Henry+VIII+and+his+wifes+part+2+!!!

=**__Anne of Cleaves__** = =**Anne of Cleaves was Henry's 5th wife and when Henry met her he thought that she was heidious and ugly. Henry VIII asked a painter to paint a picture of Anne of Cleaves and when it came to him he thought she was very beautiful so he organised that she should come and see him. Unfortuanetly when Anne arrived Henry divorced her and thought she was so ugly. Anne married Henry in 1540. Henry was disapointed from the moment he met his new wife and called her the "Flanders Mare". Anne was also far less used to the life of an English Court and did not seem happy. More important for Henry,The Duke Of Cleaves was edging to war with the Holy Roman Empire and Henry did not wish to commit England to war. The marriage was annuled by joint consent and Anne recived the honorary title of "The King's Sister" and was given land and property. She lived quietly away from the court and died quietly in 1557.** = =**__Catherine Howard__** = =**Catherine Howard, also maried Henry in 1540.A cousin Anne Boylen, Henry's second wife,Katherine was a maid to Anne of Cleaves. She married Henry when she was just 19 and he was 49 and in poor health.Within a year of marriage,there was rumors of the Queen's infidelity and in November 1541, an investigation was begun. Like her cousin Anne she was produced guilty and executed on the Tower Green in Febuary 1542. She was laid to rest near Anne in The chapel Of Saint Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London.** = =__**Katherine Parr**__ = =Katherine Parr married Henry in 1543. Katherine's mother was lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon and was extremley confident woman, rasing her three children after the death of her husband. Katherine herself was widowed twice and rasing-step-children on her own when she first met Henry. She was the first English Queen, to write a book in her own name and toook great intrest in the education of Edward and Elizabeth Henry's children. The king died in 1547 and was sucseeded by Edward VI aged 9. Katherine married the brother of Jane Seymour, in secret, shortly after Henry's death and the scandul ensured she played no part in the life of real children. She dies in 1548 shortly after giving birth to her own daughter. = = = = =