What is the historical reason the King James Version was created? Many years ago, I heard someone say that the KJV came about because King James I wanted a version of the Bible that supported him getting a divorce. Nowadays, I can't help but wonder how true this is. Thus, I'm asking for the historical reasons the KJV came about.
Since one of the reasons for the English Reformation by King Henry VIII which lead to the creation of the Church of England was divorce, I doubt King James I would have needed a new translation.

From Wikipedia, it sounds like the main reasons for the commissioning of the KJV 70 years after the reformation were around translation errors believed to be in the existing English translations.  


  The newly crowned King James convened the Hampton Court Conference in
  1604. That gathering proposed a new English version in response to the
  perceived problems of earlier translations as detected by the Puritan
  faction of the Church of England.


It sounds to me like what you had heard may have just been history getting crossed.