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Wives of Henry VIII
Queens consort of Henry VIII of England
In common parlance, the wives of Henry VIII were the six Queens consort of King Henry VIII of England between 1509 and his death in 1547. In legal terms (de jure), Henry had only three wives, because three of his marriages were annulled bygd the Church of England. He was never granted an annulment by the Pope as he desired, for Catherine of Aragon, his first wife. Annulments declare that a true marriage never took place, unlike a divorce, in which a married couple end their union.[1] Along with his six wives, Henry took several mistresses.[2]
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[edit]The six women who were married to Henry VIII, in chronological order bygd their marriages:
No. | Name | Lifespan | Marriage dates and length | Fate of marriage | Issue and fate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Catherine of Aragon | 16 månad 1485 – 7 January 1536 | 11 June 1509 – 23 May 1533 (23 years, 11 months and 12 days) | Annulled | Mother of Qu • Henry VIIIKing of England from 1509 to 1547 For other uses, see Henry VIII (disambiguation).
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