Footnotes

1. Henry's wives

   wife	fate	child
   1: Catherine of Aragon	Divorced; died of natural causes	Mary
   2: Anne Boleyn	Beheaded	Elizabeth
   3: Jane Seymour	Died after giving birth	Edward
   4: Anne of Cleves	Divorced; outlived Henry	none
   5: Catherine Howard	Beheaded	none
   6: Catherine Parr	Outlived Henry	none

2. The Tudors chronologically

   Henry VII	1485-1509
   Henry VIII	1509-1547
   Edward VI	1547-1553
   (Jane Gray)	(9 days)
   Mary	1553-1558
   Elizabeth I	1558-1603

   A nine-day reign

   Lady Jane Gray was briefly declared Queen by a faction of Protestants who were trying to keep Mary, who was a Catholic, from the throne.

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