The Shocking Mutilation Of Katherine Parr - Henry VIII's Sixth Wife

King Henry VIII is most infamously remembered today for the fact he had 6 wives, and he was a King whose final years were ruthless. He would execute two of his wives, turn on his closest friends and he was known for his temper and short fuse. But the King also became huge and grotesque, and his final wife Catherine Parr is remembered today as a woman who was a survivor. The King’s health had been in decline for a number of years following his jousting accident, and he was at the point where he was being carried around most of the time by courtiers and he did very little walking of his own. But Catherine Parr is believed by many to be a woman who nursed the King, but she did not necessarily do this and she even came close to losing her own head at one point. However Catherine Parr would following the King’s death get remarried rather quickly, and she would then fall pregnant for the first time in her life. This resulted however in her death, and following this she was buried nearby to the bedchambers where she passed away. But Catherine Parr’s treatment in her death was brutal and her tomb was opened a number of times.