Even the Royals: The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Catherine of Aragon Part I | 235

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

We mostly remember Henry VIII’s six wives because of their fate at the hands of history’s most notorious ex. But there’s so much more to them than divorce, death and beheadings.

Henry’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was a Spanish princess who grew up believing that being Queen of England was her destiny and God-given right. But getting–and staying–on the throne turns out to be a lot more complicated than she thought. When she isn’t able to have a healthy son and heir to the throne, Henry decides her time is up. But Catherine refuses to back down, even when someone new arrives and threatens her place on the throne.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can
0:01.7	convince the newest season of Even the Rich
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0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery App
0:05.8	or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.6	Hey Riches, while we're hard at work
0:10.0	on new even the rich content about the celebrities you know and love and maybe hate.
0:16.4	We want to share a few more episodes from our other show, even the Royals.
0:19.9	And for those of you that aren't necessarily history buffs, like me, let me tell you this shit is as spicy and juicy as any celebrity feud could ever dream of being.
0:29.7	Yeah, and there's nothing dusty about these stories.
0:32.6	There's sex, scandal, death, horny love letters,
0:36.2	and secret affairs.
0:37.9	I'm talking about the six wives of Henry the 8th,
0:40.4	or as we like to call them, victims.
0:43.0	We're kicking things off with Henry's first wife and my personal favorite, Catherine of Aragon.
0:48.0	And after her we have the most infamous of the King's wives, Anne Boleyn.
0:52.0	The woman who inspired Henry to leave the
0:54.1	Catholic Church and start a whole new religion. Yep, and it was totally worth it.
0:59.6	Things definitely ended really well for her.
1:02.7	Yeah, really happy ending.
1:04.3	We hope you enjoy.
1:06.0	A quick note about our show.
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