#6 wives

Kathryn {Kitty} Howard (Wife #5)

The young niece of the powerful and ambitious Duke of Norfolk and a cousin of ill-fated wife #2 Anne Boleyn, Kitty Howard was a vivacious young woman with a sad past. Kitty was 17-20 when she married the 49 year old Henry just 19 days after his annulment from Anne of Cleves in July of 1540 . Kitty had been used by older men her whole life, having first been manipulated by her music teacher at 13, she was naïve and full of jovial cheer that made her easy to use as a pawn for power. Henry was besotted with his young wife, dubbing her his “rose without a thorn”. Kitty was found to be flirting with a groom of Henry’s, a Master Thomas Culpepper. She was tried for “her” adulteries both before and during the marriage as well as treason. Culpepper was arrested for treason too, and was eventually executed at Tyburn where he was hanged, drawn, and quartered. Kitty was beheaded for her infidelities' (even though she had been a child when they happened) on the 13th of February 1542.   

Katherine Parr (Wife #6) 

Jane Seymour (wife #3)

Jane became Henry's mistress during his marriage to Anne Boleyn. When Anne miscarried her savior son in January 1536, Henry had had enough of his tempestuous and intemperate wife. He sought to replace her with Jane. Anne along side her brother and 4 other men were all executed. The day after Anne was beheaded, May 20th 1536, Henry announced his engagement to Jane Seymour. 10 days later they were wed but Jane was never officially crowned Queen of England at all during her year long marriage. She became pregnant to her husbands delight and delivered a son on the 12th of October 1537. She had labored hard, a full 3 days and 2 nights to deliver her son, the future King Edward VI. Just 12 days later, Jane was dead from childbirth complications. Henry mourned her death greatly despite their short marriage.

Anne of Cleves (Wife #4)

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New Anne Alert! Claire Cooper in BBC One’s ‘6 Wives’ (hope you don’t mind me submitting :) )

Ahh, thanks a bunch for this!! I hadn’t heard of this docu-drama, but it sounds like it might be really interesting! And Claire Cooper looks great; she’s got the coloring, the dark eyes, and something of an off-center attractiveness imo. I’ll be curious to see what she does with the part!

Henry VIII and his 6 wives post.. I had to turn him down though, no way was I going to be #7! 

I’ll give you the run down though.. 

#1 Catherine of Aragon- original wive to Henry’s brother. He never really cares for her, but they have a daughter, Mary. He does everything he can to divorce her. She dies of old age after Henry sends her away to be with Anne Boleyn. 

#2 Anne Boleyn- The most scandalous wife. They have a daughter, Elizabeth. He ends up beheading her because of “witchcraft” and she couldn’t give him a son.. and he liked Jane now. 

#3 Jane Seymour- Henry actually loved Jane (possible the only wife he truly loved) She had a son with Henry but died during child birth... sorry Henry, but that’s karma. 

#4 Anne of Cleves- The royal court set her and Henry up as a rebound. He was given portraits of her and Henry accepted, but when he saw her in person he thought she was so ugly and would barely talk to her. Luckily for her, he just divorced her and sent her away. 

#5 Catherine Howard- Another rebound set up by the royal court. She was super young and fun but ends up being beheaded because of her affair with a young worker (who was quite close to the king and who is also beheaded). It is said that you can still hear her screams from the tower where they kept her at Tower Hill where the tudors lived. 

I mean people actually ship people in it?

No, just no. Henry VIII was a real King, who treated his wives horrifically and just discarded of them when he realised he couldn't get what he wanted from them.

Katherine of Aragon, Queen Consort of England | OPEN.

Titles: Queen of England, 1st wife to Henry VIII. Issues: Princess Mary Tudor I.

About:

Katherine of Aragon was married to Arthur Tudor, eldest son of Henry the VII. Yet after just 20 weeks of marriage, Arthur tragically died and it was arranged that Katherine would marry Henry VII’s second son, Henry VIII, who was now in line of succession of the throne. However, Henry was too young to be married let alone rule a country, so the two were betrothed until Henry came of age.

Katherine hails from Spain, Madrid which answers for her broad accent in the court of England. She gave Henry VIII one daughter, Princess Mary Tudor, of course it was the only child the pair were able to conceive with many miscarriages. Katherine was aware of the many mistresses her husband took up, yet she was not worried in the slightest, given that he grew bored of each of them, until one Anne Boleyn caught his sights. Being a highly religious and spiritual woman of the Roman Catholic faith it was unthinkable that Katherine agree to annul a marriage with her husband, and she was certainly not going to go against God’s good faith to do so. Katherine is a warm, kind and truly giving soul. You will often find her outside, trying to help the poor or in Church praying to God. She will never turn away a friend in need, regardless of her title. With a warm and loving heart you can rest assured that you remain in her prayers.

With a woman that holds the greatest respect in all the Kingdom, and the most loved throughout all of England, it would only go against Henry to divorce her. Katherine believes she is Henry's one and true Queen, and you will often find her with her Ladies in Waiting

Personality: Charitable - Loving - Kind - Religious - Spiritual - Not one to be meddled with - Can be wildly underestimated.

Present: Now Katherine has been divorced for Henry, she lived out her life in the countryside and travels to Court to visit her daughter occasionally. She still see's herself as Queen of England, and will not allow anyone to tell her otherwise. Henry tries to be civil with her, to leave on a good note yet she is determined to be wicked to him, of course always trying to make her love him, he never will.