7 Women Who Escaped Marrying Henry VIII

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Henry VIII is famous for marrying 6 wives, abandoning 2 of them and beheading another 2. Some might say he ruined their lives! And though they may have briefly been Queens, they also likely cursed they met the royal tyrant. In his Majesty’s search for new brides there were a handful of ladies whom he considered, but either turned down, or rejected him. Let’s meet the 8 lucky ladies who managed to avoid a fateful walk down the aisle with the murderous monarch. And consider how their lives, and history might have been different if they had married Henry VIII.

Potential 1st Wives:
Marguerite de Angoulême, Queen of Navarre
Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal & France

Potential 4th Wives:
Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland
Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu
Christina of Denmark
Amelia of Cleves

Potential 7th Wife:
Katherine Willoughby (Catherine Brandon), Duchess of Suffolk

Real Wives:
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr

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