One Thousand Years of ... People -- WSJ Interactive Edition (2024)

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Henry VIII (1491-1547)

Occupation: King of England
Source of wealth: Taxes
Assets: Gold, jewels, baubles
Claim to fame: Never did find the perfect wife

Henry VIII may have been the wealthiest monarch in British history. A 1547 inventory of Henry VIII's property estimated that his jewels, tapestries and palaces were worth about 300,000 British pounds and his military equipment was valued at another 300,000 British pounds, which combined would be roughly the equivalent of $250 million today. By comparison, the annual income of a duke, second in wealth to the king, was about 6,000 British pounds, or $2.5 million in today's dollars. Henry lived an opulent life, eating off gold plate and reading books with nice covers, such as one described in the inventory as "a booke of golde garnyshed with rubies Emerades and Dyamounts." His military collection included handguns, cannons, spears, javelins, cannonballs and arrows. He owned a small gold object with a spatula on one end that is now housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's identified as a "whistell for the tete and eares" -- a combination tooth- and earpick.

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