Born | 1512 |
Married | 1543 |
Widowed | 1547 |
Died | 1548 |
Katherine was a more mature woman than any of Henry's previous wives. She was genuinely interested in the education and improvement of Henry's children and she was known to be a caring and considerate woman. She was also very interested in the new Protestant faith. Her relationship with Henry was probably more like that of a nurse than of a wife. By this time, Henry's health was deteriorating. She was very much a mother figure and did much to stabilize the strained family relationships.
She survived Henry to marry her step-son's uncle, Thomas Seymour. She gave birth to a daughter only to die in childbirth. |