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Following Henry's death, Catherine's old love and the new king's uncle, Thomas Seymour (who was soon created 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley), returned to court. Catherine was quick to accept when Seymour renewed his suit of marriage.
In 1547, Seymour married Catherine Parr, the widow of Henry VIII. During his marriage to Catherine, Seymour involved the future Queen Elizabeth I (then 14 years old), who resided in his household, in flirtatious and possibly sexual behaviour.
Whatever the reasons behind their union, the King eventually succumbed to his illnesses in January 1547, leaving Katharine a wealthy widow. The dowager queen shocked the court when she impetuously married the new King’s uncle, Thomas Seymour, only a few months after Henry’s death.
Mar 3, 2010 · One of the lists of Tudor dates I have has got today as the date of the betrothal between Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour in 1547, just over a month after the death of King Henry VIII on the 28th January 1547.
May 9, 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 9, 2023 · The same year of her second husband’s death, Parr married King Henry VIII. But as she wed Henry at Hampton Court Palace on July 12, 1543, she secretly loved another man — Thomas Seymour, the king’s brother-in-law and uncle to Prince Edward.
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Apr 8, 2024 · In 1547 Seymour married Henry VIII’s widow, Catherine Parr. He soon exercised considerable influence over the young king and used his office to make illegal but profitable deals with the Channel pirates.
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