The Young King Henry VII became king in 1809, just before his eighteenth birthday. Young Henry was not prepared to be king.
He became king only because his elder [     ] brother, Arthur, died at the age of fifteen.
Soon after the coronation [           ] Henry married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who was his brother Arthur's widow. [     ]
Catherine was the only child of King Ferdinand [         ] of Spain. Spain was then a very powerful country. This marriage created [      ] a strong alliance [        ] between the tow countries.
Catherine was beautiful and intelligent [            ], and Henry loved her. For almost twenty years they were the perfect royal [      ] couple [     ] and were happy together.
The king looked like a hero. Henry was handsome and robust [       ]. He was six foot (1.83metres) tall. At that time most men were about five foot four inches tall. He had bright blue eyes and red hair. He also had s strong personality. The people of England like King Henry.
Young Henry was strong and full of energy. [       ] He loved playing tennis, riding horse and hunting. He hunted in the forest with hawks. [   ] He was a very killed swordsman [         ] and love mock fights called jousts.       ]
Henry was also a great scholar [      ]. He spoke English, French, Latin and Spanish. He studied ancient [        ] Greek, religious writings, mathematics and astronomy天文學[          ]. He was an avid [     ] reader and