Give me facts about C/Katherine Parr?

Question

I study all the other women of king henry VIII and read about them

but i can't seem to find the last women to steal his heart and survive his wrath

Answer 1

Born 1512 (?)

Married Henry VIII of England on July 12, 1543

Widowed January 28, 1547

Died September 5 or September 7, 1548

Religion: Protestant leanings

Known for: Sixth wife of Henry VIII

Also known as: Katherine Parr, Katharine Parr, Catharine Parr

About Catherine Parr:

When Henry VIII of England noticed the widowed Catherine Parr, he had just had his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, executed for deceiving him. He divorced his fourth queen, Anne of Cleves, because he was not attracted to her.

He'd lost his third wife, Jane Seymour, after she gave birth to his only legitimate son. Henry put aside his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and split with the Church of Rome in order to divorce her, so that he could marry his second wife, Anne Boleyn, only to have Anne executed for treason for betraying him.

Knowing that history, and apparently already engaged to Jane Seymour's brother, Thomas Seymour, Catherine Parr was both reluctant to marry Henry, and aware that refusing could have serious consequences for herself and her family.

So Catherine Parr married Henry VIII of England on July 12, 1543, and by all accounts was a patient, loving, and pious wife to him in his last years of illness, disillusion, and pain.

Catherine Parr was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, who served as Henry's Master of the Household, and Maud Green. She was educated well, including in Latin, Greek, and modern languages, and she also learned theology. Catherine was first married to Edward Borough until he died in 1529, and then to John Neville, Lord Latimer, who died in 1542.

Catherine Parr helped reconcile Henry to his two daughters, Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon, and Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn. Under her influence, they were educated and restored to the succession. Catherine Parr also directed the education of her stepson, the future Edward VI.

Catherine was sympathetic to Protestant cause -- and could argue fine points of theology with Henry, occasionally infuriating him so much that he threatened her with execution. She probably tempered his persecution of Protestants under the Act of the Six Articles. Catherine herself narrowly escaped being implicated with Anne Askew.

Catherine Parr served as Henry's regent in 1544 when he was in France, but when Henry died in 1547, Catherine was not made regent for Edward. Catherine and her former lover, Thomas Seymour -- he was Edward's uncle -- did have some influence with Edward, including obtaining his permission to marry, which they did on April 4, 1547.

Catherine gave birth to her only child, a daughter, in August, 1548, and died a few days later of puerperal fever. There have been suspicions that her husband poisoned her in order to marry the Princess Elizabeth. Lady Jane Grey was a ward of Thomas Seymour until his execution for treason in 1549.

Catherine Parr left two devotional works which were published after her death. She wrote Prayers and Meditations (1545) and Lamentation of a Sinner (1547

Answer 2

Here are some websites about her:

http://www.coedu.usf.edu/culture/Story/S...

http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/k...

http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/KPar...

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Libra...

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/13...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/henr...

http://www.royalist.info/execute/biog?pe...

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Tudors/si...

Here is a site with a quiz about her:

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qi...

Answer 3

Catherine Parr (c. 1512 – 5 September 1548) was the last of the six wives of Henry VIII of England. She was queen consort of England during 1543–1547, then dowager queen of England. She was the most married English queen, with four husbands. She married Henry VIII on 12 July 1543 at Hampton Court Palace. She was the first English queen consort to enjoy the new title Queen of Ireland following Henry's adoption of the title King of Ireland. As queen, Catherine was partially responsible for reconciling Henry with his daughters from his first two marriages, who would later become Queens regnant, Mary and Elizabeth. She also developed a good relationship with Henry's son Edward, later Edward VI. When she became Queen, her uncle Baron Parr of Horton became her Lord Chamberlain.

For three months, from July to September 1544, Catherine was appointed queen regent by Henry as he went on his last, unsuccessful, campaign in France. Thanks to her uncle having been appointed as member of her regency council, and to the sympathies of fellow appointed councillors Thomas Cranmer and the Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, Catherine obtained effective control and was able to rule as she saw fit. She handled provision, finances and musters for Henry's French campaign, signed five royal proclamations, and maintained constant contact with her lieutenant in the northern Marches, the Earl of Shrewsbury, over the complex and unstable situation with Scotland. It is thought that her actions as regent, together with her strength of character and noted dignity, and later religious convictions, greatly influenced her stepdaughter Elizabeth I.

Her religious views were complex, and the issue is clouded by the lack of evidence. Although she must have been brought up as a Catholic, given her birth before the Protestant Reformation, she later became sympathetic and interested in the "New Faith". She was reformist enough to be viewed with suspicion by Catholic and anti-Protestant officials such as Bishop Stephen Gardiner and Chancellor Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton who tried to turn the king against her in 1546. An arrest warrant was drawn up for her, but she managed to reconcile with the King after vowing that she had only argued about religion with him to take his mind off the suffering caused by his ulcerous leg.

Following Henry's death on 28 January 1547, Catherine was able to marry her old love, Thomas Seymour (now Baron Seymour of Sudeley and Lord High Admiral), but her happiness was short-lived. She had a rivalry with Anne Stanhope, the wife of her husband's brother. Thomas Seymour was then alleged to have taken liberties with the teenaged Princess Elizabeth (Catherine's step-daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth I), who was living in their household, and he reputedly plotted to marry her. Having had no children from her first three marriages, Catherine became pregnant for the first time, by Seymour, at age thirty-five. She gave birth to her only child - a daughter, Mary Seymour - on 30 August 1548.

Catherine died only six days later, on 5 September 1548, at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, from complications arising from the birth. Thomas Seymour was beheaded for treason less than a year later, and Mary was taken to live with Catherine Willoughby, dowager Duchess of Suffolk, a close friend of Catherine's. After a year and a half, Mary's property was restored to her by an Act of Parliament, easing the burden of the infant's household on the Duchess. The last mention of Mary Seymour on record is on her second birthday, and although stories circulated that she eventually married and had children, most historians believe she died as a child.

For more info on Catherine Parr visit

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutCather...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_P...

http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs...

http://tudorhistory.org/parr/

Answer 4

I feel the most interesting fact about Catherine Parr is that Henry signed her death warrant and she survived!

A copy of it fell into her hands and rather than fall to pieces she found Henry and told him all the 'interfering' and 'meddling in politics' was only ever done to amuse him in his convalescence and that she never meant to 'instruct him.' So we know she was smart!

The next interesting thing is that she out lived Henry by a year but died in child birth. She married Thomas Seymour after the King. (Brother of the Lord protector) He attempted to seduce Elizabeth (Later Elizabeth I) and Catherine died knowing this and was very unhappy.

Thomas lost his head for attempting to marry a 'princess' without consulting the council.

Catherine was not the wife who lived the longest however that was Anne of Cleve's.