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Catherine Howard

1523 - 1542

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Catherine Howard (c. 1523 – 13 February 1542) was Queen of England from July 1540 until November 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a cousin to Anne Boleyn (the second wife of Henry VIII), and the niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Howard was a prominent politician at Henry's court. He secured her a place in the household of Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, where Howard caught the King's interest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Howard has received more than 10,945,553 page views. Her biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Catherine Howard is the 39th most popular companion (down from 25th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 120th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Companion.

Catherine Howard is most famous for being the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. She was married to the king for a mere 18 months before he had her executed for treason and adultery.

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  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

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  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Catherine Howard ranks 39 out of 784. Before her are Ingrid of Sweden, Mary Boleyn, Messalina, Maria Theresa of Spain, Eugénie de Montijo, and Catherine Parr. After her are Queen Sonja of Norway, Salman the Persian, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Anne of Cleves, and Désirée Clary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1523, Catherine Howard ranks 1. After her are Anna Jagiellon, Gabriele Falloppio, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Blaise de Vigenère, Charles de Bourbon, Marco Antonio Bragadin, Stradanus, Gaspara Stampa, Gulbadan Begum, Catherine Carey, and Pieter Pourbus. Among people deceased in 1542, Catherine Howard ranks 1. After her are Lisa del Giocondo, 2nd Dalai Lama, James V of Scotland, Lapu-Lapu, Hernando de Soto, Dosso Dossi, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Sayyida al Hurra, Peter Henlein, Thomas Wyatt, and Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine Howard ranks 159 out of 8,785. Before her are Tim Berners-Lee (1955), John, King of England (1166), James VI and I (1566), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Joseph Priestley (1733), and Catherine Parr (1512). After her are Thomas Young (1773), J. K. Rowling (1965), Alfred Marshall (1842), Francis Crick (1916), Saint Patrick (385), and Edward V of England (1470).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Catherine Howard ranks 6. Before her are Anne Boleyn (1501), Jane Seymour (1508), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Mary Boleyn (1499), and Catherine Parr (1512). After her are Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), Mary of Teck (1867), and Elizabeth Woodville (1437).

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