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7 Women Who Escaped Marrying Henry VIII
Henry VIII is famous for marrying 6 wives, abandoning 2 of them and beheading another 2. Some might say he ruined their lives! And though they may have briefly been Queens, they also likely cursed they met the royal tyrant. In his Majesty’s search for new brides there were a handful of ladies whom he considered, but either turned down, or rejected him. Let’s meet the 8 lucky ladies who managed to avoid a fateful walk down the aisle with the murderous monarch. And consider how their lives, and history might have been different if they had married Henry VIII. Potential 1st Wives: Marguerite de Angoulême, Queen of Navarre Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal & France Potential 4th Wives: Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu Christina of Denmark Amelia of Cleves Potential 7th Wife: Katherine Willoughby (Catherine Brandon), Duchess of Suffolk Real Wives: Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr
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