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Creator
Date
2015
Location
England
Great Britain
Great Britain
Media format
Printed text
Extent
255 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Language
English
Size
24 cm
Genre
Commentary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 343770
Folger call number: DA317.8.S8 B35 2015
Folger holdings ID: 494606
Folger call number: DA317.8.S8 B35 2015
Folger holdings ID: 494606
Summary
In 1533 Katherine Willoughby married Charles Brandon, Henry VIII's closest friend. Duchess of Suffolk at the age of fourteen, she became a powerful woman ruling over her houses at Grimsthorpe and Tattershall in Lincolnshire and wielding subtle influence through her proximity to the King. She grew to know Henry well and in 1538, only three months after Jane Seymour's death, it was reported that they had been 'masking and visiting' together. In 1543 she became a lady-in-waiting to his sixth wife Catherine Parr. Henry had a reputation for tiring of his wives once the excitement of the pursuit was over, and in February 1546, only six months after Charles Brandon's death, it was rumoured that Henry intended to wed Katherine himself if he could end his present marriage. This is the remarkable story of the woman who so nearly became the seventh wife of Henry VIII
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Also known as
Extended title: Henry VIII's last love : the extraordinary life of Katherine Willoughby, lady-in-waiting to the Tudors / David Baldwin
Alternate titles: Henry the Eight's last love
Alternate titles: Henry the Eight's last love
Subjects
Related names
author: Baldwin, David, 1947-
subject: Suffolk, Katharine Willoughby Brandon, Duchess of, 1519-1580
subject: Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
subject: Suffolk, Katharine Willoughby Brandon, Duchess of, 1519-1580
subject: Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547