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On This Day

Posted by Karen on September 5, 2024, 8:21 am

1548 - Catherine Parr, 6th and final wife of King Henry VIII of England, died at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire. She died a few days after giving birth to a daughter named Mary. Her funeral was the first Protestant funeral in England, Scotland or Ireland to be held in English.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Carolyn on September 5, 2024, 9:26 am, in reply to "On This Day"

A sad ending to a fine lady who had an interesting, altho at times a difficult life, I believe the child died so there are no descendants.

How History Got Henry VIII Wrong

Posted by karenl on September 6, 2024, 12:04 am, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

The movie Firebrand has just been released. It tells the story of Henry VIII and Catherine Parr from Catherine's perspective. It's base on the book by the same name.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240902-how-history-got-henry-viii-wrong

Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong

Posted by Karen on September 6, 2024, 7:29 am, in reply to "How History Got Henry VIII Wrong"

The was orginally called Queen's Gambit but was renamed to match the film. The book is by Elizabeth Fremantle.

Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong

Posted by Cynthia on September 6, 2024, 12:50 pm, in reply to "Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong"

But it's still fiction, based on an historical fiction book. I know Henry's wives have become more interesting to a lot of people. I find Catherine Parr's life to be quite sad in the end, dying from childbirth.

Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong

Posted by Hollie24 on September 6, 2024, 1:43 pm, in reply to "Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong"

Don't forget her husband attempting to seduce Elizabeth and Katherine discovering that.

Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong

Posted by Carolyn on September 7, 2024, 4:49 am, in reply to "Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong"

Yes, Tom Seymour made several passes at Elizabeth. He would go into her bedroom before she was up and open the covers. She was 14 at the time and smart enough to avoid his passes.

Katherine had Elizabeth move to another residence when it began to look dangerous. Tom was a lousy husband.

Re: How History Got Henry VIII Wrong

Posted by Carolyn on September 6, 2024, 7:35 am, in reply to "How History Got Henry VIII Wrong"

This sounds really interesting. I don't think we'll ever know what made Henry tick. He destroyed many lives without reason.

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day Elizabeth I was born. That she was not a boy doomed her mother Anne Boleyn. History might have been much different if the baby had been male.

I plan to watch it.

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