CATHERINE PARR: before she was Queen. Life before the throne. Six wives documentary. History Calling

Today we’re looking at CATHERINE PARR, before she was Queen. Who was Henry VIII’s sixth wife before she rose to prominence as his final consort and how had life treated her? In this six wives documentary from History Calling, we’ll examine the making of a Queen as we study Catherine Parr’s life before the throne, including her first two marriages to Sir Edward Burgh and John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, her life at homes including a manor in Kirton-in Lindsey and Snape Castle and her role as a step-mother. Now known primarily as the Queen who survived Henry VIII, most of Catherine’s life had in fact already taken place by the time she married him. This video will start with her birth in c. 1512, take in her family’s connection to Queen Catherine of Aragon (including the story that she was named after Henry’s first wife and was her goddaughter) and include her later friendship with the future Mary I and her relationship with Thomas Seymour, who would become her fourth husband. We will learn about Catherine’s experiences during the Lincolnshire Rising and the Pilgrimage of Grace, when she and her husband were (separately) held prisoner by the rebels, how Catherine Parr met Henry VIII and the King’s courtship of her, which began before her second husband’s death. Finally we will cover her conversion from the Catholicism she was raised in, to the early brand of Protestantism she would ultimately die in, for Catherine Parr’s religion would, like so many aspects of her life, change dramatically with time. Throughout the video, we will get a feel for Catherine Parr’s personality and (spoiler alert), she wasn’t as prim and proper as some have painted her.

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