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Katherine Parr By the time Henry VIII married his sixth and final wife- Katherine Parr, he had been previously married five times and she had been married two previous times. When the king married Katherine, he didn't really need a wife. The majority of his court, they knew that he was nearing the end of his life, but to say it publicly, was treason and you could even die for suggesting the death of a monarch! To be absolutely honest, he needed a nurse. However the royal couple did grow to love each other, and Katherine was a wonderful stepmother to Henry's three children: Mary, Elizabeth and Edward.  Katherine was the daughter of the Tudor knight Sir Thomas Parr and his wife Maud Green . She was the eldest surviving child of Thomas and Maud and she was born in the year of 1512, probably in August. Katherine had two little siblings- William and Anne. In 1517, her father died, more than likely due to the sweating sickness. With their mother in charge of the royal ed...

Catherine of Aragon, princess of Spain, arrived in England in 1501, with the hope to wed her betrothed- Arthur, Prince of Wales. The wedding went along as planned, the bride and groom were happy and everything was well. But, after less than five months of marriage, Prince Arthur was dead; probably due to the sweating sickness or typhoid or consumption. Now a widow aged just fifteen years old, Catherine was left to live on barely anything until her former father- in- law, King Henry VII, promised her hand in marriage to his youngest son-  Prince Henry. Shortly after his succession to the to the throne of England, Prince Henry, now King Henry VIII, made it one of his first acts to marry Princess Catherine of Aragon. Even before the union, the couple had known each other for nearly a decade! Henry claimed that it was his father's dying wish for him and Catherine to wed.  Although she did not possess any of the typical Spanish looks of dark hair and olive skin, Catherine...