Henry VIII wives
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- Henry VIII wives
- Catherine of Aragon
- Wife 1
- Widow of Henry's brother Arthur who died in 1501
- Married Henry in 1509
- Daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
- Henry was desperate for a male heir but Catherine only produced a girl, Mary, before becoming barren
- Henry broke with Rome to grant himself a divorce
- They divorce in 1533 and Catherine died in 1536
- Anne Boleyn
- Wife 2
- She caught Henry's eye in court and they married in 1533 after she became pregnant
- The baby was Elizabeth, a girl
- Anne gave birth to two more still born children
- Katherine Howard
- Wife 5
- She was young and found life with Henry boring
- Married 1540
- Accused of adultery and executed in 1542
- Katherine Howard
- She was charged with adultery in 1536 and beheaded
- Jane Seymour
- Wife 3 - Henry's favourite
- They married in 1536, 11 days after Anne's execution
- She gave birth to a boy, Edward, i n October 1536
- She died a month later
- Henry requested to be buried next to her when he died
- Anne of Cleves
- Wife 4
- Political marriage
- Henry thought her to be ugly after agreeing to marry her
- He called her the Flanders Mare
- Married 1540, divorced 1540
- Katherine Parr
- Wife 6
- Married 1543
- More of a nurse than a wife
- After Henry died she married Thomas Seymour
- Died in 1548
- Wife 6
- Catherine of Aragon
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