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The mother of Queen Mary I was Catherine of Aragon, who was Henry VIII's first wife.

The mother of Elizabeth I was Anne Boleyn, who was Henry VIII's second wife - she was later executed.

It was Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, who married Henry in 1543, who became friends with his children by previous marriages - Mary and Elizabeth - and eventually brought them back to court.

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Henry VIII's second wife, Jane Seymour, tried hard to reconcile Henry with his two daughters, even trying to get Mary put back into the succession. She managed to bring Mary and Henry together though.

But it was Henry's last and sixth wife, Catherine Parr, who succeeeded in getting Henry to reinstate Mary and Elizabeth as royal princesses at court.

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