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Match these Tudors with their correct fact file
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She was German and Germany was keen to form
an alliance with England, so Hans Holbein painted
this lady’s portrait. However, in real life she was
not nearly as pretty as her picture. Henry said
she was as ugly as a horse and divorced her
straightaway.
The only wife Henry was really fond of.
She was gentle and modest and gave birth
to the son Henry longed for. She died a
few days later. Henry was devastated and
was buried beside her.
She was Henry’s fifth wife. She was
pretty and young, (only 14 or 15) but was
unfaithful to Henry so she was
beheaded!
She was the first wife of Henry VIII.
The daughter of Spain’s King Ferdinand
and Queen Isabella. Henry married her
to strengthen England’s links with Spain.
He divorced her, upsetting the Pope and
the Catholic Church.
He defeated Richard III at the Battle
of Bosworth in 1485 and became the
first Tudor King of England.
She was Henry’s last wife and died after he
did. Henry needed someone to look after him
as he grew old, which is why he chose her.
She was a good wife and looked after Henry’s
family well.
She wrote a letter to Henry VIII pleading him
not to have her executed after she had got a bit
too friendly with her music teacher, Thomas
Wyatt. It didn’t work and she was beheaded at
the Tower of London.
Which Tudor matches which
Fact File?
Henry VII
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr