Name the wifes of King Henry V111?

Question

what happened to each of them at the hands of King Henry

Answer 1

I cannot improve on Sybaris, except to add that Catherine Howard, Henry's fifth wife, was 19 when she married him.  He was impotent, and she had had a lover, Francis Dereham, before she married and did not want to live without s*x.  (George Boleyn, in his trial transcript for incest with his sister Anne, mentioned that the King was unable to father a child, so Henry was having problems back at that time)  His uncle, and Catherine's uncle, Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk was the judge at the trial, and stated that it was this one statement that caused George to be condemned, as he had put on a fine defense for himself.  

Catherine Howard was condemned for treason and adultery with Thomas Culpepper, a distant cousin, but the only evidence was a love letter, and oral testimony.  Most agree that there was adultery, and Lady Rochford, George's wife, and Catherine's "pimp," was also executed, right after Catherine.  She went mad in prison, and Henry had to pass a law to allow insane people to be executed.  

Catherine's signature proves that she spelled her name with a "C".  The other Katherines both spelled their names (in their signatures) with a "K."

Catherine is the subject of my current novel.

Answer 2

1.  Catherine of Aragon--Spanish--divorced

2.  Anne Boleyn--English--beheaded

3.  Jane Seymour--English--died in childbirth

4.  Anne of Cleves--German--divorced

5.  Katherine Howard--English--beheaded

6.  Catherine Parr--English--outlived Henry

Answer 3

Catherine of Aragon-divorced

Anne Boleyn-beheaded

Jane Seymour-died

Anne of Cleves-divorced

Katherine Horward-beheaded

Catherine Parr-widowed

Answer 4

1. Catherine of Aragon (divorced)

2. Anne Boleyn (executed)

3. Jane Seymour (died)

4. Anne of Cleves (divorced)

5. Katherine Howard (executed)

6 Catherine Parr (widowed)

Answer 5

Catherine of Aragon, married for 15 years or so, then divorced.  She outlived him, I think.

Anne Boleyn, beheaded for treason, sleeping with her lover

Jane Seymour, same.

Catherine Parr, Mother of Edward?  died in childbirth

Anne of Cleves, annulled.  

Catherine Howard, outlived him.

I might have the fates of Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr switched.  One died in childbirth, two were beheaded for treason, Anne of Cleves - he didn´t like her, and had the marriage annulled, and Catherine Howard outlived him.

Answer 6

For the record, Catherine of Aragon did not out live Henry.

Henry sang and danced when he heard that she had died.

Answer 7

divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

Answer 8

Katherine of Aragon was first Henry VIII's elder brother's wife; he died young, and Henry married her.  She only managed to give him one surviving daughter, Mary (Mary I, "Bloody Mary" - not to be confused with Mary, Queen of Scots).  Realising that she was too old now to give him a son, Henry began proceedings to divorce her.  He already had Anne Boleyn in sight, and was pursuing her.  Anne refused to become Henry's mistress, but held out for marriage.  Katherine was banished to various gloomy castles, and died from, it's thought, cancer of the heart, forbidden to see her daughter Mary through her last years.

When Anne only gave Henry another daughter (Elizabeth I), he grew tired of her and had charges of incest, witchcraft and treason cooked up against her.  She was beheaded by the sword on Tower Green within the Tower of London.  There was only an arrow chest to put her body in, and she is buried in St Peter ad Vincula, in the Tower.

Jane Seymour was already in the background, a much meeker person than the turbulent Anne, though there is speculation as to whether she was as quiet as previously thought.  Jane gave Henry his longed-for son, Edward VI, but died of childbirth fever just a few days afterwards.  Henry was devastated; she is buried in Windsor Castle, and Henry was laid to rest by her when he died.

The next wife was Anne of Cleves.  Holbein, the Court Painter, had portrayed her as rather beautiful, but when Henry actually saw her he was dismayed, calling her the "Mare of Flanders".  Fearing to upset her family, he divorced her and gave her the title of the "King's Sister".  She lived out her life quite happily in England, staying for some time at Hever Castle, one time home of Anne Boleyn.  She's buried in Westminster Abbey.

Then Henry, old and ailing now, fell in love with the teenaged Catherine Howard, a kinswoman of Anne Boleyn.  He called her his "Rose without a Thorn", but this rose did indeed have thorns.  Henry is said to have been infatuated with her, and tried to relive his youth through his very young wife.  Unfortunately, she was not very bright, and had had a lax upbringing, and this came back to haunt her.  She did have affairs; Henry found out and was again devastated - he blubbed for weeks.  Catherine was beheaded by the axe on Tower Green in the Tower of London.  It is her ghost who is said to haunt the Long Gallery at Hampton Court, where it's reported she ran, screaming, to beg for her husband's mercy while he was at chapel there.   She is also buried in St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London.

Finally, Henry married Katherine Parr, who was a little more mature, and a widow.  She was also very educated and clever, and kind to Henry's children.  She had a scare, too, when her life was in danger, but managed to avert it.  Henry died while he was still married to her, and she was able then to marry her previous love, Thomas Seymour.  Katherine died in childbirth, from puerperal fever like Jane Seymour, and her child, Mary, disappears from history.  Thomas was executed, and Katherine is buried in the church at Sudeley, her husband's seat.