Henry tried to annul his marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, so he could marry one of her ladies-in-waiting, Anne Boleyn. However, the Catholic Church didn’t recognize divorce.

King Henry VIII of England is surrounded by his 6 wives, including Anne of Cleves, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, and Catherine of Aragon, in an illustration.

When Henry VIII had his fifth wife Catherine Howard beheaded, Anne tried to convince the king to remarry her but to no avail. In the end, Henry VIII married Catherine Parr who would be his final wife ...

In real life the monarch had two more wives, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr, and throughout all his marriages Henry VIII was keen to secure his line of succession. But how many children did the ...

Jude Law and Alicia Vikander give exceptional performances as Henry VIII and Katherine Parr. MetFilm Distribution And then … well, no spoilers about the ending: but let’s just say it’s bonkers.

So too is the portrayal of how, with real warmth, Queen Katherine gathered her three orphaned stepchildren – the future monarchs Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I – into a family of sorts ...

10 Henry VIII had sex wives and executed three of them, including Anne Boleyn Credit: Getty The writer of the seven books tells The Sun: “Katherine Parr's story is very, very dark.

The biggest surprise of Firebrand is that it’s taken this long for Katherine Parr, sixth and final wife to Henry VIII, to receive her own revisionist portrait. She comes with her own tagline, after ...

Henry is away fighting in France, Catherine an astute regent and England under her fleeting rule as idyllic as it could be given the plague. Yet the good times cannot endure the return of her husband.

Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens continues at the National Portrait Gallery (St. Martin’s Place, London, England) through September 8. The exhibition was curated by Charlotte Bolland.