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In common parlance, the wives of Henry VIII were the six queens consort of King Henry VIII of England between 1509 and his death in 1547. In legal terms ( de jure ), Henry had only three wives, because three of his marriages were annulled by the Church of England .
- Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr (she signed her letters as Kateryn; 1512 – 5...
- Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical...
- Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; c. 1501 or 1507 –...
- Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557)...
- Six
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- Mary I
Birth and family. Mary was born on 18 February 1516 at the...
- Thomas Seymour
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG, PC (c....
- Catherine Parr
- Catherine of Aragon. Catherine is best known today for her role in sparking the King’s excommunication from the Catholic Church and the Reformation. Married to Henry for a quarter of a century, however, there is much more to her.
- Anne Boleyn. With the extraordinary events of her life unparalleled in British history, Anne Boleyn is undoubtedly the most famous of Henry’s wives. Henry may have endured a seven-year courtship and far-reaching political and religious upheavals in order to marry his second wife, but that didn’t stop him having her executed less than three years later.
- Jane Seymour. Henry’s love for – or at least infatuation with – Anne may have sparked the Reformation, but Jane is commonly thought to have been his favourite wife.
- Anne of Cleves. Henry’s last three wives are less famous than his first three, a matter not helped by the fact that each shares their name with a predecessor.
- Katherine of Aragon. 1485 - 1536. Married: 1509 - 1533 (Annulled) Surviving Children: Mary I. Henry VIII’s longest marriage was to Katherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
- Anne Boleyn. c. 1500 - 1536. Married: 1533 - 1536 (Beheaded) Surviving Children: Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn became the subject of Henry’s affections after he had an affair with her sister Mary.
- Jane Seymour. 1508/9 - 1537. Married: 1536 - 1537 (Died) Surviving Children: Edward VI. In May 1536, Henry married Jane Seymour. Unlike his previous wives, Jane never had a coronation and so was never crowned queen.
- Anne of Cleves. 1515 - 1557. Married: Jan. - July 1540 (Annulled) Surviving Children: None. Following Jane Seymour’s death, Henry spent time in mourning. As time passed, the King and his ministers felt that England needed a foreign ally against the Catholic Church.
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- Catherine of Aragon. In 1509, the wedding of Henry VIII and Catherine took place in a private ceremony in the church of the Observant Friars outside Greenwich Palace.
- Anne Boleyn. King Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn, his second wife, in a secret ceremony at Whitehall Palace in January 1533. Anne was pregnant at the time of the wedding and gave birth to the future Queen Elizabeth I six months later.
- Jane Seymour. Henry VIII married Jane Seymour just 11 days after Anne Boleyn’s execution. Jane was the only one of Henry’s wives to give him a son who survived infancy – the future King Edward VI.
- Anne of Cleves. Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves for political reasons in January 1540. The marriage was never consummated and was declared null and void six months later.
- Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536) Born in Alcalá de Henares, Princess Catherine was betrothed to England’s Prince Arthur at the age of three. A devout Catholic, she was married to Henry for nearly 24 years and never acknowledged the annulment of their union.
- Anne Boleyn (c1501–1536) The daughter of a courtier and diplomat, Anne’s relationship with Henry brought about the English Reformation. She was the first English queen to be publicly executed.
- Jane Seymour (c1508–1537) Lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon and then Anne Boleyn, Jane was the only one of Henry’s wives to receive a queen’s funeral, despite the fact she was never crowned.
- Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) Born in Düsseldorf, Anne was culturally unsophisticated by Tudor standards. She was referred to as ‘The King’s Beloved Sister’ after the annulment of her marriage to Henry.
Catherine of Aragon (queen consort: 1509-1533) Henry VIII had been on the throne for only a few weeks when he married Catherine of Aragon. The daughter of Spanish rulers Ferdinand and Isabella, Catherine was six years older than Henry and was seen as a good match for the young monarch.
The Wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Kathryn Howard, Katherine Parr Keeping track of Tudor history and its many marriages is tricky, particularly with the serial monogamist Henry VIII.
