To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon was the first of Henry's wives, and had previously been married to Henry's older brother Arthur, who died aged 15. Before long, though, rumours of Catherine's past and present love affairs reached the king. The day after the execution of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour traveled to Hampton Court Palace and was secretly betrothed to Henry VIII. King Henry VIII trusted his last wife so much that when he went to war, he appointed her as his successor, naming her Queen Regent in the event of his death. Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, is executed On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the infamous second wife of King Henry VIII, is executed on charges including adultery, incest and … Not only did Thomas and Kateryn marry too soon after Henry VIII’s death but Kateryn Parr was marrying well beneath her station since Thomas was merely a baron. Katherine Parr. She was 16 at the time of their marriage, while her husband King Henry VIII was 49. One day, she wondered what Boleyn would look like today. As it was aligned with her family, and she was aligned with the king, the Church of England fell under Henry VIII’s command. However, undying love proved to be not quite enough for Henry, because roughly twenty years after wedding Catherine of Aragon, he sought the Pope’s approval for an annulment. It is widely believed that Henry VIII made her his mistress while married to Anne and that she was a key player in her predecessor’s untimely execution. She was the Queen that he always mourned and remembered. Having been married four times (Henry was her third husband), she became the most married queen of England. She was instrumental in his legitimate children’s educations and passed legislation that made his previously illegitimate children (through annulment or divorce) legitimate again. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. In just a couple of years she saw Henry VIII change the country’s religion, divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn (who she then served). Henry, consumed by one of the rages that characterised his erratic final years, had all three of them executed. Henry had already found Anne's replacement, and within 24 hours of her gruesome death, he and Jane Seymour were betrothed. Catherine Howard. Though she was the daughter of a knight, and therefore of lower social standing than many of Henry’s other consorts, Jane Seymour was the only one of Henry VIII’s wives to receive a proper Queen’s burial, laid to rest in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. For the duration of her life, which lasted longer than Henry’s, she lived in Hever Castle, the former residence of the Boleyn family. 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