I just like medieval history. I studied a fair amount of it at university, learned to read and write Old French, stuff like that.
Yes, Henry was good-looking, for a while.
By the time he married Howard, however, he was fat and had a stinky, nasty, pussy ulcer on his leg.
Henry's maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Woodville, and grandfather, Edward IV, were considered incredibly good-looking.
In fact, his maternal grandmother was so beautiful it was shocking when his maternal grandfather married her, as, although she was not a commoner she was considered well beneath him. She had, however, been widowed and given birth to two sons, so her obvious fertility put her in somewhat good stead.
And she started to churn out the babies immediately.
But she was very vain, as was the rest of her family, who threw their weight round hte court once Elizabeth became queen.
Her sons by the king, however, became the famous Princes in the Tower, murdered by or on the orders of their father's brother, Richard III.
Henry VII married the princes' eldest sister, Elizabeth of York, with the idea of strengthening his claim to the throne, he being the last British monarch to rule by right of conquest.
And if you want to see a medieval example of a MIL from hell, look no further than Henry VII's mother!