{"id":27,"date":"2015-01-31T18:14:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T18:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishhistory.net\/?p=27"},"modified":"2022-11-02T20:01:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T20:01:45","slug":"henry-viii-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/tudor\/monarchs\/henry-viii-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"The Six Wives of Henry VIII – Facts, Images & Biographies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The six wives of King Henry VIII<\/a> were a disparate group of women united only by their marriages to Bluff King Hal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a famous rhyme describing their various ends: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry’s first wife, Katharine of Aragon, was the youngest child of the ‘Catholic Kings’ of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella; she and Henry were married for over twenty years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His second wife, Anne Boleyn, was the daughter of an ambitious knight; she was executed after three years of marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His third wife, Jane Seymour, died after less than two years of marriage, having finally produced a son and heir for Henry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, was divorced mere months after the wedding<\/a>, for Henry found her unattractive and was already courting his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catherine Howard was executed<\/a> after less than two years of marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The king settled upon the twice-widowed Katharine Parr as his sixth wife. She outlived the mercurial king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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List of Henry VIII’s Wives in Order<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Click on any of the links below to learn more about each of Henry VIII’s six wives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n