19258 the sixth wife of henry viii

CURSO LOLLIPOP - THE SIXTH WIFE OF HENRY VIII - CATHERINE PARR
Read the text below and use the word in CAPITALS to form a word that fits the gap.
On February 13th 1542, Catherine Howard (the _____________ FIVE wife) was beheaded
and then Henry waited over a year before deciding to marry again and his choice this time
was very different.
Catherine Parr did not represent a political alliance, she
was not young and, _______________ HAPPY for her,
she was not expected to bear the king children.
Catherine was born in 1512, the eldest child of Sir
Thomas Parr of Kendal, who had risen to be __________
CONTROL of the Royal Household. After Catherine’s
first husband died in 1523, she married Lord Latimer.
When he became an ___________ VALID, the couple
moved to London where he could get better __________
TREAT. Here Catherine became ____________ FRIEND
with Princess Mary and, _______________ INCREASE
with Thomas Seymour, one of Jane Seymour’s brothers.
In 1534 the king, who was looking for a ____________
COMPANY for his old age, alighted on Catherine, and, even before Latimer died on March 1543,
he started to send her presents. When the king asked Catherine to marry him, she was torn
between love for Thomas Seymour and duty to the king. Duty won, and on July 12 th the
______________ MARRY took place.
Being ____________ CHILD, she cared for Elizabeth and Edward, who were just ten and six
years old, as though they were her own children. She calmed Henry down when he raged,
_____________ COMFORT him when he was depressed, and sat with his __________ PAIN,
ulcerated leg on her lap.
Sudeley Castle

By Christmas 1546, Henry was dying, but he
sent Catherine and his court to Greenwich
while he remained in London. He died on

January 28th 1547. Catherine must have been
relieved at Henry’s ____________ DIE and
in June she married Tomas Seymour, her
fourth husband. She was very happy but the
marriage was short. She came to Sudeley
Castle in June 1548 to give birth to her child,
who was born in August 1548, but Catherine
died ___________ SHORT afterwards of
childbed fever.


ANSWERS
FIFTH
HAPPILY
CONTROLLER
INVALID
TREATMENT
FRIENDLY
INCREASINGLY
COMPANION
MARRIAGE
CHILDLESS
COMFORTED
PAINFUL
DEATH
SHORTLY