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Quiz
- Who was King Henry VIII’s first wife and also his longest marriage?
- Who was the only wife to receive a proper queen's burial and is buried alongside Henry VIII in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle?
- Name the mother of Mary, who would become the first undisputed English queen regnant in 1553?
- Which wife was the first female to have a book published in English with her name as the author? This 1545 book was titled 'Prayers or Meditations'.
- Henry complained that which wife was very plain and gave her the name the 'Flanders Mare'?
- Which wife was just 16 at the time of their marriage, while Henry was 49?
- What was the name of Henry's older brother who had previously been the husband of Catherine of Aragon?
- Who did Henry marry just 10 days after Anne Boleyn’s execution?
- Which wife was Henry only married to for 6 months?
- Which two of King Henry VIII's wives were beheaded?
- Who was the last of King Henry VIII’s wives?
- Which wife gave Henry his long-awaited male heir Edward, in 1537?
- Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, was daughter of Henry VIII and which of his wives?
- Which wife, acting as regent in Henry's absence, secured victory in 1513 at the Battle of Flodden?
- Which castle in Kent was home to both Anne Boleyn in her youth and later to King Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves?
- What is the well-known rhyme used to help remember the fate of each wife?
Answers
- Catherine of Aragon
- Jane Seymour
- Catherine of Aragon
- Catherine Parr
- Anne of Cleves
- Catherine Howard
- Arthur
- Jane Seymour
- Anne of Cleves
- Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
- Catherine Parr
- Jane Seymour
- Anne Boleyn
- Catherine of Aragon
- Hever Castle
- Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.