Also dont forget Henry took after his maternal side of the familly in looks and traits.He looked like his mother Elizabeth of york.His maternal grandfather who was the plantagenate king Edward the IV of England was 6ft 4.So this tells you why King Henry was so tall.It was more rare and unique to be this tall in Tudor England considering the average hight for a man of the perod was 5ft 8 and for a woman 5ft.Whearas his daughter Elizabeth was 5ft 5 which would be over the average hight for a Tudor lady and Mary Stuart Queen of scotland was 6ft which is well over the hight average for people of the Tudor and Stuart period.also Henry Stuart lord Darnley was 6ft also.Dont forget the stuarts were related to the Tudor’s Through Henry VIII’s sister Margaret who married King James the 4th of scotland and i’m thinking the reason why Mary and Henry stuart were so tall is because I bet they too took after their Plantagenate (yorkist) decendants.
And another thing If a member of the Tudor royal familly had not married into the scotttish royal family Mary and Henry Stuart probably would not have been so tall.Also I have never heard of a member of the scottish royal familly exceding past average hight.
Mary Stuart’s height is more usually ascribed to her mother, Marie de Guise, whose size attracted the attention of Henry VIII. Trying to cut out his nephew James V of Scotland for the lady, Henry argued that he needed a “big wife.”
But the Plantagenet genes certainly may have played a role in the Queen of Scots’ queenly stature.
There’s another article about the armor over at the Daily Mail, written by Philippa Gregory in an inimitable tabloid style that probably has Henry writhing in his tomb — cruel references to “King Sized!” and “supersized battledress” and “gargantuan girth,” etc. I mention it because there have been some questions about the cause of Henry’s death and Gregory suggests Cushing’s syndrome “(a rare hormonal disorder)” in this article. She also thinks he suffered brain damage after his fall in the 1536 tournament.
Interesting comments. I have read this before in books,websites and documentary’s.I hear that King Henry VIII was in fact 6ft 2.Not 6ft 1.
Also dont forget Henry took after his maternal side of the familly in looks and traits.He looked like his mother Elizabeth of york.His maternal grandfather who was the plantagenate king Edward the IV of England was 6ft 4.So this tells you why King Henry was so tall.It was more rare and unique to be this tall in Tudor England considering the average hight for a man of the perod was 5ft 8 and for a woman 5ft.Whearas his daughter Elizabeth was 5ft 5 which would be over the average hight for a Tudor lady and Mary Stuart Queen of scotland was 6ft which is well over the hight average for people of the Tudor and Stuart period.also Henry Stuart lord Darnley was 6ft also.Dont forget the stuarts were related to the Tudor’s Through Henry VIII’s sister Margaret who married King James the 4th of scotland and i’m thinking the reason why Mary and Henry stuart were so tall is because I bet they too took after their Plantagenate (yorkist) decendants.
And another thing If a member of the Tudor royal familly had not married into the scotttish royal family Mary and Henry Stuart probably would not have been so tall.Also I have never heard of a member of the scottish royal familly exceding past average hight.
Mary Stuart’s height is more usually ascribed to her mother, Marie de Guise, whose size attracted the attention of Henry VIII. Trying to cut out his nephew James V of Scotland for the lady, Henry argued that he needed a “big wife.”
But the Plantagenet genes certainly may have played a role in the Queen of Scots’ queenly stature.
There’s another article about the armor over at the Daily Mail, written by Philippa Gregory in an inimitable tabloid style that probably has Henry writhing in his tomb — cruel references to “King Sized!” and “supersized battledress” and “gargantuan girth,” etc. I mention it because there have been some questions about the cause of Henry’s death and Gregory suggests Cushing’s syndrome “(a rare hormonal disorder)” in this article. She also thinks he suffered brain damage after his fall in the 1536 tournament.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1134222/King-size-Henry-VIIIs-armour-reveals-52in-girth–paid-terrible-price.html