Wives and Children of Henry VIII

Wives of Henry VIII
Wives Fate Children From To
Katharine Of Aragon Divorced Mary I 1509 1533
Henry (died)
Several failed pregnancies / still births
Anne Boleyn BeheadedElizabeth I 15331536
3 miscarriages
Jane Seymour Died Edward VI 1536 1537
Anne Of Cleves Divorced 1540 1540
Catherine Howard Beheaded 1540 1541
Katharine Parr Survived 1543 1547

Katharine Of Aragon : wife of Henry's elder brother, Arthur,


Anne Boleyn : Anne had three miscarriages and by March 1536, Henry decided that she needed to be replaced.
Having been investigated for high treason she was arrested and sent for trial in the Tower of London.
She was convicted of adultery, incest, and plotting to kill the king and beheaded on May 15th.


Jane Seymour : Died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child, Edward.


Anne Of Cleves : Anne's marriage to Henry began, as Henry believed that he needed to form a political alliance with her brother, William, who was a leader of the Protestants of western Germany. after six months, the marriage was declared unconsummated ans annulled and she was thereafter known as the King's Beloved Sister.


Catherine Howard :Katheryn
She married him on 28 July 1540 at Oatlands Palace in Surrey, just 19 days after the annulment of his marriage to Anne.
beheaded three months later on the grounds of treason for committing adultery with her distant cousin Thomas Culpeper.


Katharine Parr : outlived Henry by a year and eight months.
first woman to publish an original work under her own name in English in England.
four husbands, she is the most-married English queen


Mary I : Reigned from July 1553 until 17 November 1558. Mary Tudor aka Bloody Mary


Henry : Henry, Duke of Cornwall, lived for 52 days.


Elizabeth I : Reigned from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603


Edward VI : Reigned from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553