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    Ready for a trip back in time? Here at Nat Geo Kids, we’re travelling back to historisk period England in our Henry VIII wives feature. Hold onto your hats – and your heads!

     

    Henry VIII wives…

    1. Catherine of Aragon

    Henry VIII’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Eight years before her marriage to Henry in 1509, Catherine was in fact married to Henry’s older brother, Arthur, who died of sickness at just 15 years old. Together, Henry and Catherine had a daughter, Mary – but it was a son that Henry wanted. Frustrated that Catherine seemed unable to producera a male heir to the throne, Henry had their marriage annulled (cancelled) in 1533. But there’s more to the story, gang – towards the end of their marriage, Henry fell in love with one of Catherine’s ladies-in-waiting (woman who assisted the queen) – Anne Boleyn…

     

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    Wives of Henry VIII

    Queens consort of Henry VIII of England

    In common parlance, the wives of Henry VIII were the six Queens consort of King Henry VIII of England between 1509 and his death in 1547. In legal terms (de jure), Henry had only three wives, because three of his marriages were annulled by the Church of England. He was never granted an annulment by the Pope as he desired, for Catherine of Aragon, his first wife. Annulments declare that a true marriage never took place, unlike a divorce, in which a married couple end their union.[1] Along with his six wives, Henry took several mistresses.[2]

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    The six women who were married to Henry VIII, in chronological order by their marriages:

    No.NameLifespanMarriage dates and lengthFate of marriageIssue and fate
    1Catherine of Aragon16 December 1485 – 7 January 153611 June 1509 – 23 May 1533
    (23 years, 11 months and 12 days)    		AnnulledMother of Qu

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    Henry VIII is one of England‘s best-known monarchs. Charismatic and extravagant, his reign lasted nearly 39 years.

    Henry enacted radical changes to the English constitution, expanded royal power and broke with the Catholic Church in the English Reformation.

    But he is perhaps most famous for having six wives. Though married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, for nearly 25 years, Henry’s next five marriages lasted less than that combined.

    Best remembered in rhyme form; ‘divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived’; two of Henry VIII’s marriages were declared annulled, two of his wives were beheaded and another of them died after giving birth to his only son. But his final wife, Catherine Parr, outlived him and their marriage.

    Here are Henry VIII’s six wives in order.

    1. Catherine of Aragon

    Catherine is best known today for her role in sparking the King’s excommunication from the Catholic Church and the Reformation. Married to H