Henry VIII as portrayed by Ray Irving

As the second son of Henry VII, Henry VIII was born in 1491 and was first married at the age of 18 to Catherine of Aragon in 1509 divorcing in 1533 after 24 years of matrimony. In that very same year he married Anne Boleyn.

Henrys third marriage was to Jane Seymour in May 1536. The marriage ended in tragedy, when Jane died giving birth to his only sole male heir, Edward.

His fourth marriage early in 1540 lasted only a short time with his fifth marriage to Catherine Howard in July of the same year. Catherine Parr became Henry’s sixth and final wife in 1543 and they remained married until Henrys death in 1547.




  

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