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The day before he died, he named Catherine regent, since his brother and heir, Henry the Duke of Anjou, was in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, where he had been elected king the year before. However, three months after his coronation at Wawel Cathedral , Henry abandoned that throne and returned to France in order to become King of France.
Catherine later firmly stated that the marriage had not been consummated. One year after Arthur's death, Henry VII renewed his efforts to seal a marital alliance with Spain by arranging for Catherine to marry Arthur's younger brother Henry, who would ascend to the throne in 1509 as King Henry VIII. The question over whether Arthur and Catherine ...
Henry married Catherine de' Medici, a member of the ruling family of Florence, on 28 October 1533, when they were both fourteen years old. [5] The wedding was officiated by Pope Clement VII, himself a Medici. [5] At this time, Henry's brother Francis was alive and there was little prospect of Henry coming to the throne.
About six months after Henry's death, she married her fourth and final husband, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley. Seymour was an uncle of Henry's successor, King Edward VI (Catherine's stepson) and the younger brother of Lord Protector of England Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and of Jane Seymour, Henry's third wife ...
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth in February 1503, there were rumours of a potential marriage between Catherine and King Henry; such rumours were, however, unsubstantiated. [28] [29] It was agreed that Catherine would marry Henry VII's second son, Henry, Duke of York, who was five years younger than she was. The death of Catherine's ...
Law stars as Tudor monarch Henry VIII, in the historical drama documenting the relationship between the 28-stone King and his sixth wife Catherine Parr, played by Alicia Vikander.
Henry III, King of France: 19 September 1551: 2 August 1589: Married Louise of Lorraine on 15 February 1575. Had no issue. Briefly King of Poland in 1574. Margaret of France: 14 May 1553: 27 March 1615: Known as "Queen Margot". Married Henry IV, King of France on 18 August 1572 and divorced on 17 December 1599. No issue.
[25] [26] On 9 July, King Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves was annulled. [2] By then Catherine Howard, [27] another of the Duke's nieces, had already caught the King's eye. Henry and Catherine were married at a private ceremony at Oatlands Palace on 28 July, the same day that Cromwell was executed. [28]