Tudor fact file

Catherine Parr

Born 1512
Died 1548
Daughter of Thomas Parr and Maud Greene

Notes

  • Catherine was the sixth and last of Henry VIII's wives.
  • Catherine had been married twice before.
  • She married Henry in 1543.
  • Catherine was happy with family life.
  • Henry was growing old and she looked after him.
  • Catherine brought up Edward, Mary and Elizabeth as if they were her own children.
  • Catherine was a very loyal wife to Henry.
  • After Henry died she married for a fourth time to Lord Seymour of Sudeley (1508-1549)

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