Henry VIII's Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine

Henry VIII's Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady-in-Waiting to the Tudors

In 1533 Katherine Willoughby married Charles Brandon, Henry VIIIâ€™s closest friend. She would go on to serve at the court of every Tudor monarch bar Henry VII and Mary Tudor. Duchess of Suffolk at the age of fourteen, she became a powerful woman ruling over her houses at Grimsthorpe and Tattershall in Lincolnshire and wielding subtle influence through her proximity to the king.

She grew to know Henry well and in 1538, only three months after Jane Seymourâ€™s death, it was reported that they had been â€˜masking and visitingâ€™ together. In 1543 she became a lady-in-waiting to his sixth wife Catherine Parr. Henry had a reputation for tiring of his wives once the excitement of the pursuit was over, and in February 1546, only six months after Charles Brandonâ€™s death, it was rumoured that Henry intended to wed Katherine himself if he could end his present marriage. But Henry changed his mind at the last moment, and Katherine Willoughby never became his seventh queen.

Hers was a life of privilege mixed with tragedy and danger, losing both her sons to illness and being forced into exile in Poland beyond 'Bloody' Mary's clutches. But Katherine kept her head on her shoulders when many of her contemporaries lost theirs for lesser reasons.

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â€˜Mr Baldwinâ€™s biography of Katherine Willoughby, a friend of Catherine Parr, Henryâ€™s sixth wife, elaborates on research suggesting that Willoughby was the kingâ€™s mistress [â€¦] Mr Baldwin, who sets out his theory Â in Henry VIIIâ€™s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, said that the king might have been wise to avoid pursuing her.â€™
The Times UK
Country USA
Brand Amberley Publishing
Manufacturer Amberley Publishing
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781445641041
EANs 9781445641041
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Amberley Publishing
Manufacturer	Amberley Publishing
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781445641041
EANs	9781445641041
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Henry VIII's Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady-in-Waiting to the Tudors

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