He first found out she was not virgo intacta as she claimed on their wedding night. Henry then discovered she was pre contracted before she met Henry, which at that point her marriage would be declared invalid. It was soon discovered during her invalid marriage to Henry she had an affair with Thomas Culpepper.
Henry VIII had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, mother of Elizabeth I, executed and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, Anne's cousin, executed. A popular nursery rhyme to remember this is Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.
Catherine Howard, the fifth of King Henry VIII's six wives, was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and his wife Joyce Culpepper.
Henry VIII and Catherine Howard had no children. Jane Seymour was the mother of Henry's only legitimate son, Edward, who became King Edward VI.
She refused to bear him a son, he blamed her for this.
Catherine Howard was one of Queen Anne of Cleves' ladies in waiting before she caught the attention of King Henry VIII.
Henry VIII beheaded Catherine Howard because two years after their marriage he was tried fro treason (disloyal to the king/queen) and was beheaded.
Answer Catherine Howard was the fifth of King Henry VIII's six wives. They married on 28th July 1540.
Henry VIII had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, mother of Elizabeth I, executed and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, Anne's cousin, executed. A popular nursery rhyme to remember this is Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.
Catherine Howard, the fifth of King Henry VIII's six wives, was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and his wife Joyce Culpepper.
Catherine Howard was the fifth wife of King Henry VIII and the second wife to be beheaded but the first to be beheaded by ax.
Henry VIII and Catherine Howard had no children. Jane Seymour was the mother of Henry's only legitimate son, Edward, who became King Edward VI.
Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were both proven guilty of adultery against the king, which is a form of treason, which is a crime that you can die for.
Henry VI was never married to Catherine Howard, his wife was Margaret of Anjou.
She refused to bear him a son, he blamed her for this.
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Catherine Howard was one of Queen Anne of Cleves' ladies in waiting before she caught the attention of King Henry VIII.
King Henry VIII's last three wives, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr, each had no children.