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Catherine Howard
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Catherine Howard, queen of England: see Howard, Catherine Howard, Catherine, 1521?–1542, fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and the niece of the powerful Thomas Howard, 3d duke of Norfolk. Henry married her soon after his divorce from Anne of Cleves in 1540.
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Catherine Howard

(born c. 1520—died Feb. 13, 1542, London, Eng.) Fifth wife of Henry VIII of England. The granddaughter of the 2nd duke of Norfolk, she became a maid of honour to Anne of Cleves, Henry's fourth wife. After Henry had his marriage to Anne annulled, he married Catherine (1540). In 1541 he learned that Catherine had had several affairs before their marriage and that she also had probably committed adultery. Incensed, he had Parliament pass a bill in 1542 declaring it treason for an unchaste woman to marry the king. Catherine was beheaded two days later in the Tower of London.
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Honors: Brienne Allan, Cullen Barnett, John Bergstrom, Guinevere Byrne, Timothy Comisky, Lauren D'Innocenzo, Austin Daley, Jillian Dec, Angela Gebelein, Kathryn Howard, Alison Majkut, Lydia McDonald, Sean Morse, Eric Peterman, Stephen Presswood, Emily Prior and Michael Rayos.
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His wives included Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour (who it is believed was his only true love), Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleaves, Kathryn Howard and finally Katherine Parr.
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Ironically, from Henry's perspective, this makes her the perfect woman to follow the adulterous Kathryn Howard as England's next queen.
Erickson, Carolly. The last wife of Henry VIII; a novel by Levitov, Francine / Kliatt
 
 
 
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