Who Would Marry Henry VIII? The S...
Who Would Marry Henry VIII? The Search for Wife No. 4

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway by Claire Ridgway

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Who would agree to become Henry VIII's fourth wife?

By late 1537, Henry VIII was back on the marriage market. Catherine of Aragon had been banished, Anne Boleyn had been executed, and Jane Seymour had died shortly after giving Henry the legitimate son he had longed for.

Now the 46-year-old king needed another queen.

And so began an extraordinary search across Europe.

In this video, I'm giving Henry VIII's search for wife number four the Tudor Blind Date treatment as we meet some of the women considered by Henry and his government.

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Henry VIIIAnne Of ClevesSix WivesHans Holbein