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Also known as Kateryn Parr, Katharine Parr, Katherine Parr, Catharine Parr

sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor

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Catherine Parr, born in Kendal in 1512, was a citizen of the Kingdom of England. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr and Maud Green, Lady Parr, and a member of the House of Neville. Her siblings included Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, and William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton. Parr was married to John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, Henry VIII, and Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley. She had a child named Mary Seymour.

Parr’s religious views included Anglicanism and lapsed Catholicism. She spoke English, Spanish, Italian, and French. She died of natural causes on 5 September 1548 at Sudeley Castle, where she was also buried. Her life is described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1802
Died
1899
Works
47

Top works

  • Pearls and pebbles; or, Notes of an old naturalist
  • Canadian wild flowers
  • The Canadian settler's guide
  • The Canadian crusoes
  • The little Quaker, or, The triumph of virtue

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1952-11-18
adult contemporaryclassicalcontemporary pop/rocknoveltypoprock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
88
Total plays
164

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Encyclopedic overview

Catherine Parr (c. July or August 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort of the House of Tudor, and outlived Henry by a year and eight months. With four husbands, she is the most-married English queen. She was the first woman in England to publish in print an original work under her own name in the English language.

Catherine enjoyed a close relationship with Henry's three children, Mary, Elizabeth and Edward. She was personally involved in the education of Elizabeth and Edward. She was influential in Henry's passing of the Third Succession Act in 1543 that restored his daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession to the throne. Catherine was appointed regent from July to September 1544 while Henry was on a military campaign in France; in the event that he lost his life, she was to rule as regent until Edward came of age. However, he did not give her any function in government in his will.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catherine Parr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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