The Tudor king's wives from 1509 to 1547 were: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr. For their stories, see the Six Wives of Henry VIII.
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 The Six Wives of Henry VIII
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs
/wives.html
Letters written by all six women, other primary sources and a biography of each are all on this website.
Anne Boleyn
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/
monarchs/boleyn.html
A detailed biography of the beheaded queen, plus links to primary and secondary sources and to portraits of her.
Catherine Howard
http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/
howard/default.htm
The sole surviving letter written by Henry's fifth wife helped send her to the block for treason (and adultery) in her late teens. This letter plus quotes and portraits make for an interesting overview of her life.
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (Pimlico, 1997)
Drawing on documentary material from the Tudor period, this book offers a comprehensive, factual version of the tempestuous private and public lives of Henry VIII and his six wives, revealing each woman as a distinct and compelling personality in her own right.
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Six Wives: The queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey (Vintage, 2004)
Starkey draws on the letters, artefacts and documents of the period, concentrating on the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy and private religion to give a richly textured picture of daily life at the Tudor court from the women's point of view.
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