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Catharine Parr (1512–1548) (sometimes spelled Catherine, Katherine or Katharine) was the sixth and last wife of England's King Henry VIII. Reputedly kind and quite well educated for the time, she apparently enjoyed a fairly harmonious relationship with the king and his three children, Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward. Indeed, many credit her with convincing the king to reinstate Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession, a decision that eventually led to the Golden Age of Elizabethan England. Catharine was born about 1512. She was born in Kendal, the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, a court official. She married twice, the first time to Lord Edward of Borough. After his death, she married Baron John Neville, who died in 1543. Although she was drawing close to Thomas Seymour, the brother of the king's late wife Jane Seymour, Henry himself proposed marriage to her. His previous wife, Catherine Howard, had been executed on a charge of adultery, after which the enraged king's ministers and inner circle felt a great reluctance to propose any woman as his next consort. Parr was an acceptable candidate by the fact that she had been twice married already, and thus her chastity was not an issue as it would have been for an unmarried woman. She accepted the proposal despite her love for Thomas Seymour, and the sixth royal wedding of Henry's reign took place on July 12, 1543, at the palace of Hampton Court. In the summer of 1544, Henry took the field for a campaign in France, appointing Parr as regent to rule England in his place. She carried out her duties with competence, attending to the finances of the realm and supplying Henry's armies with men, supplies, and provisions. The queen regent's ability greatly impressed the young Elizabeth, who looked to her stepmother as a model for her own management of England after she took the throne. After the death of Henry in 1547, Catherine Parr carded the title of Dowager Queen of England and quickly married Thomas Seymour. 3584 x 5376 px Minted Sep 28, 2023 By Saeedshmhmdi Twitter @Saeedshmhmdi

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