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Catherine Howard 1521?-1542, fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and the niece of the powerful Thomas Howard, 3d duke of Norfolk . Henry married her soon after his divorce from Anne of Cleves in 1540. Late in 1541 she was accused of immoral conduct prior to her marriage. Although she confessed, Henry was at first inclined to clemency. When evidence was produced for similar misconduct after her marriage, she was attainted for treason and beheaded.

Bibliography: See L. B. Smith, A Tudor Tragedy (1961).

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Catherine Howard (1520–42), 5th queen of Henry VIII. Catherine, niece of the duke of Norfolk, was 19 when Henry became interested in her. The annulment of his marriage to Anne of Cleves on 9 July 1540 was followed a fortnight later by his marriage to Catherine. She was tiny, pretty, and vivacious. Henry showered her with gifts but by the end of 1541 he had heard rumours of her adultery, before and after marriage. Pre‐marital affairs with Francis Dereham and her cousin Thomas Culpeper were the basis for a charge of treason. Catherine was placed under house arrest at Syon House, and beheaded on 13 February 1542.

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