How many wives did King Henry v11 have?

Answer 1

He had six wives. To go into specifics:

Katherine of Aragon was his first. She was earlier married to his brother, Arthur, who died early in their marriage. She swore that they never "sealed the deal". Katherine of Aragon was born, bred a princess. It was her vision and life to be Queen of England. So she did what she thought would be the only way. She married his brother, Henry. Henry and Katherine were in love. They had six babies, though only one survived. That was Mary. After the death of their son that lasted for only 52 days, Henry gave up hope and decided to try other women. Now, look, Katherine of Aragon was 48-49 when Henry divorced her. Any chance that she would have another baby was slim, and if she did, the baby would be badly formed. She would have been proclaimed a witch and burned. So I guess you could say she was lucky that she didn't have any more. But Katherine did not give up hope, she was a strong Queen. She never once yelled at her husband and she never shed a tear in front of anyone and except the people she most trusted. She was completely brave as her husband, Henry, had sex with her ladies-in-waiting and other people she thought were her friends. I guess women were afraid to deny him. He was a king and if they angered him in any way, who knows what would happened to them, but they thought no one could replace the Queen.

England loved her, they adored Katherine. If you would have asked people back then, they would probably say they didn't know England without her. But the Boleyn came to court, and put Mary Boleyn in the king's bed. He grew tired of her and watched Anne Boleyn, Mary's sister, greatly. I've read post where they actually consider Mary Boleyn a wife, but she was not. Anyways, he soon fell in love with Anne and Annulled his marriage with Katherine and sent her to a nunnery.

Anne Boleyn was second. England did not like her so well. Anne clawed her way to the top. Anne was not Katherine, let's just say that. She fought with Henry and was very passionate. She wasn't careful enough, because she thought that Henry loved her so much that he would never do what he did to Katherine to her. But Henry grew angry and weary every day with her. He was getting older by the day and still there was no son. Anne finally became pregnant and England seemed to fall in love with her because there was a chance that there could be a son now. It was a daughter, and she named her Elizabeth. She became pregnant again. It was a miscarriage. Let's just get to the point, shall we? Henry was mad and went off to go have sex with other ladies. Anne was pissed off, and she wouldn't have him do that to her. So she fought with him more roughly. It was actually said that she hit him one night in a heated conversation. You might be going, Yes!!!!! But that was a fault on her part. Anne was use to fighting with Henry and then Henry feeling guilty and sending her great presents to make up for it all. But he didn't do it anymore. He grew cold toward Anne. It was needed for her to have a son. This is where the whole "George and Anne" theory starts. Anne needed a son and felt that her only chance was George. George, of course, being her brother and all, was disgusted with the idea. I honestly don't know what was going through his head at the time, not saying I believe in it. But let's just say it actually happened. Jane Parker(George's wife) was...a...let's just say a tattle-tale. She constantly knew everything and was gossiping. She was actually a vile woman, and George hated her deeply. Well, she supposedly saw Anne and George having sex and went to go to tell his Majesty, the King. Henry was mad and sent her to the tower and sent some of his men to investigate further. If you aren't familiar with the Tower of London, then you probably have no idea why she was beheaded. Tower of London was a torturous place. The put people on the rack and such. These men that the King thought had sex with Anne was sent there. They were tortured so badly, that they just said yes to the whole thing so the pain would stop. Some of the things they did, you make ask, in that hell-hole? Hm...well they tore off people's nails, they stretched them, they cut them, and other stuff I rather not go into detail. You can just imagine the terror and diseases going around in that place. So, in short story, Anne was found guilty and her head was cut off while so was George. The other men were either hanged, disemboweled, or beheaded. Later on Lady Jane Parker pleaded that she lied about the whole story. In other news, George was killed as innocent as a butterfly and so was Anne. Now that must have been great to have on Henry's mind.

Now before I start with Jane Seymour, I'm going to make the rest kind of short. I know a lot about Katherine Howard, but not so much about Anne of Cleves, Katherine Parr, and Jane Seymour.

Jane Seymour was his third. She was his Mistress while he was married to Anne. As soon as the shot went off that Anne was dead, Henry married Jane. He loved Jane. I mean, he really did. She was nice and fair, and truly an English Rose. But that doesn't mean he was faithful to her. At least he didn't take as many women as he did with Katherine of Aragon. Anyways, Jane became pregnant-yay!-and gave him a son. She ended up dying in birth, though. Tragic:(. Anyways, her son, Edward ended up dying at the age of 15. Double sad face:((.

Anne of Cleveswas his fourth. He was lied to, though. He was sent a portrait that showed a very beautiful girl. Except, someone probably paid that painter to make her look that way, so Henry would marry her. Ehh...bad choice. Anne ended up coming and the king was pissed. He was very, very mad. He annulled the marriage with her and just like that, she wasn't Queen anymore. She ended up being his faithful sister and friend and living in England all her life. She had a very happy ending. But guess who the king dumped her for? Her lady-in-waiting Katherine Howard, of course.

Katherine Howard was his fifth wife...yes we are almost done. Katherine Howard was a...foolish, vivacious, vain, naive, child. She was 16 when she married the king, she was 17 when she got her head cut off. Not a very fun life, now was it? Katherine Howard was put in the king's way to seduce and be Queen. By no other than her Uncle, the same Uncle who got Anne Boleyn in all of this trouble. Yes, Katherine Howard was Anne Boleyn's cousin. Ironic, isn't it? Anyways, Henry was old and his leg was terrible from the accident he had in jousting when he was married to Anne Boleyn. So, you can imagine the smell and how it completely disgusted this sixteen year old girl. He bedded her pretty much every night when she became his wife and she never became pregnant. He was actually faithful to her...gasp!! She actually one time thought she was pregnant, but she was not. She was only in it for the gifts...and she got a lot. Thomas Culpeper was actually her cousin, too! But that stuff didn't matter back then. They married in their families so they could keep the fame going. Anyways, the fell in love. Now who do you think arranged them to meet alone one night? Jane Parker...yup. She made it all happen. Well someone told the king about this and...eek...you know what happens next. Katherine was sent to the tower with her two former lovers before she came to court and Thomas Culpeper. She had her head cut off a few days later.

Katherine Parr was his sixth wife. Her old husband finally died and Henry asked for her hand in marriage. Though she didn't want to do it because she secretly loved Thomas Seymour!!!!!! No, she was smart enough not to get her head cut off and didn't have a fling with him after the marriage. She was more of a nurse to Henry than a wife. She loved to read, but she was a heretic. Henry didn't know and even though if she went to the tower, he was going to show her mercy anyways. But they had a warrant for her arrest. But guess what? He died before she could be arrested! She outlived the guy! She went off and married Thomas Seymour and they lived happily ever after, till she caught her step daughter, Lady Elizabeth, in a tight embrace with him. He ended up getting his head cut off and Lady Elizabeth ended up having to leave for a while.

So there you go, that's the whole deal with his wives. Anne of Cleves ended up being the wife that actually was content and didn't end up having her head cut off or banished to a nunnery or catching her husband(though she had none) with her step daughter. Sorry if this is really long, I seem to know the history way too well.

Answer 2

Henry V had three brothers and two sisters. His brothers were named Humphrey Lancaster, John Lancaster, Thomas Lancaster, and his sisters were named Blanche and Philippa of England. All were born between 1387 and 1394.

Answer 3

He had over 19 siblings.