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Catherine Parr was the eldest child of Sir Thomas Parr, lord of the manor of Kendal in Westmorland (now in Cumbria), and Maud Green, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Green, lord of Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, and Joan Fogge.
Jun 26, 2024 · 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.
Jun 13, 2024 · Catherine Parr is immortalized in history as the one who survived, the lucky last of Henry VIII’s six wives.
Catherine Parr (alternatively Katherine or Kateryn) (26 August 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and of Ireland (1543–47). She was the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII. She married him on 12 July 1543, and outlived him by one year.
Jul 19, 2019 · Catherine Parr (c. 1512–Sept. 5, 1548) was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, king of England. She was reluctant to marry him—he had had his second and fifth wives executed—but saying no to a proposal from the king could have had serious consequences.
Aug 30, 2022 · Katherine Parr is remembered as Henry VIII’s lucky queen, the one who got away, or, as the old rhyme says, the one who “survived.” She is also thought of as the dowdy, plain,...
Jun 14, 2024 · Wife number six, Katherine Parr, has long been cast as the queen who nursed an ailing Henry VIII through his final years. Yet, argues Lauren Mackay, there was a lot more to this scholar, role model and passionate religious reformer than that.
Sep 26, 2023 · Meet Henry VIII’s most underrated wife—the queen who survived. Catherine Parr did more than simply outlive her notorious husband. She played a role in shaping the future of the kingdom—and ...
Katherine Parr was Henry VIII's sixth and final wife. Though cast by some historians as the King's saintly nurse, Katherine was an energetic and passionate Queen Consort — a published author, loving stepmother, and outspoken supporter of the English Reformation.
(1512–48),6th queen of Henry VIII. Daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, Catherine was well educated with protestant sympathies. She was 31 and had been twice married when she attracted Henry's attention. The marriage was performed at Hampton Court on 12 July 1543.
