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  2. In 1529, when she was seventeen, Catherine married Sir Edward Burgh (pronounced and sometimes written as Borough), a grandson of Edward Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh. Earlier biographies had mistakenly reported that Catherine had married the older Burgh.

  3. May 9, 2024 · (May 09, 2024) (Show more) Catherine Parr (born 1512—died September 5, 1548) was the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII of England (ruled 1509–47). Catherine was a daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendall, an official of the royal household.

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  4. Marriages. In 1529 Parr married Edward Borough (or Burgh), who died in 1533. The next year she married John Neville, Lord Latimer, a second cousin once removed. A Catholic, Neville was the target of Protestant rebels, who briefly held Parr and his two children hostage in 1536 to protest the king's religious policies. Neville died in 1543.

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  6. Apr 9, 2023 · The last wife of King Henry VIII, Catherine Parr was married to the tempestuous English ruler from July 12, 1543 until his death on January 28, 1547. By the time Parr married the king, it was already her third marriage after her first two husbands had died.

    • Chosen by the king. The first point to note is that Katherine Parr, aka Lady Latimer, was Henry's choice. Former spouses had been urged upon the king by politicians, diplomats and ambitious aristocratic clans: the Howards, the Boleyns, the Seymours and Thomas Cromwell had dangled their candidates before Henry and each had their own agendas.
    • The passions of Katherine Parr. These writings reveal, first of all, that Katherine embarked on her marriage to Henry at great emotional cost: she was in love with someone else.
    • The style of the sixth queen. The new queen certainly turned out to be a veritable Esther. As David Starkey has pointed out, “Henry's sixth marriage marks a watershed in religious policy” because Katherine was “a woman with a mission”.
    • Katherine the stepmother. In her relations with the king Katherine was young enough to interest him sexually and mature enough to perceive and cater to his other needs.
  7. Sep 26, 2023 · They married on July 12, 1543. “In marrying the King rather than [Seymour],” wrote historian Jane Dunn, “Catherine Parr had sacrificed her heart for the sake of duty.” Taking the reins.

  8. Feb 3, 2021 · 2. She married twice before wedding Henry VIII. Though best known as Henry VIII’s sixth queen, Catherine was in fact married twice before. In 1529, while aged 17, she married Sir Edward Burgh, who was himself in his 20s and a Justice of the Peace. Tragically they were only married 4 years before Burgh died, leaving Catherine a widow aged 21.

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