On July 12, 1543, Katherine Parr (1512–1548) married Henry VIII and served as queen consort for 3.5 years and as dowager queen for almost 2 years. As queen, she was expected to participate fully in the magnificent cultural life of the Tudor court and...
And of this, under the applicable legal penalty, let nothing to all be omitted. By Katherine, Queen of England, and its General Regent. From Oking, the eighteenth day of September, the thirty-sixth year of our reign. Here is one of the documents found at the National Archives from 1547,...
Katherine of Valois is probably better known as the wife of Owen Tudor than as the queen of Henry V. She was queen of England for less than two years and thus had little time to exercise queenly roles, beyond producing an heir, the future Henry VI. Consequently accounts of Katherine, ...
(Animals) a salmon up to two years of age, with dark spots and transverse bands [C18: of unknown origin] Parr (pɑː) n (Biography)Catherine.1512–48, sixth wife of Henry VIII of England Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers...
parents’ names are blessed by the Pope as the finest kings to defend the faith against the might of Islam, they are the greatest crusaders of Christendom as well as the first kings of Spain; and I am their youngest daughter, Catalina, Princess of Wales, and I will be Queen of England...
Katherine’s signature as Queen Regent. The King has proclaimed that all who claim to do services on Coronation day shall be in the White Hall at Westminster Palace, 20 June next, and has authorised the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of England, the Earl of Oxford, Sir John Fyneux, Chief Jud...
around 1350; as she was of an obscure family, her precise date of birth was not recorded. This was typical for female babies at the time, even in higher born families. Her father was a servant of Queen Philippa of Hainault, and came to England with her, when she married King Edward ...
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As Henry’s wife and queen of England, she was a noted patron of the arts and music and took a personal interest in the education of her stepchildren, Princesses Mary and Elizabeth and Prince Edward. Above all, Parr commands interest for her literary labors: she was the first woman to ...
Henry VIII as his sixth and last wife. She merits far greater recognition, however, on several other fronts. Fluent in French, Italian, and Latin, Parr also began, out of necessity, to learn Spanish when she ascended to the throne in 1543. As Henry's wife and queen of England, she.....