The six wives of Henry VIII

Study note

Henry VIII married six times. In order his wives were Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr. Catherine of Aragon was the mother of Mary, Anne Boleyn the mother of Elizabeth, and Jane Seymour gave him his son Edward but died soon after the birth. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were both executed, and Catherine Parr survived him.

Memory tip: Order: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr. Fates: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.