On this day in Tudor history, 12th July 1543, Henry VIII got married for the sixth and final time.
The fifty-two-year-old king married thirty-one-year-old Catherine Parr, Lady Latimer, in the Queen's Closet of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", gives a contemporary account of the wedding service, as well as telling us about who attended the ceremony.
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August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and uncle of two queens
August 24 - Cecily of York, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
August 23 - The Siege of Haddington
August 22 - The end of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
August 21 - A sad end to a bishop whose career spanned the reigns of three kings
August 20 - A proxy wedding for King James VI in Denmark
August 19 - A defiant but polite Mary I
August 18 - The trial of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
August 17 - Henry VIII's Latin secretary dies of sweating sickness
August 16 - The Norrises lose another two sons in the Queen's service
August 15 - The Oaten Hill Martyrs
August 14 - William Parr, brother of Queen Catherine Parr
August 13 - The sad ends of Friar Conn O'Rourke and Partick O'Healey, Bishop of Mayo
August 12 - Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford, daughter of Margaret Pole
August 11 - Sir Maurice Berkeley and his royal career
August 10 - Drownings at London Bridge
August 9 - Elizabeth I's words cause horror among her clergy
August 8 - Edward VI's Burial
August 7 - Mary, Queen of Scotland sets off for a new life in France
August 6 - Margaret Tudor's secret marriage
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