On July 12, 1543, King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and final wife, Katherine Parr. This would be the wife that would outlive the King who died in January of 1547 leaving her a widow for the third time. As is well known, Henry was not a man that could live as a bachelor. After the execution of his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, he soon asked for the hand of Katherine Parr who was to be more of a nursemaid to him than a wife. She accepted his proposal out of patriotic duty rather than love. She had a stabilizing influence on the King's life and was largely responsible for the education of his two youngest children, Elizabeth and Edward. She was also known for her friendliness to the new 'reformed' religion. Her motto as Queen; "To be useful in all that I do." She died September 5, 1548.
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