Henry VIII Marries Wife #6: Catherine Parr, the Survivor
Catherine Parr had already buried two husbands when Henry VIII proposed. She was in love with Thomas Seymour. Didn't matter. On July 12, 1543, she became wife number six at Hampton Court—a quiet ceremony, no grand celebration for the 52-year-old king with an ulcerated leg. She'd outlive him by just one year. But first, she'd survive what two queens before her couldn't: being married to Henry. The woman who wanted someone else became the only wife to escape both the axe and divorce papers.
July 12, 1543
483 years ago
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