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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. He was never granted an annulment by the Pope, as he desired, however, for ...
Jan 28, 2020 · Imagno/Getty Images. Catherine of Aragon. Henry took the throne in 1509, at age 17. Six weeks later, he married Catherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and the ...
Henry VIII, himself, had formerly taken Anne’s sister, Mary, as a mistress. Anne refused to become the King’s mistress, forcing him to wait through the seven years of courtship until they could marry. In 1532, Henry made Anne the Marquessate of Pembroke, and the pair married formally in January 1533, after a secret ceremony two months earlier.
Jan 31, 2015 · 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 . Jane died 12 days after the birth of her son from what is believed to have been postpartum complications.
Henry VIII’s longest marriage was to Katherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Eight years before her marriage to Henry in 1509, Katherine was married to Henry’s elder brother, Arthur, who died of sickness at just 15 years old. Together, Henry and Katherine had a daughter, Mary Tudor, who was born at ...
Anne Boleyn ( / ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn /; [7] [8] [9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation .
Aug 10, 2020 · 8 places associated with Henry VIII’s wives that you can visit; The famous rhyme has been memorised by generations of school children learning about Henry VIII. Although only six words long, it is not entirely accurate – Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves did not technically divorce Henry VIII; instead their marriages were annulled.
