Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr, widow of Lord Latimer

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Dates

Date of occurrence 1543-07-12

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Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr, his sixth wife and his last. In fact, in contrast to his other wives, she had also been married before: Henry was her third husband and she was to marry again, to Thomas Seymour, after the King's death in 1547.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr, widow of Lord Latimer". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14685, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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