On this day, the 28th of July in the year 1540 at Oatlands Palace, King Henry VIII married his 5th wife, the oh-so-very-young Catherine Howard. Their marriage took place just three weeks after Henry annulled his marriage to Anne of Cleves and apparently, Henry showered his young wife with gifts an riches (probably to make him considerably more attractive than he was at this point in his life. At this point he was somewhere around 140kg and has an ulcer on his leg that needed to be drained daily).
For a little while, all went well. That is until Catherine started finding the company of other, younger, more attractive much better than that of her husband. The most notable suitor of Catherine's was Thomas Culpeper who ended up being beheaded. The result was her being tried for treason and then beheaded just two years after she became queen. Another part of the treason that should be noted was that she had a romantic history from before her marriage that was unknown to the King.
And so, poor young Catherine became the second wife of Henry VIII to die at his hand. But in order to become a wife, you have to get married first. Which is what they did on the 28th of July.
Happy Anniversary!!!
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