How old were Henry's wives when they married him?
How old were Henry's wives when they married him?
What we know for sure is that Katherine Howard was the youngest, practically a teenager, and Catherine Parr, the oldest at the time they got married.
Unfortunately, we only know ( for certain) Aragon's birthday, and we also know that she was about six years older than him.
In any case, based on contemporary descriptions, we can guesstimate their age.
Another common thing is that most of these women got married in their mid 20s, later compared to other women of this period.
Catherine Aragon and Parr had already been married before, Anne Boleyn had to wait for seven years, but we don't know why Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves got married so " late."
Henry was much older than any of them, with the exception of Catherine of Aragon.
He was 41 when he married Anne Boleyn and 52 at the last marriage.
His last 3 wives were born during his reign, some of them being even younger than his daughter, Mary ( born 1516) .
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