1536
Henry VIII, the OG star of British royal sex scandals, who married his third wife, Jane Seymour, 10 days after beheading second wife Anne Boleyn. He’d married Boleyn after having an affair with her sister while married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Henry had six wives in all.
1809
Frederick, Duke of York, who was a son of George III and commander in chief of the British armed forces, was forced to retire in disgrace after his mistress confessed to selling army commissions, with his knowledge, to finance the expensive life she led with the married duke.
1869
Edward, the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII, was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and a notorious playboy known by the nickname “Bertie.” In 1869,…
