Henry VIII's SEVENTH Wife?! - The Story Of Katherine Willoughby | April 1, 2021 | TheUntoldPast
Posted on 09/29/2021 2:31:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
One of the most famous Kings in the world has to be Henry VIII of England. He is most known today for the fact he had 6 wives, and the fact he ordered the execution of 2 of these, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Henry VIII's love life certainly was turbulent, and it caused chaos across the country. After being refused a divorce for his first wife Catherine of Aragon, he split from Rome becoming the Supreme Head of the Church of England. This began the English Reformation, which changed the face of religion forever.
We know much about Henry's wives, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr. However there was another lady who was being considered shortly before the King died to become his SEVENTH wife. Katherine Parr had began to arouse suspicion within the royal court, and the King allegedly had his eye on a much younger lady, Katherine Willoughby the Duchess of Suffolk.
Katherine had been married as a teenager to a much older man, and was an incredibly rich Duchess owning a huge amount of land across various counties. She was a staunch Protestant and even friends with Henry's sixth wife, but rumours began to circulate about the King and Katherine Willoughby getting married, once Henry possibly divorced Katherine Parr.
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Henry VIII's SEVENTH Wife?! - The Story Of Katherine Willoughby | April 1, 2021 | TheUntoldPast
They had started writing blogs. It seemed the thing to do at the time.
Things were simpler then.
lol
Anne Boleyn was framed and railroaded.
second verse, same as the first
Not to mention Anne Mourgan, thought to have secretly married Henry after Jane Seymour’s death. Based on letters and other documents, no evidence of a divorce. Or beheading. Don’t know about Willoughby, but she dressed her dog as a priest after naming it for a priest she hated. The Tudors were a stitch.
um, shouldn’t that be SEVENTH verse?
Thank you 👍
“I’m her eighth old man, I’m Hen-er—y, ....”
Great song!
Even so, he’d still be one behind Mickey Rooney...
Hey. Try to show some respect for the founder of the Episcopal Church.
Did he have a thing for women named Catherine/Katherina, or was it really that common of a name back then? Two Annes in there, too.
Only because Henry invented the RR, hundreds of years before Richard Trevithick was credited with its invention. 😉
some may have been namesakes of Catherine of Aragon.
https://www.quora.com/Were-any-of-Henry-VIIIs-wives-related-to-each-other
Were any of Henry VIII’s wives related to each other?
Claire Thompson
Updated 2 years ago · Author has 413 answers and 2M answer views
Yes.
Both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were grand-daughters of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. They were first cousins.
Anne and Catherine’s great-grandmother, Elizabeth Cheney, was also the great grandmother of Jane Seymour so the three Queens were second cousins.
Further to this, Henry and all six of his Queens could trace their ancestry back to Edward I so they were all distantly related; in fact Catherine of Aragon’s claim to the English Throne by direct descent was actually stronger than Henry VII’s.
While not a blood relationship, it is worth pointing out that Catherine of Aragon was Katherine Parr’s godmother as Katherine’s mother Maud was a close friend of the Queen and had in fact been in charge of the education of Princess Mary and the daughters of the closest friends and attendants of the Queen.
The Hampton Court Pedigrees: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
https://tudorqueen6.com/2013/05/03/the-hampton-court-pedigrees-the-six-wives-of-henry-viii/
Henry VIII “had seventh wife”, claims historian
https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/henry-viii-had-seventh-wife-claims-historian/
not much to it, didn’t turn up any other search hits. Found this:
Anne Morgan, Baroness Hunsdon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 21 May 1545, a licence was obtained for the marriage of Anne to Henry Carey, son of Sir William Carey and Mary Boleyn, the elder sister of Queen consort Anne Boleyn. As Carey’s mother had once been the mistress of King Henry VIII, many people, including John Hales, vicar of Isleworth, speculated that he was in point of fact, the King’s illegitimate son.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Morgan,_Baroness_Hunsdon
If you set about to railroad someone, it never hurts to *tie* them to some heinous crime.
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