The government is involved in marriage because it views marriage as a stabilizing force. ... . Homogamous marriage is a type of marriage in which spouses do not share certain social characteristics such as race, ethnicity, religion, education, age, and social class.
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 â 28 January 1547) was the King of England from 1509 until his death. He is perhaps one of England's most famous monarchs because he and Thomas Cranmer the Archbishop of Canterbury split from the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope and he married six times. Henry was born at Greenwich Palace on 28 June 1491 and was the second son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. He had an elder brother, who was called Arthur, Prince of Wales, and two sisters, who were called Margaret and Mary.
Henry II of France. Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 â 10 July 1559) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis III, Duke of Brittany, in 1536.