Catherine Parr

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Catherine Parr was the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII, noted for her influence on the English Reformation and for surviving the king while acting as a patron of humanist learning.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Queen consort of England
historical figure
noblewoman
associatedWith Tudor court
authored Lamentation of a Sinner
Prayers or Meditations
birthDate 1512-08-15
birthPlace Blackfriars, London, England
burialPlace Chapel of St Mary, Sudeley Castle
causeOfDeath postpartum complications
child Mary Seymour
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1548-09-05
deathPlace Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
era Tudor period
familyName Parr
father Sir Thomas Parr
fullName Catherine Parr
givenName Catherine
house Parr family
influenced education of Elizabeth I
religious policy in late Henry VIII reign
languageOfWorkOrName English
monarchConsortTo Henry VIII of England
mother Maud Green
notableFor being the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII
influence on the English Reformation
patronage of humanist learning
surviving Henry VIII
orderInSequenceOfHenryVIIIWives 6
patronOf humanist scholars
religious reformers
positionHeld Queen consort of England
Queen consort of Ireland
reignAsQueenConsortEnd 1547-01-28
reignAsQueenConsortStart 1543-07-12
religion Church of England
Protestantism
residence Hampton Court Palace
Sudeley Castle
spouse Henry VIII of England
John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer
Sir Edward Burgh
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
stepchild Edward VI of England
Elizabeth I of England
Mary I of England
supported English Reformation
title Queen Dowager of England


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