Henry VIII's wives

Multiple Choice

How old was Katherine Parr when Henry met her?

• 17

• 15

• 31

• 28

Multiple Choice

Which man did Katherine want to marry?

• Thomas Seymour

• Henry

• Thomas Cromwell

• Thomas More

Multiple Choice

How old was Henry when he met Katherine?

• 42

• 50

• 46

• 52

Open Ended

What problems/issues did Henry have?

Wife #1

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Catherine of Aragon

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·Catherine was a ​

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princess, once married to Henry's older brother, Arthur. The marriage brought friendship with Spain.

· Clever and ​

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· All her male children died, which made Henry angry as he wanted a son. She had one daughter, ​

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, who survived.

· Henry thought Catherine was old and boring when she reached her 40s. He ​

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her. 

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Catholic

Spanish

popular

Mary

divorced

French

Italian

German

​Wife #2

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Anne Boleyn

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· Young, attractive and very fashionable.

· Made Henry wait until it was clear they were going to be married, before consummating their relationship.

· Had a daughter, ​

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. Henry sulked for weeks as he wanted a boy.

· Miscarried a boy in ​

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.

· Henry accused Anne of being unfaithful with ​

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other men. Despite having no proof, Henry had her ​

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in 1536. 

Wife #3

Jane Seymour

Multiple Choice

How many days after the birth did Jane die?

• 1 week

• A fortnight

• 8 days

• 12 days

This is the portrait that made Henry decide to make Anne wife #4.

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​Anne of Cleves

​Wife #4

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Anne of Cleves

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· Protestant.

· Cleves was an area of what is now ​

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. Henry married Anne as it brought friendship between England and this powerful European region.

· Serious and unfashionable. Friends tried to teach her some of Henry’s favourite ​

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games, but she didn’t understand them.

· Henry had seen a painting of her that he liked (before she arrived in England). However, when he saw her in person he called her a ​

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, ‘Flanders ​

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’.

· Divorced after ​

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months. 

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Germany

mare

fat

six

card

France

cow

thin

three

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Wife #5

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Catherine Howard

Multiple Choice

What year did Henry marry Catherine?

• 1533

• 1536

• 1540

• 1542

Match

Match the following

• Catherine of Aragon

• Anne Boleyn

• Jane Seymour

• Anne of Cleves

• Catherine Howard

Catholic, Spanish, divorced

Protestant, English, beheaded

Gave Henry a son

German, divorced after 6 months

The youngest of Henry's wives

• Catholic, Spanish, divorced

• Protestant, English, beheaded

• Gave Henry a son

• German, divorced after 6 months

• The youngest of Henry's wives

You do

What advice would you give Catherine Parr to help her survive marriage to Henry? Think about what went wrong for the other wives.