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Catherine Howard [b] (c. 1523 – 13 February 1542) was Queen of England from July 1540 until November 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a cousin to Anne Boleyn (the second wife of Henry VIII), and the niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.
Despite the Pope's refusal to annul the marriage, Henry separated from Catherine in 1531; Catherine was 45, Henry was 40. He ordered Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop of Canterbury , to convene a court. On 23 May 1533, [ 13 ] Cranmer ruled the marriage to Catherine null and void.
Marriage to Catherine Howard (and fall of Thomas Cromwell) Portrait of a woman believed to be Catherine Howard , Henry's fifth wife, by Hans Holbein the Younger , 1540 It was soon clear that Henry had fallen for the 17-year-old Catherine Howard , the Duke of Norfolk's niece.
Catherine Howard: Tamzin Merchant (2009–2010) Catherine Howard: Episode 3.08 Episode 4.05 Henry's fifth wife, and cousin of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, Catherine first comes to court to serve as lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves before catching the King's eye.
It appears that his lust for mistresses did not abate as he reached middle age; in 1540, he began courting Catherine Howard, the maid-of-honour of his fourth spouse, Anne of Cleves. Catherine was a first cousin of Anne and Mary Boleyn. [4]
By then Catherine Howard, [27] another of the Duke's nieces, had already caught the King's eye. Henry and Catherine were married at a private ceremony at Oatlands Palace on 28 July, the same day that Cromwell was executed. [28] As a result of this marriage, for a time, Howard enjoyed political prominence and material rewards.
A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne. [3]
At an early age, Catherine was ... Whether the pope at the time of Henry and Catherine's marriage had the right to overrule Henry's ... Catherine Howard m. 1540 ...