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A female heir was not good enough – in England there’d never been a ruling queen and a daughter’s accession could be challenged. Catherine of Aragon, his first wife, became pregnant six times.
Oct 3, 2017 · The usual perception of their relationship is that Henry, after loving her as a child, brutally separated her from her mother, banished her from his presence, tormented and harassed her into signing away her belief in her parents’ marriage and her own legitimacy, and then left her mouldering in the country until Katherine Parr persuaded him to r...
Sep 22, 2017 · Many people know the story of Henry VIII’s most famous wife, Anne Boleyn. But how many know the details of his short-lived marriage to his fourth wife Anne of Cleves? Sent from her home town in Germany to begin life as a new bride and queen of England, things couldn’t have gone more badly.
Feb 4, 2021 · Without any wife in the way, Henry was able to enjoy a peaceful relationship with his daughter. Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
- Rachel Dinning
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Mar 14, 2010 · Until now, the curtains around the marriage bed of Henry VIII and his last wife have remained firmly closed. Yet theirs was undoubtedly a sexual relationship. Katherine took seriously her vows to be “bonaire and buxom in bed and in board”.
- Charlotte Hodgman
The king was fascinated with Anne Boleyn, who had arrived from the French court and was one of his wife's ladies-in-waiting. Henry had already slept with her sister, Mary, but Anne refused to...
Jul 31, 2015 · Scene 4. Synopsis: At the trial, Katherine refuses to have the validity of her marriage judged by the church court, given Wolsey’s malice against her. After Katherine departs, Henry clears Wolsey of her accusation that he provoked the king to question the marriage.
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