Who were the Queens of Henry VIII? The six wives of Henry VIII were: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.

Queens of Henry VIII

The wives of Henry VIII.

Henry VIII, the famous Tudor King, was infamous for having six wives and changing churches in the process. He was, what people would call 'a lady's man', meaning that he had many mistresses even when he was married. Some of those mistresses ended up becoming his wives. But it was dangerous being a wife of Henry, for he only liked young women, and he expected them to love him alone. When he got fed up with a wife, it was often a matter of how to buy her off, or have her executed.

Catherine of Aragon. Married 1509-1533. Divorced.

Anne Boleyn. Married 1533-6. Beheaded.

Jane Seymour. Married 1536-1537. Died.

Anne of Cleves. Married Jan-July 1540. Divorced.

Catherine Howard. Married 1540-1542. Beheaded.

Catherine Parr. Married 1543-1547. Widowed.

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