She Remarried Four Months After the King’s Death
When Henry VIII died in 1547 at the age of 56, his widow waited four months before marrying her fourth husband and alleged true love, Thomas Seymour. Does the name ring a bell? That’s because Catherine Parr’s new husband was the brother of Jane Seymour— Henry’s third wife. It is believed that Parr and Seymour were lovers before she married the king, and a year later she gave birth to her first child.