Katherine Parr Sixth wife King Henry VIII & Stepmother to Queen Elizabeth I
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Nationality: English
Sixth wife King Henry VIII & Stepmother to Queen Elizabeth I
Lifespan: 1512 - 1548
Born: November 11, 1512
Married King Henry VIII: 12 July 1543
Widowed: 28 January 1547
After the death of King Henry VIII Katharine remarried Thomas Seymour
Died: 5 September 1548
Religion: Protestant
Character of Katherine Parr : Intelligent, kind, dignified and obedient
Information, Facts & History about the life of Katherine Parr - Sixth wife King Henry VIII & Stepmother to Queen Elizabeth I The following are additional facts about the life and history of Katherine Parr - Sixth wife King Henry VIII & Stepmother to Queen Elizabeth I:
She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal in the Lake District, and his wife, Maud Green
Katharine Parr was a respectable, well educated, wealthy widow
Her previous arranged marriages had been to much older men who she had nursed until their deaths
Sir Thomas Seymour, the flamboyant and handsome brother of the late Queen Jane was courting Katherine and she was about to accept his hand in marriage when she caught the eye of King Henry VIII
Henry VIII saw the educated Katharine Parr as an ideal wife - she had already married and nursed elderly husbands and had cared for her step children
Henry married Katherine in July 1543
Katherine made the mistake of taking the sides of people who were considered heretics including Anne Askew. Anne Askew was cruelly put to the rack and then executed
Katherine's involvement nearly led to her arrest, but she wisely apologised to King Henry taking the position of an ill advised and contrite wife
Katherine was forgiven and continued nursing King Henry
King Henry VIII eventually died in 1547. Katharine had survived the marriage
So ended the marriage of King Henry VIII and his sixth wife
Soon after the death of King Henry VIII she married Thomas Seymour
In August 1548 Katherine Parr gave birth to a baby girl. She died of puerperal fever 7 days later
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Tudor Timeline of Katherine Parr
1512 November 11: Katharine Parr was born at Blackfriars, London. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal in the Lake District, and his wife, Maud Green 1515: The education of Katharine Parr was excellent 1527 Katharine Parr married her first husband Edward, Lord Borough. He died in 1529 1532 Katharine Parr married her second husband John Neville, Lord Latimer 1542 February 13th - Catherine Howard was executed for adultery leaving King Henry VIII a widower 1542: Lord Latimer died leaving Katharine Parr ( Lady Latimer) an attractive and wealthy widow 1542: Lady Latimer, Katharine Parr, began a relationship with Thomas Seymour, the brother of the late queen Jane Seymour 1542: The gossip about the flamboyant Thomas Seymour and the wealthy Katharine Parr circulated around the court and Katherine caught the eye of the aging and bloated King Henry VIII 1542: Katherine Parr was obliged to break her relationship with the young, handsome Thomas Seymour in favor of the King of England 1543 July 12: The marriage between Katharine Parr and King Henry VIII took place at Hampton Court Palace 1546 May 24: The Protestant reformist Anne Askew was arrested and horribly tortured on the rack. Katharine Parr was horrified 1546: Katharine Parr came into great danger when Thomas Wriothesley nearly turned the king against her because of her involvement with heretics 1546: An warrant was drawn up for the arrest of Katharine Parr but she managed to reconcile with the King 1547: King Henry VIII died on 28th January 1547 May : Katharine Parr married Thomas Seymour with indecent haste following the death of her husband and King 1547: The fourteen year old Princess Elizabeth, Katharine Parr and her husband Thomas Seymour lived in the same household at the Admiral's property at Sudeley Castle 1547 November: Katharine Parr became pregnant by Thomas Seymour 1548: Early in 1548 Elizabeth left the household amid rumours of scandal with Thomas Seymour Teenage Scandal of Queen Elizabeth I 1548 August 30 : Katherine Parr gave birth to a baby girl by Thomas Seymour 1548 September 5 : Katharine Parr died of puerperal fever 7 days later at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire
Influence of Katherine Parr - Sixth wife King Henry VIII & Stepmother to Queen Elizabeth I on the life of Queen Elizabeth I What influence did Katherine Parr - Sixth wife King Henry VIII & Stepmother to Queen Elizabeth I have on the life of Queen Elizabeth I? Katherine Parr was a kind stepmother who gave the first stable home to Elizabeth. Katharine Parr supervised the education of Elizabeth and made John Cheke and Roger Ascham tutors to young Prince Edward and Elizabeth.
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