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The Six Wives of Henry VIIIBeyond 'Divorced, beheaded, died...'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Six Wives | Podcast series

Six WivesPeeling back the myths

A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Inside the six wives' bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Replicas of necklaces belonging to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife (Photo by Angela-Treasures For A Queen - Etsy)

Queens of bling: the importance of jewellery to Henry VIII's six wives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII’s six wivesSecrets of the Tudor queens

Peterborough Cathedral

History heritageThe spaces linked to Hanry VIII's wives

Painting of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Several servants as well as Cardinal Wolsey look on.

From service to survival: what happened to the households of Henry VIII’s six wives?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Top, left to right: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour. Bottom, left to right: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr.

Henry VIII’s six wives: your guide to the Tudor king's queen consorts

Portrait of Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, 1536. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

Henry VIII's six wives in a different light. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb on 'Henry VIII And His Six Wives'

Six wives of Henry VIII

The six wives of Henry VIII quiz

Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII

QuizHenry VIII's wives

An illustration of King Henry VIII and his six wives

The hidden lives of Henry VIII's six wives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A large illustration of Henry VIII with several images imprinted on him

Porpoise for breakfast and late night sex visits: Henry VIII's life in a day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A young Katherine Parr, by William Henry Mote.

All you need to know about Katherine Parr – the truth about the wife who 'survived'

A painting shows a topless woman sitting up in bed, holding her hand against the face of the man leaning over her

What did the Tudors think was ‘good’ sex? These tips and tricks were key to relationships in the 16th century

Ancient Greek sculpture showing a seated healer examining a youth, with another figure holding a staff wrapped by a snake.

General ancient history

The ancient Greeks had six essential tips for health. How many do you do?

Thomas Cromwell shown in a c1533 portrait after Hans Holbein the Younger (Photo by Penta Springs Limited/Alamy Stock Photo)

Thomas Cromwell's death – a rapid descent from the pinnacle of power

Week six quiz: Victorian life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frances Forsyte (Tuppence Middleton) and Jolyon Forsyte Jr (Danny Griffin) of new drama The Forsytes, against a backdrop of 19th-century stockbrokers in London. (Images by Getty Images/Mammoth Productions/Masterpiece)

The real history behind The Forsytes

Portrait of Katherine Parr

Katherine ParrWhy Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

Thomas Cromwell on screen: is Wolf Hall the best depiction of the Tudor statesman?

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

Why did Henry VIII send Anne Boleyn to the block?

A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)

Q&ADid Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand?

Part sixWhat was family life like in Victorian Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

One of the hostages of the Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 escapes across the balcony (Photo by David Levenson/Keystone/Getty Images)

The Iranian Embassy siege of 1980: the six-day crisis that was the making of the SAS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII's second queen – plus 11 little-known facts

Side-by-side portraits of Henry VIII's first two wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon.

Do we have to be ‘Team Catherine’ or ‘Team Anne’ when it comes to Henry VIII’s wives?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A detail of a depiction of a lavish pageant staged in Paris in 1514 celebrated the royal entry of Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, on her marriage to King Louis XII of France.

Tudor England had no standing army, but this humble hobby kept its people ready for war