Six Wives Of King Henry VIII
If there is one thing everyone knows about King Henry VIII it is that he married six times. Desperate for a son to
succeed him, Henry divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and beheaded his second wife, Anne Boleyn, when they failed to
give him a male heir. His third wife, Jane Seymour, gave him a son, but died a few days after the birth. His fourth wife, Anne of Cleves,
he divorced for being too ugly, and his fifth wife, Katherine Howard, was beheaded for adultery. Only to his last wife, Katherine Parr,
did Henry stay married to, but even she was almost cast off for offending him! An easy way to remember the fates of Henry's wives is the
ditty: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived!
 CATHERINE OF ARAGON |
 ANNE BOLEYN |
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 CATHERINE HOWARD |
 KATHERINE PARR |
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