The Married and Dying Life of Henry VIII

by L. J. Hurst

Wives

Catherine of Aragon - 24 years

Anne Boleyn - 3 years

Jane Seymour - 1 year

Anne of Cleves - less than one year

Catherine Howard - 2 years

Catherine Parr - 4 years

Between marriages - 4 years

Henry VIII	1491	Born
	1509	Marries Catherine of Aragon Crowned
	1509 - 1533	6 children - only Mary survives
	1533	Divorces Catherine Marries Anne Boleyn - 3 children - only Elizabeth survives
	1536	Catherine dies Executes Anne Marries Jane Seymour Henry Fitzroy, illegitimate son, dies on St Helier's Day
	1537	Jane Seymour dies giving birth to Edward
	1540	Marries Anne of Cleves Divorces Anne Marries Catherine Howard
	1542	Executes Catharine
	1543	Marries Catherine Parr
	1547	Dies
	1548	Catherine dies

All Henry's "divorces" were, technically, annulments, and Henry also had his marriages to Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard annulled before their executions, as if death were not a final enough closure.

In 1536, in addition to the deaths of his sometime close family, Henry suffered a serious injury while jousting. The obvious longterm damage was a leg ulcer, but Henry may also have suffered a serious brain injury. He was allegedly unconscious for hours after falling.

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