Queen Catherine Parr
| Catherine Parr | |
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| Queen consort of England and Ireland | |
| Tenure | 12 July 1543 – 28 January 1547 |
| Born | 1512 Blackfriars, London, England |
| Died | 7 September 1548 (aged 35–36) Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England |
| Burial | St Mary's Chapel, Sudeley Castle |
| Spouse |
Sir Edward Burgh (m. 1529; d. 1533) John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer (m. 1534; d. 1543) Henry VIII of England (m. 1543; d. 1547) Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (m. 1547) |
| Issue | Mary Seymour |
| Father | Sir Thomas Parr |
| Mother | Maud Green |
| Signature |  |
Catherine Parr (alternatively spelled Katherine, Katheryn or Katharine, signed 'Katheryn the Quene KP') (1512 – 7 September 1548) was Queen of England and of Ireland (1543–47) as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII, and the final queen consort of the House of Tudor. She married him on 12 July 1543, and outlived him by one year. She was also the most-married English queen, with four husbands.
Catherine enjoyed a close relationship with Henry's three children and was personally involved in the education of Elizabeth and Edward, both of whom became English monarchs. She was influential in Henry's passing of the Third Succession Act in 1542 that restored both his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, to the line of succession to the throne.
Catherine was appointed Regent from July to September 1544 while Henry was on a military campaign in France and in case he lost his life, she was to rule as regent until Edward came of age. However he did not give her any function in government in his will. In 1543, she published her first book, Psalms or Prayers, anonymously. On account of Catherine's Protestant sympathies, she provoked the enmity of anti-Protestant officials, who sought to turn the King against her; a warrant for her arrest was drawn up in 1545. However, she and the King soon reconciled. Her book Prayers or Meditations became the first book published by an English queen under her own name. She assumed the role of Elizabeth's guardian following the King's death, and published a second book, The Lamentations of a Sinner.
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