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Anne of Cleves
4th wife. Henry married her to win European
allies. Thomas Cromwell persuaded Henry to
agree to marry her, in the hope of securing the
north German princes against the Holy roman
Emperor. But Anee, did not suit. The marriage
was a disaster, the alliance failed. The union
was never consummated, divorce was
therefore easy.
Catherine Howard
5th wife. Attractive, lighthearted, fun-loving,
ahigh-spirited flirt.
Had been ammaid of honour to Anne of
Cleves.
She kept lovers before and after marring
henry. Few years after the wedding she was
executed for adultery.
Catherine Parr
6th wife. Twice widowed.
Cultivated Erasmian, did much to preserve a
humanist reform, until it could re-emerge in the
reign of Edward VI.
Marriage was harmonious. King´s death
ended their marriage.
Thomas Cromwell and the
dissolution of the monasteries