The Wives of King henry viii of england
Who Will live and Whose head Will roll?
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Wife #1 Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England from 1509 until 1533. She was Princess of Wales as the wife of Prince Arthur, Henry’s older brother, in 1501 but Arthur died five months later. Catherine and Henry had two children Princess Mary and Henry Duke of Cornwell but the Duke died at just 52 days old. With this Henry decided he needed to do something about Catherine not giving him a male heir and in the meantime he becomes infatuated with another woman, Anne Boylen, and comes up with the idea that his and
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ď Łď ¤ Wife # 2 Anne Bolyen Anne was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536. She was not very pretty but what got Henry interested in her, and other men at court, is that she was incredibly charming, flirtatious, and the life of the party while serving Queen Catherine as her maid of honor. She grew up in France and was indulged into the French culture. She was incredibly fashionable and made the French hood very popular amongst the ladies at court. She knew the king had eyes for her but refused his advantages by declaring she would not be one
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Wife #3 Jane Seymour
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Jane and Henry began openly courting on May 20th, day after he cut off Anne’s head, and was married ten days later. Jane Seymour, one of Queen Anne Boylen’s ladies in waiting as well, was queen of England from 1536 to 1537 when she died two weeks after giving Henry what he so desperately needed, an heir to the throne Edward VI. She was not as highly educated as Catherine and Anne were but she could read and write a little. She was a very tender woman and was well liked at court. She is the only wife of King
Wife #5
Catherine Howard
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First cousin to Queen Anne Boylen Wife #4of England Catherine was Queen from 1540 until 1541, and who Anne of Cleves was affectionately referred to by Henry his "rose a After theasdeath of hiswithout third wife thorn". Catherine married Henry Jane Seymour Henry went through on July 28, 1540, a depression stage butalmost was urged immediately after the annulment to marry Anne of Cleves in efforts oftohis marriage to Anne of Cleves have a German alliance with was arranged. Catherine grew England. Anne was queen of up in herfrom step-grandmother England January 6 1540 to household, Chesworth House, for July 9 1540. The marriage was young aristocratic persons and annulled because Henry found her was known for having a fling here unattractive and even said “She is and thereso with aristocrats nothing fairmale as she hath beenin the household. Some these reported”, therefore theofmarriage people like her on again and was never consummated, and, off as a again Francis Derehamqueen came result,lover she was not crowned to her with statingbegan that consort and blackmail of course Henry hegetting would write to the king and tell googly eyes for a much him aboutCatherine every man she hadon slept younger Howard, of with if she did not give him a Anne of Cleves ladies in waiting. position in her even Following the household. annulment She of their began a relationship with Thomas marriage, Anne and Henry became Culpepper she was was given queena good friendswhile and she and trying to get pregnant with generous settlement by the King, Henry’s second son. She and thereafter referred to was as the beheaded after less than two years King's Beloved Sister. She died in of at marriage on the all 1557 the ageto of Henry 41, outliving grounds of Henry’s treason wives. for committing adultery while married to the King. She is also known as the screaming queen when she was arrested and drug out of her chambers when taken to the Tower of London.
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Wife #6 Katherine Parr
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Henry’s last and final wife, was Queen of England and of Ireland from 1543–1547. She married Henry on July 12, 1543, and outlived him by one year. She was also the most-married English queen, with four husbands, and the first woman to be queen of both England and Ireland. Katherine enjoyed a close relationship with Henry's three children and was personally involved in the education of Elizabeth and Edward, both of whom became English monarchs. She was influential in Henry's passing of the Third Succession Act in 1543 that restored both his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, to the line of the throne. Katherine never bore any children with her first two marriages and didn’t get pregnant while with Henry either. She outlived Henry by one year and died in September of 1548, just five days after giving birth to her only daughter Mary by her fourth husband.