Which wife do you think Henry VIII loved the most??

Question

Options are:
Katherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Kathryn Howard
Katherine Parr

Ah, but did he just say that as she had given him a son?!

I personally think it was Anne Boleyn. Fine line between love and hate after all...

Answer 1

Well, I think he loved them all - briefly - in his own way, apart from Anne of Cleves. He was married for quite a long time to Katherine of Aragon, and it was only when she grew too old to bear him a son that he fell in love/lust with Anne Boleyn. There's nothing like refusing a man to keep his interest! I think that was a very fiery, lustful affair. As Anne was not deemed to be strictly beautiful, she must have had a lot of charm and personality to bewitch the King.

Jane Seymour was a totally different person from Anne, meek and obedient, and she gave Henry his son. Dying shortly afterwards, I think Henry didn't have time to fall out of love with her, and her memory remained sacred to him. Who knows what the womanizing King would have thought had he been married to her for the rest of his life?

We know he didn't warm to Anne of Cleves at all - but at least she had a happy ending!

Henry was mad for the young Catherine Howard, and some say he was trying to re-live his youth through her. He was devastated when he realised she was having affairs. I don't believe the marriage would have lasted, though, considering she was so much younger, and flighty.

Katherine Parr was more nurse and companion to Henry, and she was kind to his children; I think he might have been glad in his old age and illness to have someone to take care of him and not pester him.

I don't really think Henry was capable of enduring love; he also had his mistresses and illegitimate children, and he seems to have fallen in and out of love fairly easily. I agree with you about Anne Boleyn, as feelings on both sides ran very strong. But I also think he loved his first wife while things went well; and Jane Seymour was lucky (?) enough to die after giving him the thing he most wanted. So did he fancy himself in love with her?

Answer 2

In order of loving feelings:
Anne Bolyen
Katherine of Aragon
Jane Seymour
Katherine Howard
Catherine Parr
Anne of Cleves

Answer 3

It was all about having a son. He loved Jane the best because of his son. If the question is who did he lust after more then it is Anne. He believed she betrayed him so how could he love her more. If Katherine gave him a son then he would have stayed married to her until death. He thought Anne of Cleeves was ugly and Katherine Parr was just a wife he had because his counselors told him he should get married again. Kathryn Howard again was lust and she was just a baby to him

Answer 4

I think it's hard to say. I would go with Katherine of Aragon, it's hard to understand now but having a son and heir was one of the most important things for a king at the time, nowadays Mary would become queen no problem but it was different then. If Katherine had a boy he wouldn't of turned to Anne Boleyn and as another member pointed out he seemed generally upset to get rid of Katherine. I firmly believe that his love for anne was out of lust for a son, why else would he find excuses to get rid of her after she failed to do so. He think he was grateful to Jane Seymour for granting him a son but again if she hadn't she may have met a similar fate to Katherine or Anne. He didn't love Anne, I think he was only interested as he was seduced by her painting and felt a king should have a queen. Kathryn Howard was chosen for her beauty. He didn't love her though was jealous that others were interested in her, he felt she was his. Finally I believe he found friendship in Katherine Parr, someone who was there for him but not romantic love in the true sense. This leads me to believe Katherine of Aragon was the love of his life but I guess only he would know!

Answer 5

I think he loved Jane Seymour because she gave him a boy, but in actual fact, he loved Katherine of Aragorn the best. He just had to get rid of her becuase he wanted a son and she was too old to give him one. But, if you look at the way she is said to have behaved during their divorce and the way that she was composed and how long it took, I think Henry was truely sad to see her go.

The rest were wasters, look at the short length of time he was with each of them.

Answer 6

I thinking either Jane Seymour or Katherine Parr. Jane gave him his only surviving son and Katerine was the only one that he remained married to.

Answer 7

Jane Seymour - can't argue with what the king said himself

Answer 8

i would say he loved jane seymore the most but who can tell if he would have stayed with her and how long if she hadn't died he probably loved the IDEA of anne boleyn but in reality they both had tempers and she never really could just do whatever he wanted

Answer 9

Catherine of Aragon was his first love, and Katherine Parr was his companion at the end, when he was too gout-ridden to concern himself with sex. In a toss-up between the two, I'd have to say Catherine of Aragon.

Put it this way - he showed a willingness to execute anyone who disappointed him. He did not execute Catherine - but exiled sent her back to her family.

Answer 10

Jane Seymour because she have birth to the only prince,and because he said so himself.