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.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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February 29 - Elizabeth I's "white gift" and "little black husband"
February 28 - Thomas Forret, a chief heretic and teacher of heresy
February 27 - The ends of three Catholics at Tyburn
February 26 - The sad ends of loyal men
February 25 - Elizabeth I is excommunicated
February 24 - Katherine Howard, Elizabeth I's good friend
February 23 - Job Throckmorton, a colourful and lucky character
February 22 - Marie de Guise, who avoided marrying Henry VIII!
February 21 - Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick
February 20 - The hanging of Lady Hungerford
February 19 - The Rose Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse
February 18 - The Ridolfi Plot against Elizabeth I
February 17 - Love at first sight for Mary, Queen of Scots?
February 16 - Sir William Stanley is executed
February 15 - Galileo, the Father of Modern Science
February 14 - Being a royal favourite doesn't save you
February 13 - Bess of Hardwick
February 12 - Blanche Parry, a mother figure to Elizabeth I
February 11 - Success for George Boleyn
February 10 - Catherine Howard goes to the Tower
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