Catherine of Aragon should have been the only queen that Henry VIII ever had. However, in

1501, when she arrived in England, she wasn't meant to marry Henry, but his brother, an heir to

the throne, Arthur,

Prince of Wales. It was that marriage to Henry's brother that would unexpectedly change the course

of Catherine's life and the reign of Henry VIII. Hi, I'm Rebecca Larson, owner of tutorsdynasty.com,

and this is my podcast. In this episode, I'll examine the differences

between the six wives of Henry VIII and talk about which is my favorite. But before I do that,

let's discuss who your favorite is. I've posed this question several times on Facebook,

but never have I tallied the numbers and shared the results with you.

On Friday, I asked on Facebook, which of Henry's wives is your favorite, and why?

The response was so overwhelming that I could barely keep up with them. If I didn't respond to

yours, I'm truly sorry, but I did read them all. Okay, now on to the crowd voting. I'll start with the least favorite to the most

to kind of help build a little suspense. Number six was Catherine Howard. While I'm only mildly

surprised because you always seem very interested when I post articles about her, Catherine's reign was

so short and her contributions

during the time with Henry were non-existent that we don't know her well enough to like her.

Salane voted for her and said Catherine Howard gets a short shift because she is seen as something

of a bimbo. I pity her because she was so young and was propelled into marriage with a creepy, obese,

old man to further her family's greed and ambition. Moving along to number five, Jane Seymour.

This really doesn't surprise me too much either. Even author David Lodes didn't have much to say

about Jane and his book about her.

Carol Ann said she voted for Jane Seymour because we know so little about her. I believe she

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