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Warrior. Rebel. King. Reigned for nearly 38 years from April 23,
1509 (aged 18) until his death January 28, 1547 -The Venetian
ambassador, Sebastian Giustiniani, described Henry in 1519 as:
'extremely handsome. Nature could not have done more for him. He
is much handsomer than any other sovereign in Christendom; a
great deal handsomer than the King of France; very fair and his
whole frame admirably proportioned. On hearing that Francis I
wore a beard, he allowed his own to grow, and as it is reddish,
he has now got a beard that looks like gold.' - By 1531,
Ludovico Falieri, the next Venetian ambassador in England
says:"In the 8th Henry such beauty of mind and body is combined
as to surprise and astonish. Grand stature, suited to his
exalted position, showing the superiority of mind and character;
a face like an angel's, so fair it is; his head bald like
Cæsar's, and he wears a beard, which is not the English custom.
He is accomplished in every manl