Wives of Henry VIII
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King Henry VIII of England had six wives between 1509 and his death in 1547. In legal terms, Henry had only three wives and no divorces during his life. Instead, three of his marriages were annulled b
Catherine of Aragon m. 1509–1533
Anne Boleyn m. 1532/1533–1536
Jane Seymour m. 1536–1537
Anne of Cleves m. 1540
Catherine Parr
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Catherine Parr was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final quee
Wives of Henry VIII
…Catherine was stripped of her title as Queen in November 1541 and was beheaded in February 1542 on the grounds of treason for committing adultery. Catherine Parr (1512 – 5 September 1548), also spelled Kateryn, was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, from 1543 to 1547. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr…
Portrait, c. 1545
Snape Castle in North Yorkshire
The "Jersey" portrait of Queen Catherine
Title page of Parr's Prayers or Meditations, published in 1545