Anne Boleyn - Henry VIII's second wife and mother of Elizabeth
Anne Boleyn was born in 1501. She had secretly married in 1533 after Anne became pregnant. This marriage wasn’t really popular as people believed that Anne was a witch and cast a spell on Henry to marry her. In September 1533 the baby was born and like Catherine it was a girl was named Elizabeth. The thought of having a baby girl made Henry cross so the ministers made some evidence showing that she was unfaithful and that she was about to kill the king. As she was a witch, everyone agreed and she was found guilty and was beheaded. Then Henry …
Jane Seymour - Henry VIII's third wife and mother or Edward VI
Jane Seymour was different to the other two wives as she was quiet and shy girl which attracted Henry to her. They married 11 days after Anne Boleyn had died. They had a big age difference as he was 45 years old and she was 28 years old. Jane had given birth to a son who is called Edward which made Henry pleased but he wasn’t pleased for to long as Jane Seymour had died two weeks later. On his deathbed, he asked to be buried next to Jane. Then …
Anne of Cleves - Henry VIII's fourth wife
He had been single for two years as he had the son he has always wanted but Edward was weak and sick so his advisers told him to marry German princess so they had an alliance and he could have another son but was not able to complete the marriage legally so they divorced six months later. She also outlived Henry and died in 1557. After the divorce, Henry …
Kathryn Howard – Henry VIII’s fifth wife
She was the daughter of Edmund Howard and cousin of Anne Boleyn. The marriage took place in July 1540. At the time Henry was 49 years old and he couldn’t walk because he was over weight and he had a leg injury. She was bored of having an old husband so she went to see young couriers and she knew one of them who was Francis Dereham who knew that she had affairs before and used this to his advantage by bribing her to give him a good position in court. She was executed for adultery after two years of marriage…
Katherine Parr – Henry VIII’s sixth wife
She married Henry in 1543. She was a kind lady as she was a very helpful to his three children and helped them grow well. She bathed Henry’s leg wound and was there for him when he was sick. After Henry’s death she married Edward’s uncle, Thomas Seymour. Katherine Parr died in child birth.