CATHERINE HOWARD - KEY INFO

When was Catherine Howard born?

1524

Who were Catherine Howard’s parents?

Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper

How is Catherine Howard related to Anne boleyn?

niece of Elizabeth Howard (Anne’s mother) so they are 1st cousins

When did Catherine Howard first come to court?

age 19 as a lady in waiting to Anne of Cleves

What did her uncle (Duke of Norfolk) encourage her to do, why?

flirt with Henry, as he could see the cracks in the Cleves marriage and wanted to harm Cromwell who was beheaded

When did Henry and Catherine Howard get married?

16 days after his divorce to Anne of Cleves on July 28th 1540

How old were henry and Catherine Howard at the marriage?

49 and 17 respectively

How did Catherine Howard lift henry’s spirits?

he was in pain due to the gout, her bubbly personality and childish nature humoured him

How did Henry treat Catherine Howard?

gave her many gifts, and called her his ‘rose without a thorn’ and the ‘very jewel of womanhood’

When did rumours begin, what were they?

less than a year into the marriage, she had affairs with Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper as well as not entering the marriage a virgin (Henry mannox and Francis Dereham)

When was Catherine Howard beheaded?

February 13th 1542

Where is Catherine Howard buried?

In the chapel of St Peter next to Anne Boleyn