CURSO LOLLIPOP - THE SIXTH WIFE OF HENRY VIII - CATHERINE PARR Read the text below and use the word in CAPITALS to form a word that fits the gap On February 13th 1542, Catherine Howard (the _ FIVE wife) was beheaded and then Henry waited over a year before deciding to marry again and his choice this time was very different Catherine Parr did not represent a political alliance, she was not young and, _ HAPPY for her, she was not expected to bear the king children Catherine was born in 1512, the eldest child of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, who had risen to be CONTROL of the Royal Household After Catherine’s first husband died in 1523, she married Lord Latimer When he became an _ VALID, the couple moved to London where he could get better TREAT Here Catherine became FRIEND with Princess Mary and, _ INCREASE with Thomas Seymour, one of Jane Seymour’s brothers In 1534 the king, who was looking for a COMPANY for his old age, alighted on Catherine, and, even before Latimer died on March 1543, he started to send her presents When the king asked Catherine to marry him, she was torn between love for Thomas Seymour and duty to the king Duty won, and on July 12 th the MARRY took place Being CHILD, she cared for Elizabeth and Edward, who were just ten and six years old, as though they were her own children She calmed Henry down when he raged, _ COMFORT him when he was depressed, and sat with his PAIN, ulcerated leg on her lap Sudeley Castle By Christmas 1546, Henry was dying, but he sent Catherine and his court to Greenwich while he remained in London He died on January 28th 1547 Catherine must have been relieved at Henry’s DIE and in June she married Tomas Seymour, her fourth husband She was very happy but the marriage was short She came to Sudeley Castle in June 1548 to give birth to her child, who was born in August 1548, but Catherine died _ SHORT afterwards of childbed fever ANSWERS FIFTH HAPPILY CONTROLLER INVALID TREATMENT FRIENDLY INCREASINGLY COMPANION MARRIAGE CHILDLESS COMFORTED PAINFUL DEATH SHORTLY