what colour were Henrys eyes?
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That's tricky because I haven't actually found a description of his eyes in biographies - might have to dig some more! I would say blue from his portraits.
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As King Henry VIII was a redhead just like his mother I would say that his eyes were blue.
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Well im a redhead and my eyes are green……….. It could be a possibility that Henry’s eyes were green too….. most likely to be green or blue.
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I’ve read plenty of books about the tudors and his eyes are always described as blue.
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I would agree in saying that most likely they were blue. They were quite small though don’t you think, at least the paintings of him show that. I would think it safe to assume that he may even have looked like he had no eye brows. Most red heads freckle, so I wonder if his face was covered with freckles…..Hummmmm, food for thought!!
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I’d agree that his eyes were probably blue based on his general colouring – my bf has very similar colouring and his eyes are blue with green flecks. Elizabeth would have inherited her mother’s dark eyes.
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I’m pretty sure I’ve got hard evidence that they were a medium brown. Here’s a link to an upclose portrait of baby Henry VIII.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_10YhTlcgM6w/Sf3Mbm1lV4I/AAAAAAAABdA/jBuk27ezqWo/s1600-h/Young%20Henry%20VIII%5B3%5D.jpg
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I’m pretty sure thats actually his son Prince Edward not Henry. I’ve always read that his eyes where blue as where Elizabeth’s as she was most similar to her father in apperance. Its even refered to as Tudor blue a family trait.
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I’ve got this secret fantasy where he looked like Johnathan Rhys-Meyers… Aaah, he’d be simply too handsome. But obviously it isn’t the case.
I actually wonder why portraits wouldn’t have represented his true eye colour. This era had so many mysteries…
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