Henry VIII's six wives?

You have a nice answer above!

Katherine of Aragon was from Spain, the daughter of the famous Ferdinand and Isabella. This Infanta (princess) first married Henry's elder brother, Arthur, who died shortly after their marriage. Katherine bore him only one living child, Mary, who became known as "Bloody Mary" (Mary I) when she was Queen. When she became too old for childbearing, Henry sought a divorce; this was not allowed by the Pope, so the King broke with Rome and set himself up as the Head of the Church of England. His eye had already been caught by a lady at court, Anne Boleyn, who was stylish (having come from the French court), feisty and charismatic, although she was not strictly beautiful.

Anne Boleyn was English, born either at Blickling Hall in Norfolk or at Hever Castle in Kent - there is some doubt as to her birthdate. She bore Henry Elizabeth I, and also had miscarriages. Because she had a deformed foetus, this was used against her in the charges of witchcraft, adultery and incest that Henry cooked up to have her executed. Anne escaped being burned for witchcraft and was beheaded by sword instead.

Henry was already courting Jane Seymour, whose home was near the mysterious Savernake forest in England. She was meek and obedient - though I think she was rather calculating in her own way, and knew that that attitude would be attractive to the King after the turbulent Anne. She bore him the longed-for son, Edward VI, but contracted an infection and died very soon afterwards. Henry was extremely sad about this, and he is buried next to her in St George's Chapel at Windsor.

Next came Anne of Cleves, a German princess. Henry had asked for portraits of the contenders for his next wife; one said that she'd only accept him if she had two heads! The artist Holbein painted Anne looking very lovely; Henry was charmed. However, it was an extremely flattering portrait, and when the two met, Henry did not warm to her at all. He called her the "Flanders Mare"! Matters ended fairly happily, though, as Henry divorced her and she lived on as the King's Sister.

Then came the very young Catherine Howard, of the great Norfolk family. She was about eighteen to the King's fiftyish. She was not very bright and had had a morally lax upbringing. Henry called her his "Rose without a Thorn", and was devastated to find she had committed adultery (and blubbered about it for some time in public). When he sentenced her to be executed, she was the Queen who reportedly ran down the Long Gallery at Hampton Court Palace to plead for her life. It's her ghost who is still said to relive these moments.

Finally, old, fat and ill, Henry married Katherine Parr, another Englishwoman. She was more mature, widowed, and educated. She became more of a nurse and carer to her husband, and was kind to his children. There was a moment when she almost met a nasty fate - she was secretly reading Protestant writings - but a stroke of luck saved her. In the end, she outlived Henry and went on to marry her previous love. She died in childbirth. (Actually, her husband Thomas Seymour "romped" with the young Queen Elizabeth in a very strange state of affairs.)

I did a worksheet on this in History class!

First was Catherine of Aragon. She had a daughter named Mary (who will later become bloody Mary). The king, at this time, fell in love with another woman. He divorced Catherine.

2. Anne Boleyn. Anne had a daughter named Elizabeth (later she will become Queen Elizabeth I) He grew tired of Anne and had her beheaded on a charge of adultery.

3. Jane Seymour. She produced the long-awaited male heir (Edward, later Edward VI), but she died during childbirth.

4.Anne of Cleves, a German princess. They were married for political reasons and based on a portrait of her. When Henry VIII saw her in real life he divorced her immediately.

5.Catherine Howard. she was attractive but not very moral. She was beheaded for adultery.

6.Catherine Parr, who outlived him. The new king became Henry VIII's sickly 9 year old son Edward VI.

I hope I could help!

Sounds like a king who needed alot of attention because he had a little less "goin on" for himself than he cared to admit.

Poor sappy little robed boy in men's clothes.

Wikipedia (link below0 has a good info on him!

Look at the information on consorts under his picture fro the names ofhis wife! :)