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Catherine Parr

1512 - 1548

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Catherine Parr (she signed her letters as Kateryn; 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort of the House of Tudor, and outlived Henry by a year and eight months. With four husbands, she is the most-married English queen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Parr has received more than 9,761,413 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Catherine Parr is the 38th most popular companion (down from 37th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 149th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Companion.

Catherine Parr was the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. She is most famous for being the last of his wives and for being the only one to outlive him.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Catherine Parr ranks 38 out of 784Before her are Caroline of Ansbach, Ingrid of Sweden, Mary Boleyn, Messalina, Maria Theresa of Spain, and Eugénie de Montijo. After her are Catherine Howard, Queen Sonja of Norway, Salman the Persian, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, and Anne of Cleves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Catherine Parr ranks 2Before her is Gerardus Mercator. After her are James V of Scotland, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Henry, King of Portugal, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Devlet I Giray, Robert Recorde, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Diego Laynez, and Sibylle of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1548, Catherine Parr ranks 1After her are Sigismund I the Old, Gonzalo Pizarro, Juan Diego, Juan de Zumárraga, Girolamo Savoldo, João de Castro, Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, and Pascual de Andagoya.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine Parr ranks 158 out of 8,785Before her are John Venn (1834), Tim Berners-Lee (1955), John, King of England (1166), James VI and I (1566), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), and Joseph Priestley (1733). After her are Catherine Howard (1523), Thomas Young (1773), J. K. Rowling (1965), Alfred Marshall (1842), Francis Crick (1916), and Saint Patrick (385).

Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Catherine Parr ranks 5Before her are Anne Boleyn (1501), Jane Seymour (1508), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), and Mary Boleyn (1499). After her are Catherine Howard (1523), 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).