HENRY VIII AND HIS SIX WIVES
1. True or False?
1. Henry VIII died in 1547.
2. Henry was a good husband.
3. Henry’s wives were all happy.
4. Many fathers didn’t want their daughters to marry Henry.
5. Two of Henry’s wives were called Anne.
6. Three of Henry’s wives were beheaded.
7. Katherine of Aragon was Henry’s wife for a long time.
8. Katherine of Aragon died at home with her friends and family.
9. Catherine Parr died before Henry.
10.In the Palace of Whitehall, there was a box of old letters from Henry’s first five
wives.
2. What happened to the first 5 Queens?
Katherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn - was divorced
Jane Seymour - was beheaded
Anne of Cleves - died after her child was born
Katherine Howard
3. One of Margaret’s friends has helped her to write a letter to her mother. Use these
words from the story to complete the letter. (Use each word once.)
handsome, necklace, letters, tomorrow, young, box, wives, tennis, old, yesterday, fat, hair
Dear Mother
__________ I went to Whitehall Palace with my lady Catherine Parr. We found a
__________ with a large gold H on the top. Inside, there were __________ from Henry’s
first five __________. There was also a beautiful gold __________ and a piece of
__________.
Catherine Parr told me all about King Henry. When he was __________, he was
very __________ and he liked horse riding and playing __________.
We’re going to read all the letters __________. I can’t wait! I’ll write again soon
and tell you all about them.
Your loving daughter
Margaret
4. Answer the questions: Who...
1. could read and write in four languages when she was 13?
2. was quiet and careful?
3. was fat with a face like a big potato?
4. died soon after her son was born?
5. looked like a horse?
6. painted a picture for Henry?
7. couldn’t speak English?
8. gave Anne of Cleves the palace of Richmond?
5. Crossword:
ACROSS
1. Katherine Howard was much ____ than Henry.
3. Anne Boleyn felt like this the day before she died.
5. Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard died here.
7. Anne Boleyn was beheaded with this.
9. Holbein’s job.
10.Anne Boleyn sent Henry a ____ for Elizabeth.
DOWN
1. Henry wore ____ when Katherine of Aragon died.
2. Catherine Parr found these in a box.
3. Henry broke with the ____ Church in Rome.
HENRY VIII AND HIS SIX WIVES
4. Henry married six times because he wanted a ____.
6. Thomas Culpeper was Katherine Howard’s ____.
8. Margaret’s job.