Fernanda Mier López 6040

Henry VIII and his six wives

Janet Hardy - Gould

Characters:
● King Henry
● Katherine of Aragon
● Anne Boleyn
● Jane Seymour
● Anne of Cleves
● Katherine Howard
● Catherine Parr
● Margaret (Catherine’s maid)

Abstract:
Catherine Parr was the queen of England, she and Margaret walked into Henry’s room, next
to her was a big picture of Henry when he was young, he was handsome, not the fat old
man, Margaret asked Catherine if he has some many wives, Catherine said yes, Catherine
found some letters from the other wives of Henry. Him first wife “Katherine of Aragon”
Katherine and Henry have one child, Catherine tell Margaret that Henry wasn’t all bad, he
was clever riding horses, tennis, writing and playing music. Henry divorced Katherine
because he wanted a son and she only give him a daughter, “Princess Mary”, but years after
Katherine have a son, “Henry, prince of Wales”, but he died when he was only 7 weeks old.
Henry wanted a new wife to have sons. His second wife was “Anne Boleyn”, Henry was in
love with her for about 7 years before they married, Henry have a lot of mistresses, Henry
and Anne they only married for three and half years, Anne give him a daughter, Anne was a
difficult woman. His third wife was Jane Seymour, they being married ten days after Anne’s
death, Jane was very different, she was quiet and careful, she was so kind to Henry’s
daughters, she gave him a baby boy “King Edward”. Anne of Cleves was the fourth wife, she
was engaged at one time to marry another man, she was only queen for six months, they
don’t have children. The fifth wife was Katherine Howard, Henry had a very bad leg and
often couldn’t walk, and he was always angry when his leg hurt, they don’t have son,
Katherine had lovers, Henry thought that he was Katherine’s first lover, about six months
after Katherine wrote love letters to Thomas, her love, they met secretly at night. Catherine
Parr was the sixth wife of Henry, she tells that she was worried about King Edward, he only
has 9 years old, Catherine married Thomas in may 1547, few months after Henry’s death.

Opinion:
The book was interesting for me, it can be seen that royalty has always had a lot of power,
King Henry's change was a lot, since he changed a lot and was always angry, for me he was
not very empathetic with his wives because he left them when they did not have sons, that
they replace him when he dies.