Henry VIII
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Henry VIII and Francis I
Henry VIII met his greatest rival, Francis I, King of France in 1520. Henry got a bit drunk one evening and he actually challenged Francis to an impromptu wrestling match. So Francis accepted and he pretty much immediately threw Henry to the floor, he won. And things turned very sour, so it was a real kind of wound to Henry's vanity,. As time passes, Henry suffers more dent to his ego than to his armour. At least is the fact that after a decade on the throne, Henry still has no air.
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