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Parr (CATHARINE the th wife of King)

CATHARINE, the 6th wife of King Henry VIII.; daughter of Sir Thomas Parr; born in 1512. Married first to one Edward Borough, possibly Lord Borough, and afterward to Lord Latimer, she on July 12, 1543, became queen of England by marriage with Henry VIII. She was distinguished for her learning and knowledge of religious subjects, her discussion of which with the king had well nigh brought her to the block. Her tact, however, saved her; for she made it appear to the king's vanity that she had only engaged him in discourse about the Reformation to derive profit from his majesty's conversation. She persuaded Henry to restore the right of succession to his daughters.

After Henry's death she married (1547) Sir Thomas Seymour, and died in the following year.