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  1. Following her first husband's death, Catherine Parr may have spent time with the Dowager Lady Strickland, Katherine Neville, who was the widow of Catherine's cousin Sir Walter Strickland, at the Stricklands' family residence of Sizergh Castle in Westmorland (now in Cumbria).

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  3. Sep 5, 2024 · Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII of England. The daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendall, an official of the royal household, she was twice widowed before she married Henry. Her tactfulness enabled her to exert a beneficial influence on Henry during the last years of his reign.

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  4. Katherine Parr, sixth wife of King Henry VIII, died on 5 September 1548. But what happened to her body after her death?

  5. 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...

  6. Apr 9, 2023 · Catherine Parr stepped back from public life, retiring from court. The three-time widow then married for a fourth time. Her final husband, Thomas Seymour, was her longtime love before she got hitched to Henry.

  7. What happened to her after January 1550 is unknown, but it is likely that she died of the sweating sickness when she was only 2 years old. Katherine Parr is remembered as Henry VIII’s lucky ...

  8. 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.

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