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title: The Six Wives of Henry VIII of England
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12120/the-six-wives-of-henry-viii-of-england/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Six Wives of Henry VIII of England

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![The Six Wives of Henry VIII of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12120.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12120.jpg)

## Image Caption

The [six wives of Henry VIII](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1547/the-six-wives-of-henry-viii/) of [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/) (r. 1509-1547 CE). Top row, left to right: [Catherine of Aragon](https://www.worldhistory.org/Catherine_of_Aragon/) (Unknown artist, National Portrait Gallery, London) [Anne Boleyn](https://www.worldhistory.org/Anne_Boleyn/) (Unknown artist, National Portrait Gallery, London) Jane Seymour ([Hans Holbein the Younger](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger/), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Bottom row, left to right: Anne of Cleves (Hans Holbein the Younger, Lovre, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/)) Catherine Howard (Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal Collection) Catherine Parr (Unknown artist, National Portrait Gallery, London) All individual images are public domain.

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2020, April 23). The Six Wives of Henry VIII of England. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12120/the-six-wives-of-henry-viii-of-england/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "The Six Wives of Henry VIII of England." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 23, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12120/the-six-wives-of-henry-viii-of-england/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "The Six Wives of Henry VIII of England." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Apr 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12120/the-six-wives-of-henry-viii-of-england/>.

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