HISTORICAL INFORMATION
BIRTH NAME
Kateryn Parr
TENURE
12 July 1543 – 28 January 1547
DATES
1512 – 5 September 1548 (aged 36)
CAUSE OF DEATH
Puerperal fever
FAMILY
Thomas Parr (father)
Maud Green (mother)
William Parr (brother)
Anne Parr (sister)
Edward Burgh (husband, 1529–1533)
John Neville (husband, 1534–1543)
Henry VIII (third cousin, husband 1543–1547)
Thomas Seymour (husband 1547–1548; her death)
Mary Seymour (daughter)
Catherine of Aragon (fourth cousin once-removed, godmother)
Mary I (fourth cousin twice-removed)
Jane Seymour (sister-in-law)
Edward VI (nephew)
Edward I of England (ancestor)
SIGNATURE
Catherine Parr Signature
"Kateryn the Quene KP"
Catherine Parr was Queen of England and Ireland from 1543 to 1547 due to her marriage to King Henry VIII. She was his sixth and final wife.
About
Born: 1512
Died: September 5, 1548, Sudeley Castle, United Kingdom
Spouse: Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (m. 1547–1548), More
Children: Mary Seymour
Buried: September 1548, Sudeley Castle, United Kingdom
Great-grandparents: Alice Neville, John Fogge, Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh, More
Grandparents: Elizabeth FitzHugh, Sir Thomas Green, William Parr, Joan Fogge
Catherine Parr (she signed her letters as Kateryn; 1512 – 5 September 1548[2][4]) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort of the House of Tudor, and outlived Henry by a year and eight months. With four husbands, she is the most-married English queen. She was the first woman to publish an original work under her own name, in English, in England.[5]
