Historical Timeline of Catherine Parr

Historical Timeline of Catherine Parr aka Catharine/Cate

1512	Between August 15th and November 11th - born at Blackfriars in London
1529	Marries Sir Edward Borough "Burgh", son of Sir Thomas, Lord Borough (Catherine is 17)
1533	Is widowed
1534	Marries John Neville, Lord Latimer (Catherine is 20)
1543	Is widowed again
1543	Begins a relationship with Thomas Seymour, but this is broken off when she catches the eye of King Henry VIII
1543	July 12 - Marries King Henry (Catherine is 31; Henry is 52)
1544	July - September - Catherine Parr acts as Regent while Henry is at war in France. It is thought that her actions as Regent, together with her strength of character and noted dignity, as well as her later religious convictions, greatly influenced her 11 year old stepdaughter, Princess Elizabeth Tudor
1545	Catherine becomes the first English queen to publish a book called 'Prayers and Meditations'.
1546	May 24 - Catherine's friend, the reformer Anne Askew, is arrested and horribly tortured in the Tower of London. There is also, supposedly, enough 'evidence' against the Queen to issue a warrant for her arrest. The warrant is accidentally dropped; someone loyal to the Queen sees it and quickly informs her of it. This incident is well-documented.
1546	A warrant for Catherine's arrest is drawn up, but she manages to reconcile with the King
1547	January 28th - King Henry VIII dies
1547	May - Marries Thomas Seymour
1547	November - Catherine publishes her second book called 'Lamentations of a Sinner'.
1547 to 1548	Lady Elizabeth (aged 14) and Lady Jane Grey live with the former Queen Catherine--now Dowager Queen Catherine, Lady Seymour of Sudeley--and her new husband at Sudeley Castle. Elizabeth eventually leaves under a cloud, due to the scandal of being pursued by her stepmother's husband, Thomas Seymour
1548	August 30 - The Dowager Queen Catherine's daughter, Lady Mary Seymour is born. Seven months later, little Mary is orphaned after her father Thomas Seymour is executed during the reign of his nephew Edward VI. Facts are blurry as to when and where little Mary Seymour died. However it is documented that Catherine Parr's close friend, Catherine Willoughby (Catherine Brandon) (now Dowager Duchess of Suffolk), takes charge of Mary.
1548	September 5 - The Dowager Queen Catherine Parr Seymour dies, aged 36, most likely of puerperal fever, the same fever Jane Seymour died of. She is the only spouse among King Henry's six wives to be considered 'legitimately married' to him, and to also outlive him as Queen. Anne of Cleves dies on 16 July 1557. Katherine is buried, with Lady Jane Grey as chief mourner, in the chapel at Sudeley Castle. The tomb is the grandest of all of Henry's wives.