausal related can do that, too.
He indisputably suffered from brain damage in the accident. He was unconscious for over two hours and was bedridden for a time after.
My father had a concussion, 🧠 after a van accident. He was never the same mental, emotionally, behavior. He wasn't stable before but the head injury made it bad.
@@Pandababy1950 CTIs 🧠 are debated by some. NFL players & doctors 🏥.
There's an additional factor that needs considered. Henry concocted his own ointment for his ulcers, and the recipe included lead. Lead could indeed kill bacteria--but it also killed brain cells, and could get into the bloodstream easily from an open wound. People with lead poisoning become increasingly hot-tempered, violent and impulsive. Lead poisoning also stimulates the appetite.
Now THAT is interesting!
Wow!!! That is a very valid theory! I had never heard that! But I remember her did mix & study medicines! Lead..
@DoloresJNurss
Lead, wow! I know they used mercury on his wounds but I didnt know about the lead.
So, a king, who suffered a traumatic brain injury (which is known to sometimes cause personality changes and/or make people impulsive and have trouble regulating desire or emotion)
Plus lead. Plus mercury.
Oof. The more I learn about him, the more I realize that he was probably out of his mind from pain, his TBI and all the poison put in his body and he was not just a power hungry evil person.
Had he not suffered that injury I wonder what he would have been like. Maybe we would think of him as one of the greatest kings of all time, instead of a womanizing power mad a-hole.
Yes it does, and could definitely have contributed to his behavior.
Thank you for this info! Very interesting.
As I told my abusive ex with Crohns disease - just because you feel like crap doesn't mean you get to treat others that way.
Oh, piss off!
I feel the same way about people who hurt people because they were hurt when they were growing up. There's no need to take it out on everyone else.
All this and so many giving him a pass. I can understand a person with dementia,but not others.
Unless your a king
Having bilateral leg ulcers myself, the pain without painkillers is outrageous; I can understand Henry VIII more,
Chronic pain and a head injury can change a person’s personality
Nothing worse than being in pain all day everyday, lack of sleep and nothing to help ease the pain will make you cranky
He also very likely received a severe concussion from the accident which could have caused a brain injury thereby possibly changing his personality.
I know this theory is a tad out there, but it’s possible.
It's not oit there. It's been a prevailing theory for quite a long time 😊 u did good
I can see that
He was unconscious for like an hour. That definitely causes major neurological trauma. That paired with debilitating chronic pain would absolutely make him a total b*tch to be around.
It's actually possible.
No this is not out there. This has been studied as recently as 5 years ago and it is assumed that the King did suffer a massive concussion and perhaps brain damage.
7:30 It wasn't only his leg calves that Henry felt poised to show off judging by the codpiece he's wearing.
I have venous stasis ulcers on both legs from the ankle up the calves and it HURTS. it hurts enough to turn my very easy going passive nature more angry, dark, and aggressive. I will find myself snapping over the smallest things and being mean to those around me for no reason. I couldnt imagine how much worse id be if I was a king
I’m sorry about your pain. I can’t imagine how it affects you in every way
Or no modern medicine.
@aliciaschultz309 thats very true, if I didnt have modern pain medicine I would have killed myself by now
At least Henry wasn't circumcised and since he was a ginger, his farts and burps must have smelled like British angus beef and freshly baked gingerbread cookies.
@@HowieHoward-ti3dx 🤣 🤣 🤣
My great grandmother was a nurse during the Spanish Flu and was working a minimum of 16 hour days. She wore herself down and she succumbed to it and my grandfather and his sister were orphaned so her sister raised them. They were both under 2 years at the time. God bless all of the Irish nurses who were selfless and took care of the patients with no regard for themselves.
Very relevant to this video 😂
As others have mentioned, that jousting accident also left him unconscious for more than 2 hours. He had already started gaining some weight by his forties, but his leg injury restricted his exercise.
It didn’t help that Jane Seymour died two weeks after giving Henry a son. Henry’s beloved mother had died from complications after giving birth, so he must have re-lived that trauma and drowned his sorrows in food and drink.
He should have bought a stationary bicycle and used that to lose weight.
@@HowieHoward-ti3dx Stationary bikes weren’t invented yet, though.
Oh, yeah, I didn’t think of that.
@@baliyae I know. I was joking.
He had to have suffered brain damage. Knowing what I know about medical things the longer you are unconscious after a head injury the more likely you are going to be brain damaged.
It should be noted that Henry the eighth was originally the spare, not the heir, he came to the throne, because his older brother Arthur died young, so maybe inheriting the crown, when he wasn't supposed to could be a contributing factor to his behaviour, along with his failing health. British royal history is full, even today, of unhappy spares.
Yes, like the current Henry AKA: Harry.
True enough..
Though King George VI was the spare too .. and turned out ok.
Both Andrew and Harry are second sons and full of envy and bitterness.
@@coling3957 George VI had a good wife Queen Elizabeth ( the Queen Mother later ) and a father George V, who suspected his heir would make a lousy king, so pushed the spare to be the best he could. That said, being the monarch, shortened his life, because he was never a very healthy person and of a very nervous disposition. His wife never forgave Edward and Wallace for that.
King Charles II eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth thought he should be King since his father had no legitimate children and led a rebellion. His uncle King James II quickly quashed the rebellion and beheaded his nephew. Just cause you want something doesn't make it so.
I’ve always believed this. He didn’t know how to be a king cause he wasn’t taught to be one. And the people around him who tried to teach him were definitely not the best to learn from
No wonder Anne of Cleves was so disgusted.
And Henry claimed SHE smelled!! What a joke.
One thing that you left out was the probability of a chronic closed head injury/ concussion from the same jousting debacle that fractured Henry VIII's legs. His behavior sounds a lot like the personality changes suffered by pro athletes who are constantly hit in the head, imo. This doesn't excuse his behavior by our standards today but does explain it.
Rabid Wolverine? Yikes.
i mean he pretty much said it when he was talking about the jousting accident. he mentioned his personality changed. like he made it obvious he had a head injury that changed him lmao
Love your sense of humour, especially " the horse must have hated his job"😂😂😂❤
I never knew I need to know all about Henry VIII's leg. Now, that's something I never learned at school!
We learned about this in school.
@@TheCandiceWang Well, lucky you!
Lower leg ulcers are common in people with diabetes.
Stay on topic.
Dia beat us is what I suggested.
hyperuricemia and gout
Henry VIII is my favorite English king. By that, I mean I enjoy learning about him. I don’t condone his behavior, but I do think he’s an interesting person.
the human equivalent of a car crash you just can't look away from
When he was knocked out during that joust,he was in a coma for days.
He scrambled his brains,and I think that’s why he was nuts.
He was unconscious for hours, not days.
The reading of the old text just highlights why I love this narrator so much
It's always a great day whenever Weird History uploads
Yeah, Tom is the best.
@@KarlJayce.I don't listen if it's not Tom. He truly is the best narrator
@@mollysmith1226 The only narrator, really. All others are just imposters lining up to get their heads cut off by the king.
And a good day for a cup of tea! ❤🍵❤🍵❤🍵❤🍵❤🍵
@@LinkinVerbz44 yes!!! I totally understand that and agree with you 🙂
Its possible that he could have had brain trauma from when the horse fell on him and other resulting injuries and conditions made it worse
I heard a theory that Henry's mood swings could also be related to a head injury during the joust that ruined his legs. I'm amazed he lived as long as he did.
During the TV show Laugh In (1967-73), they had a Henry 8th character. Every time they cut to Henry, he had a mouth full of food.
The last thing I ever expected from a video about Henry VIII's medical issues was a Wilford Brimley deep-cut reference as a joke chapter title, but that's why I love Weird History...
I love this narrator's voice. I have been watching Weird History for years now. Great scripts, editing and graphic material, but this dude's narration skills are insane.
I Wonder why they only make thousands view with millions of subscribers. Posting too often maybe?
Me too
@@sauce1232The channel blew up during covid, cuz everyone was stuck at home during lockdown.
Chronic pain can cause someone to change their behavior. As someone who was pampered, never refused a thing, he was a perfect setup for being a rageful person.
I'm not surprised of the reports of his behavior radically changing.
Anne Boleyn was so traumatized, fearing he'd die, miscarried a male fetus.
She was blamed for that.
Henry seems to have many male births once with the same woman. If the male baby survived, great. If no there's no successful completion of male pregnancies after.
His weight gain worsened his condition.
Yep that’s what they said in the video.
I just recovered from a pair of leg ulcers on each leg. I tried treating at home for painful 3 months. Finally went to wound care doc who had to wrap/rewrap each leg once a week for 2.5 months. I can't imagine...
It’s recorded that following his fall during the joust, Henry was unconscious for over 2 hours, so basically a short coma.
On his waking up, he was pretty much immediately a different person, going from noble, sporty, fun-loving King to a despotic tyrant.
Many historians put his personality change down to a permanent brain injury he suffered from the fall - something I’ve seen first hand with my father’s stroke. He was a different man after that night.
The KIng's Great Matter was Henry's *divorce*, not Catherine's infertility.
I thought the divorce was the result of the lack of a male heir.
@@loricagardener4826 The lack of a male heir wasn't called "The King's Great Matter", though. Henry had to cancel the Pope's power in England in order to get his divorce finalized and marry his mistress. He created a new religion (the Anglican Church) and became its head in order to get this "matter" arranged to his satisfaction.
There was no divorce of Catherine of Aragon.@@loricagardener4826
He also probably had severe brain injuries from the jousting accident. He was unconcious for around two hours (if I remember history class correctly)
I bet they were ready to pronounce him dead.
Talking about his leg wasn’t the treasonous act, it was imagining his death that lost people their heads.
Yeah constant pain can change a person. I’ve had problems with my back( herniated discs) for years, and as anyone with chronic back problems can attest, it’s miserable.
as someone exhausted by the Summer King's popularity to this day (😂😭😭😴), I encourage WH to look into documenting of other monarchs, the ones who aren't covered extensively. Maybe not from Great Britain or at least lesser known? Even his grandmother who arguably is responsible for the Tudor dynasty would be more interesting. M. Beaufort! Really, as someone who loves the Tudors, they're quite well covered. Itd be a refreshing change to see a ton of others covered instead. Just putting it out there 😅🙏🏼 thank for all you guys do! ALL ⭐
What a very strange man everything about him is just something...
Indeed!
Having certain amount of pain can change someone's personality a lot and even more when you eat crappy things and wears tights
The tights alone would make me a murder beast.
He overindulged on turkey legs. That will do it every time!
@@ModernVintage31It could make you a super hero. Superman, Robin Hood, Batman and Robin, etc.
@@glennso47 yup,no doubt
@@glennso47, Turkeys were unknown in England back then. They're native to Mexico & N America.
4:15 That Jane Seymour perished in birth while a later Jane Seymour became a medicine woman who meets a midwife in the pilot episode.
9:21 "Don't Speak" by No Doubt was a big hit in the 90s, it was played at a lot of dances!
Reminds me of the speculation about Machiavelli's carbuncles having something to do with his cold-blooded writing in _The Prince._ Can the unusual orneriness of a person be actually traced to their suffering from disease? Apparently so, but that's why we subscribed to #weirdhistory-to learn more about this stuff. Keep them coming! Jolly good show.
It's also said that he suffered a head injury when he fell from his horse, his suit of armour shows a large dent in the helmet, along with his injured leg it was after this he changed suffering mood swings etc so just like today people that suffer head injuries can have changes in their personality there is a possible that this is what happend to Henry and therefore changed the course of history
It's also believed that he might have suffered a brain injury in the accident, which would explain the personality change.
I don't know why I need these facts or whether this information will come in handy one day. Regardless, I really enjoy these videos and I learn so much. Thank you!
Dont watch then. What a foolish thing to say. Also I as a young man learn from history because I don't want to repeat it and I'm fascinated by it
I knew there would be a Herman's Hermits reference in there and I was NOT disappointed.
I have chronic pain due to myotonic dystrophy since I was 25 and it gets worse as I age
Still the bestbarrator on all of CZcams!! Thank you for all the sarcastic wit!
“I hope you weren’t eating during this”
Me: “I’m an ICU RN man I can go through way worse then go to lunch, and right back to it”
Sounds more likely that his drastic personality change could've been from knocking his head when he fell of the horse. It wouldn't have needed to have bled/had an open wound even; just the whiplash-y jarring and smacking would've been enough.
Differential diagnosis: cellulitis due to congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, and possibly exacerbated by diabetes and/or infection
I love all of your channels, keep up the wonderful work!
I’ll go with the Royal Jerk option as my final answer. He was a Royal Jerk even before the leg injury, although, I admit I’ve always thought it was the head injury that caused the change in personality. He was unconscious for over two hours, so it seems he took quite a big konk on the head! As a person who lives with chronic pain in this modern world, I can’t imagine how he dealt with the pain back then. He was already trending to the cruel side before the accident, but I will say the pain and “treatments”, probably exacerbated his cruelty.
A+ video!
Fascinating history, what a crazy story!
5:18 Hahaha!
But seriously...excellent voice acting, very unique!
A friend living overseas recently had terrible sores on his legs from diabetes. He was overweight and very sedentary...the apartment manager knocked on his door because the smell was bothering the neighbors.
Henry's obesity, alcoholism and poor diet didn't help either. I doubt he ate his fruits and veggies... I wonder if he could have had parasites from the meat or game. Ah well. Life surely was grim back then... Perhaps he caught a bad case of karma too???
Thank you for not letting me skip this one 😊
So he had a traumatic Brain injury(TBI)when he was knocked out, & a search says he had multiple. Something that can cause extreme changes in behavior, problem solving, decisions, views, & actions. It also could explain some of his weight, since some not feeling full, or eating a dangerous amount, w/out feeling full, lack of motivation, & energy. There can be a bit of an addiction part, having a hard time or desire to avoid or overindulging, probably more likely for a king. Maybe having a different physical response to things that weren't a problem before.
A tramatic brain injury can trigger not only a shift in personality but also trigger genetic conditions that wouldn't otherwise surface. Diabetes or metabolic syndrome. I'm surprised they didn't use poppy seeds (morphine) or willow bark tea (aspirin) to relieve his pain. They were both known remedies at the time. Any apothecary would have been able to assist with that.
Genetic conditions by definition are found in your DNA, or the genes. Getting a head injury doesn't "trigger" genetic conditions.
@rebeccablackburn9487 it did in me. I'm not the only family member to have a traumatic physical injury that triggered a genetic problem.
@@rebeccablackburn9487your Chromasomes, which hold your genetics, undergo damage and mutation as you get older and small bits get deleted or changed, which is how you get grey or white hair as you age, wrinkles, etc. that damage can also happen when you receive a traumatic illness or injury - for example, undergoing chemo treatment can sometimes make your hair grow back curly instead. I personally got lucky until 22, when a particularly bad respiratory illness triggered severe chronic pain from a condition I’m still trying to get diagnosed four years later. People have also gained serious chronic mental illnesses after traumatic brain injury.
Unfortunately, disability really is one bad illness or unlucky injury away from happening to anyone.
Poor dude went crazy from pain and all he needed was some antibiotics.
Finally found out what id do with a time machine. Take a bottle of penicillin to Cranky Hank. Totally sucks what he did but i kinda feel him.
I’m not an expert but it sounds like he was a diabetic
I agree!!!
I have a friend who suffered an internal brain injury. It changed her ability to know when she was full.
I can relate in a way to your friend. I had a pretty severe head injury when I was a teenager. I was playing basketball and went to rebound that ball as it went off the court. I ran as fast as I could and there was an almost unnoticeable incline of concrete and I tripped on it and went flying head first into the corner of a picnic table. I hit the table with such force that everything on it went flying off and it moved three feet from where it was originally. I dropped to the ground in pain and felt different afterwards. It definately changed my personality and possibly negatively impacted my Short-Term Memory. Everyone on the basketball court including other groups of random people said "OMG, man you got right back up after that. I would've been crying home to my mom!" I had an MRI years later and they said it didn't look like there was any damage but occasionally I get pounding, throbbing Cluster Headaches over the region where my head injury occurred years prior. If you look closely you can barely see the indentation in my skull on my forehead just above my right eye. 😀
1:22 Reminds me of the similar situation in the film Marie Antoinette (2007).
Watched it the other film, amazing film!
Thanks for this! 🦵
right on right on
I love the narration.
1:04 Shoutout to one of my fav Broadway shows I've seen!
Ayy a Weird History video that actually has stuff I DID know, thats rare, I'm used to obscure things I had no clue about lol
3:00 "Medical knowledge wasn't exactly cutting edge."🔪
These little, humorous quips are what keep me coming back to "Weird History"!
In addition to his wives being the subject of a Broadway musical, Rick Wakeman (former keyboard player for prog band Yes) released a solo album back in the '70s inspired by them.
I still have it on vinyl.
Excellent album, Rick is a genius.
Pain can make people do wild things
You had me at “Everything You Didn’t Need To Know”..
6:43 That reminds me of the commercial 'Leg Day' Invesco QQQ TV Spot, very memorable commercial!
Did I hear correctly when they said he consumed 20 gallons of beer a day? I know they didn’t drink water but still that’s quite a bit. I’m sure it helped with the pain. If he was a chronic alcoholic that would change his personality. And IMO after the accident he went from being a narcissist to a malevolent narcissist. And narcissists get worse with age too.
You heard wrong. 20 gallons is 75 liters = 75 kilos = his body weight.
5:46 Last time I was at The Cheesecake Factory, I ordered the Salted Caramel Cheesecake from that menu!
I look forward to the video you make about what was wrong with Donnie.
There is no head so Noble that I can't make it roll. Remember Anne Boleyn!!!!!
🎼🎵They see me rollin'
They hatin'
Patrollin' and tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty🎵🤣🤣🤣🤣
Excruciating pain..ulcers..and he was concussed also. Shook his brain a bit.
Love how you called him Hank!
3:11 Those lollipops!
I was not aware that those were popular treats when seeing the doctor!
Interesting video, I 🖤 you Tom.
11:17 Those flexpens that are fill with insulin are very helpful for quick insulin treatments.
I’d say the constant pain contributed greatly to his disposition, but using law to kill whomever he wanted including friends, God knows how many innocent people. He was a cruel, narcissistic man.
LOL! Calling him Hank really made me laugh because can you imagine what would have happened to anyone who dared call him that to his face?!
Likely, from the fractured bones, fat emboli to the brain. Henry likely also suffered from type II diabetes which contributed to nephropathy, peripheral vascular disease, chronic kidney disease, erectile dysfunction, hypertension and not to mention, likely, the syphilis. Should we talk about the gout?
Wow...he was certainly in a world of hurt...😮
His leg?
Not something you would think about
The whole video is about his 3rd leg 🤪
“Yoinking”. Brilliant. 😁
I feel like a personality change (likely from severe head trauma) and constant, chronic pain would make anyone difficult to be around
A whole episode about a leg LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
0:03 The video game Joust popularized the concept of the two-player cooperative video game. (wikipedia).
Starkey says Henry was an absolute beast-ard way before his injury.
H G Tudor diagnoses Henry as a narcissistic psychopath.
I believe it!
Maybe he had an unknown head injury too. That can cause change in behavior and sometimes strong meanness.
In the year 2024 on CZcams, I’m just thankful for a channel like Weird History that is willing to simply state it isn’t healthy to eat 5000 calories in a day and the comment section doesn’t lose its mind. 😅
I have a sore on my leg that just won't go away (it's been there for at least 5 months now, without getting better or worse). It often causes intense pain, although most of the time it feels fine (unless I touch it directly, then it's extremely painful). I don't know if this counts as an ulcer, but it's like a chunk of my leg is missing (about the size of a quarter).
Get it checked out asap as it could be cancerous.
Go to the mfkn DOCTOR! Don’t play with shit like that.
Did you get bit by a spider? It probably should be looked at, debrided if necessary
He probably had a frontal lobe injury from the jousting accident, which made him so erratic. Didn't they have morphine back then, or poppy?
Opium..
03:07 shield with the black cross is the arms of Archbishop John Whitgift, founder of Whitgift School (f.1596).
Vincit qui patitur.
The daily list of food is not what Henry would eat in a day. I was what got cooked in a day. That had to feed the king, his courtiers, the servants, cooks, stable lads and the like.
Beer was drunk because it was safer than water. The alcohol content was very low. Mostly the lower orders would be drinking beer and the king and high up courtiers would drink wine.
Hank... love that!
I love how he calls him Hank 😂
I love how you read the quotes from nobles... Hahaha
I was literally eating while watching this 😂😂😂
For a weird story check out the Viking in England who managed to be killed by the decapitated head of a foe, not in the way you might think either. It bit him. I can't remember names off hand but search for England 9th century, try a rogue called Eric Bloodaxe, he was around at the time although neither biter nor bitee.
I don’t think it’s any of our place to pass judgement on a former king, very educational video always love them.
How can I not click on a title like that?