how many wives did henry the 8th have
Henry VIII had six wives in total.
Quick Scoop: How many wives did Henry VIII have?
In simple terms, Henry VIII was married six times.
Their names, in order, were:
- Catherine of Aragon
- Anne Boleyn
- Jane Seymour
- Anne of Cleves
- Catherine Howard
- Catherine Parr
A famous rhyme kids still learn to remember what happened to them is:
“Divorced, beheaded, died;
Divorced, beheaded, survived.”
Strictly speaking, several of those marriages were annulled rather than formally divorced, but when people ask “how many wives did Henry VIII have?”, the historically accepted answer is six.
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