The best known children are the three legitimate offspring who survived infancy and would succeed him as monarchs of England, successively, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
His first two wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, had several pregnancies that ended in stillbirth, miscarriage, or death in infancy.
[citation needed] There are many theories about whether Henry VIII had fertility difficulties.
Henry VIII of England had one acknowledged illegitimate child, and is suspected to have fathered several others by his various mistresses.
Henry acknowledged his paternity of Henry FitzRoy (15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536), the son of his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and granted him a dukedom; FitzRoy married Lady Mary Howard, but had no issue.