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.
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.
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.
@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.
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.
He could have had osteomyelitis in his legs. I thought of this after reading about the bad oder that came from his legs and it was difficult to be in a room with him because of the smell. It was the same way with my husband that had this disease after a terrible accident that crushed his legs. He eventually had ostermyelitis and one leg had to be amputated. Even with high powered antibiotics and all other modern medical measures this disease cannot be cured. It's said, " once an osteo always an osteo." This disease basically rots the bone thus the odor. I don't know if this was the Kings problem but it sounds similar to my husbands.
@@EEL67 I don't think people are "giving him a pass". Merely that we know a great deal more now as medical science has advanced so much since that time. It's interesting to look back on the past with our current understanding, and also to try to predict how further advancements might teach us even more.
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
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.
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.
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.
I'm so sorry you have them, my father had them in "just" one leg in the final few years of his life, and they were just impossible to heal despite his otherwise being active and healthy right into his 80s. However, he wasn't good about elevating his legs or wearing his compression stockings - understandably, I know they're far from comfortable. He did find some improvement with the honey and silver bandages though. I hope you're able to find a method that works for you, or that at least the pain relief provides some respite.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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
@@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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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Did the jousting incident produce an open fracture of the lower leg? If so there may have been an osteomyelitis from bacteria getting into the wound and exposed bone that might have become chronic even long after the main injury had healed to whatever extent that it did and later worsened and perhaps caused a general septicemia that resulted in his death.
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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???
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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 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.
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.
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...
I’ve had mine for over two years 😔some days I can’t walk atall the pain is that debilitating-the one on my left shin is deep and widening in circumstance but u tell you the truth when I tell you You I’ve been attending my local Surgery to have the nurses dress these ulcers for over two years now ..I’ve had two the first one was on my left foot then when that one wa showing a little hope of healing this one on my Shin opened up and is worse than the foot ever was … they try various things ..manuka honey , silver amongst others… but it’s a very slow agonising process and often taking one step forward and two steps back.
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.
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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.
I wonder, since he was knocked unconscious when he fell off his horse, perhaps he sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury. That has been known to cause severe changes in personalities in a lot of cases. But probably a tad narcissist, along with all the things that follow the.type of lifestyle he lived. I didn't know before this that he died of renal failure. That's how my mom died. She wasn't a queen, but she acted like she was.
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.
My thoughts exactly! CVI (Chronic Venous Insufficiency) needs pressure dressings, wound care management and proper diet, especially low carb to ward off diabetes & weight gain.
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
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.
@@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.
Syphilitic miasm (meaning an echo of the full-blown disease in the body,) I always felt something like this caused caused all of Henry 8ths wives miscarriages. It could have been passed down from the wives side too, genetically. Still births, the baby dying before coming to full term, miscarriages or infant death within a month or two, all can be due to syphilitic conditions. Henry was notoriously promiscuous, had sex with tons of women, from all levels of society, so it wouldnt be a stretch to think he had syphilis, or some sort of sexually transmitted disease. I'll have to Google now and see if gonorreah causes complications with child bearing, or if that has different ramifications.
Blood type may have been a factor in the miscarriages. I have o negative blood type and my husband has O positive so I needed a rhogram shot during both of my pregnancies to prevent a miscarriage
Gonorrhea was a leading cause of blindness in infants until it was discovered that silver nitrate solution applied to babys eyes right after birth saved their vision. None of King Henry's numerous offspring were recorded as being blind so gonorrhea is ruled out.
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).
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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?
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. 😀
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.
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His personality didn't help him, being king or not. It didn't help regarding his injury, wives or surroundings either. If his leg injury was fatal to begin with , sepsis would have end him fast.
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.
I believe the long term concussion really rattled that poor brain which was enough to change his behaviour. Secondly, terrible pain in leg due to his ulcers. Disgusting, ulcers, very hard to control pain and healing even now but of course we have a lot more dressings, medicine to help heal.
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.
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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..
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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.
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.
Ok, so.. Ham Hocks are being pushed to Thursday now, I guess.... Gotta figure out tonight's replacement now.
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I have several books on him and some really old paper engraved pictures. Just an odd obsession with him
I have a question...do you think he resembles Prince Harry? And isn't Harry a descendent of King Henry VIII ?
@@debbiebasche5337 They are through Henry's sister Margaret. I guess they sort of do look similar. I never thought about it lol
He could have had osteomyelitis in his legs. I thought of this after reading about the bad oder that came from his legs and it was difficult to be in a room with him because of the smell. It was the same way with my husband that had this disease after a terrible accident that crushed his legs. He eventually had ostermyelitis and one leg had to be amputated. Even with high powered antibiotics and all other modern medical measures this disease cannot be cured. It's said, " once an osteo always an osteo." This disease basically rots the bone thus the odor. I don't know if this was the Kings problem but it sounds similar to my husbands.
Henry the 8th is aleays interesting. Thank hyou for another great episode.
You could smell him 3 rooms away? Wow, i don't feel so bad about myself anymore.
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
@@EEL67 I don't think people are "giving him a pass". Merely that we know a great deal more now as medical science has advanced so much since that time. It's interesting to look back on the past with our current understanding, and also to try to predict how further advancements might teach us even more.
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 😂
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.
Having bilateral leg ulcers myself, the pain without painkillers is outrageous; I can understand Henry VIII more,
I'm so sorry you have them, my father had them in "just" one leg in the final few years of his life, and they were just impossible to heal despite his otherwise being active and healthy right into his 80s. However, he wasn't good about elevating his legs or wearing his compression stockings - understandably, I know they're far from comfortable. He did find some improvement with the honey and silver bandages though. I hope you're able to find a method that works for you, or that at least the pain relief provides some respite.
No wonder Anne of Cleves was so disgusted.
And Henry claimed SHE smelled!! What a joke.
7:30 It wasn't only his leg calves that Henry felt poised to show off judging by the codpiece he's wearing.
Lower leg ulcers are common in people with diabetes.
Stay on topic.
Dia beat us is what I suggested.
hyperuricemia and gout
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.
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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
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
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
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
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@@LinkinVerbz44 yes!!! I totally understand that and agree with you 🙂
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
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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.
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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’m not an expert but it sounds like he was a diabetic
I agree!!!
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.
I bet that ulcerative leg had a pleasant odor. 🤮
Yes...pungent...😖
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.
What a very strange man everything about him is just something...
Indeed!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⭐
Differential diagnosis: cellulitis due to congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, and possibly exacerbated by diabetes and/or infection
Did the jousting incident produce an open fracture of the lower leg? If so there may have been an osteomyelitis from bacteria getting into the wound and exposed bone that might have become chronic even long after the main injury had healed to whatever extent that it did and later worsened and perhaps caused a general septicemia that resulted in his death.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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???
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
It's also believed that he might have suffered a brain injury in the accident, which would explain the personality change.
The reading of the old text just highlights why I love this narrator so much
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.
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'd get Hitler away from the crank.
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.
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.
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...
I’ve had mine for over two years 😔some days I can’t walk atall the pain is that debilitating-the one on my left shin is deep and widening in circumstance but u tell you the truth when I tell you
You I’ve been attending my local
Surgery to have the nurses dress these ulcers for over two years now ..I’ve had two the first one was on my left foot then when that one wa showing a little hope of healing this one on my
Shin opened up and is worse than the foot ever was … they try various things ..manuka honey , silver amongst others… but it’s a very slow agonising process and often taking one step forward and two steps back.
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.
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Is there a brain damage from the frontal and temporal lobe that cause this?
Frontal lobe damage is the one that typically causes major personality changes. Temporal lobe damage usually causes memory issues.
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.
Can you imagine what he smelled like? Omg 😳
I wonder, since he was knocked unconscious when he fell off his horse, perhaps he sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury. That has been known to cause severe changes in personalities in a lot of cases. But probably a tad narcissist, along with all the things that follow the.type of lifestyle he lived. I didn't know before this that he died of renal failure. That's how my mom died. She wasn't a queen, but she acted like she was.
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 😂
The stench emanating off this monster could have rivaled Trump's, no doubt.
I knew there would be a Herman's Hermits reference in there and I was NOT disappointed.
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..
It sounds as though he had Diabetes along with lymphedema.
His leg?
Not something you would think about
The whole video is about his 3rd leg 🤪
Sounds like he had venous stasis ulcers from being obese and eating an unhealthy diet.
My thoughts exactly! CVI (Chronic Venous Insufficiency) needs pressure dressings, wound care management and proper diet, especially low carb to ward off diabetes & weight gain.
If he took care of himself than that leg issue would have resolve itself. The fact that he ate so much actually made things worse.
I wonder if he was diabetic as that would explain why his legs did not heal.
Still the bestbarrator on all of TH-cam!! Thank you for all the sarcastic wit!
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
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.
right on right on
3:00 "Medical knowledge wasn't exactly cutting edge."🔪
These little, humorous quips are what keep me coming back to "Weird History"!
I have chronic pain due to myotonic dystrophy since I was 25 and it gets worse as I age
As a person that has pain the ulcers most likely are the cause of his grumpy disposition 😮. The difference is I have pain meds lol
Syphilitic miasm (meaning an echo of the full-blown disease in the body,) I always felt something like this caused caused all of Henry 8ths wives miscarriages. It could have been passed down from the wives side too, genetically. Still births, the baby dying before coming to full term, miscarriages or infant death within a month or two, all can be due to syphilitic conditions. Henry was notoriously promiscuous, had sex with tons of women, from all levels of society, so it wouldnt be a stretch to think he had syphilis, or some sort of sexually transmitted disease. I'll have to Google now and see if gonorreah causes complications with child bearing, or if that has different ramifications.
Given how disease was widely not understood compared to todays standards there’s some truth to that plus access to medicine was bad then
Blood type may have been a factor in the miscarriages. I have o negative blood type and my husband has O positive so I needed a rhogram shot during both of my pregnancies to prevent a miscarriage
Gonorrhea was a leading cause of blindness in infants until it was discovered that silver nitrate solution applied to babys eyes right after birth saved their vision. None of King Henry's numerous offspring were recorded as being blind so gonorrhea is ruled out.
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
Starkey says Henry was an absolute beast-ard way before his injury.
H G Tudor diagnoses Henry as a narcissistic psychopath.
I believe it!
Does anyone even know who Herman's hermit's were?? I only know because my mom is a nerd among nerds and monkeys and the Herman's hermits were her absolute favorite bands
Henry VIII's leg thing was on the tuders, probably a assh***le even without the leg problem
Ahole due to the brain damage problem, too, not having a surviving male heir (which was his own fault and he had no idea)
Ah, so is there where the phrase "a royal pain in the @$$" comes from?
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...😮
I’m Henry the Eighth I am. Henry the Eighth I am I am. Herman’s Hermits .
I got married to the widow next door, she’s been married seven times before
And every one was a Henry, she wouldn’t take a Willie or a Sam…..
Okay the last timeline video was in December of 2022… is it ever coming back?
The head trauma could have affected his personality. Regardless, he was an *hole.
I love all of your channels, keep up the wonderful work!
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. 😀
9:21 "Don't Speak" by No Doubt was a big hit in the 90s, it was played at a lot of dances!
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.
5:18 Hahaha!
But seriously...excellent voice acting, very unique!
Going back in time just to feed Hank a Caesar salad.
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?!
Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
Eating Cookies & Cream cereal* (Malt O Meal brand)...while watching this Weird History video!
* Inspired from the Weird History Food video "Why Was the 80s the Golden Age for Sugary Cereals?"
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Head trauma, untreated diabetes and chronic pain. Not a good mix!
Well he’s a jerk anyway
How could people stand to be around him is my question!
I find myself anticipating which narrator voice I may get recently. Hoping for no whammies
I was literally eating while watching this 😂😂😂
5:46 Last time I was at The Cheesecake Factory, I ordered the Salted Caramel Cheesecake from that menu!
His personality didn't help him, being king or not. It didn't help regarding his injury, wives or surroundings either.
If his leg injury was fatal to begin with , sepsis would have end him fast.
Anyone else get the image of Mario Botelli when speaking of good ole Henry
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.
He got an aquired brain injury.. after his fall from josting
I believe the long term concussion really rattled that poor brain which was enough to change his behaviour. Secondly, terrible pain in leg due to his ulcers. Disgusting, ulcers, very hard to control pain and healing even now but of course we have a lot more dressings, medicine to help heal.