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Catherine Parr (she signed her letters as Kateryn; 1512 – 5 September 1548 [2][4]) 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 queen consort of the House of Tudor, and outlived Henry by a year and eight ...
Sep 5, 2024 · Catherine was a daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendall, an official of the royal household. She had been widowed twice—in marriages to Edward Borough (b. c. 1508–d. c. 1533) and to John Neville, Lord Latimer (b. 1493–d. 1542/43)—by the time she married Henry on July 12, 1543.
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Jun 13, 2024 · Catherine Parr is immortalized in history as the one who survived, the lucky last of Henry VIII’s six wives.But the Tudor queen came close to meeting a grisly fate, much like Anne Boleyn and ...
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- She was likely named after Catherine of Aragon. Born in 1512 to Sir Thomas Parr, lord of the manor of Kendal in Westmorland, and Maud Green, an heiress and courtier, Catherine belonged to a family of substantial influence in the north.
- 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.
- Catholic rebels held her hostage during the Northern uprisings. Following Henry VIII’s break with Rome, Catherine found herself in the crossfire of the Catholic rebellions that followed.
- When she married Henry VIII, she was actually in love with someone else. Following her second husband’s death in 1543, Catherine recalled her mother’s friendship with Catherine of Aragon and struck up a relationship with her daughter, Lady Mary.
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. She eventually was married four times, the last to her true love.
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Jun 14, 2024 · The sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, Katherine Parr (1512–48) has gone down in history as the wife who 'survived'. But despite the common misconception that she was a middle-aged, pious 'frump', Katherine Parr was in fact the cleverest and most passionate of Henry VIII's six wives, says Derek Wilson. Of all the wives of Henry VIII, the one ...
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Apr 9, 2023 · Published April 9, 2023. Updated June 7, 2023. Catherine Parr was the last of King Henry VIII's six wives and the only one to neither be cast aside nor killed by the volatile English monarch. Master John/National Trust Catherine Parr became England’s queen in her early 30s and ruled for almost four years as Henry VIII’s spouse.
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