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Henry VIII married firstly
, on 11 June, 1509, in the Queen’s closet at Greenwich Palace, Kent:

Katherine

She was the daughter of Ferdinand V, King of Aragon, by Isabella I, Queen of Castile, a descendant of John of Gaunt, and she was born on 16 December, 1485, at Alcala de Henares in Spain. She married firstly Henry’s elder brother Arthur, Prince of Wales, in 1501 (

see here
, under Henry VII). She was crowned Queen Consort on 24 June, 1509, in Westminster Abbey. Her marriage to Henry VIII was annulled on 23 May, 1533, by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, on
the grounds that she had been the wife of her husband’s brother and that, according to the Levitical Law, her second marriage was uncanonical and incestuous, and the Pope had no power to dispense in such a case. She died on 7 January, 1536, at Kimbolton Castle, Hunts., probably of cancer, and was buried in Peterborough Cathedral. Her original tomb was destroyed in 1642, but its site may still be seen, and her bones still lie beneath the flagstones.

Issue of marriage:

1
Stillborn daughter

She was born on 31 January, 1510.

2
Henry

He was born on 1 January, 1511, at Richmond Palace, Surrey, and was Duke of Cornwall from birth. He was also styled Prince of Wales. He died on 22 February, 1511, at Richmond Palace, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

3
Unnamed son

He was born in November, 1513, at Richmond Palace, Surrey, and was Duke of Cornwall from birth. He died in November, 1513, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

4
Unnamed son

He was born in February, 1515, at Greenwich, and died soon after birth. While he lived, he was Duke of Cornwall.

5
Mary I
(
see here
).

6
Unnamed daughter

She was born on 10 November, 1518, and died the same day.

Henry VIII married secondly
, in secret, on 25 January, 1533, at York Place, London:

Anne

She was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn or Bullen, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde, by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. She was born around 1500/1501 at Blickling Hall, Norfolk. She was created Lady Marquess of Pembroke in her own right (the first time a female had been created a peer in her own right) on 1 September, 1532. She was crowned Queen Consort on 1 June, 1533, in Westminster Abbey. On 15 May, 1536, Anne Boleyn was tried and found guilty of high treason, and condemned to death in the Great Hall of the Tower of London. Her marriage to Henry VIII was declared invalid on 17 May, 1536; the grounds for this are not
known. She was executed on 19 May, 1536, on Tower Green, within the Tower of London, and was buried in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower of London.

Issue of marriage
(declared illegitimate on 17 May, 1536):

1
Elizabeth I
(
see here
).

2
Stillborn child?
(sex unknown).

It was born in August/September, 1534; this was nearly a full-term pregnancy, but details of the birth were kept secret.

3
Stillborn son

He was born on 29 January, 1536, at Greenwich Palace.

Henry VIII married thirdly
, on 30 May, 1536, at Whitehall Palace, London:

Jane

She was the daughter of Sir John Seymour by Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, and she was born in 1507/8, probably at Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. She was never crowned. She died on 24 October, 1537, at Hampton Court Palace, in childbed, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Issue of marriage:

1
Edward VI
(
see here
).

Henry VIII married fourthly
, on 6 January, 1540, at Greenwich Palace:

Anne

She was the daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, by Mary, daughter of William III, Duke of Jülich and Berg, and she was born on 22 September, 1515, at Düsseldorf, Cleves, Germany. Her marriage to Henry VIII was not consummated, and it was annulled on 9 July, 1540, on the grounds of Anne’s alleged precontract with the Duke of Lorraine. Anne died on 16 July, 1557, at Chelsea Old Palace, London, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. There was no issue of the marriage.

Henry VIII married fifthly
, on 28 July, 1540, at Oatlands Palace, Surrey:

Katherine

She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard by Joyce or Jocasta, daughter of Sir Richard Culpeper, and she was born in
c.
1525, either at Lambeth in London, or at Horsham, Sussex. She was never
crowned. Katherine was attainted for high treason, and was executed on 13 February, 1542, on Tower Green within the Tower of London. She was buried in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower of London. There was no issue of the marriage.

Henry VIII married sixthly
, on 12 July, 1543, at Hampton Court Palace:

Katherine

She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr by Maud, daughter of Sir Thomas Green of Green’s Norton, Northants., and she was born probably in 1512 at her father’s house at Blackfriars, London. She married firstly Edward de Burgh, 2nd Baron Borough of Gainsborough (1463–1528) after 26 June, 1526. She married secondly John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer (1493–1542), perhaps in 1530, and certainly before the end of 1533. After the death of Henry VIII, her third husband, she married fourthly Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Sudely (1508?–executed 1549), brother of Queen Jane (

above), shortly before the end of April, 1547, and had issue:

1 Mary (1548–?); she either died young in
c.
1560, or grew up and married Sir Edward Bushel, and had issue. However, the evidence for this marriage dates from the 18th century only, and should therefore be regarded with caution.

Katherine died on 7 September, 1548, at Sudely Castle, Gloucs., in childbed, and was buried in Sudely Castle Chapel. There was no issue of her marriage to Henry VIII.

Henry VIII also had the following
illegitimate issue
:

By Elizabeth Blount (1502?–1539/41), daughter of Sir John Blount of Kinlet, Shropshire, afterwards wife of Gilbert, Lord Tailboys:

1 Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536); he married Mary (1519?–1557), daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. He was the only bastard acknowledged by Henry VIII.

By Joan Dobson or Dingley:

2 Ethelreda or Audrey (
d
.1555); she married John Harington, and had issue.

By Mary Berkeley (?):

3 Sir John Perrot (1527?–1592) (?).

By an unknown mother:

4 Thomas Stucley or Stukely (1525?–1578) (?); he married Anne
Curtis. It is highly unlikely that Henry VIII was the father of Thomas or Sir John Perrot.

HENRY VIII

He died on 28 January, 1547, at Whitehall Palace, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

He was succeeded by his son Edward.