So, when the 52-year-old targeted 31-year-old Catherine Parr as his sixth bride, many assumed he was not looking for a wife but a nurse. ( How Anne Boleyn won and lost the heart of Henry VIII .) ...

Catherine Parr is usually remembered as the wife of Henry VIII who “survived.” What that nursery rhyme leaves out is she didn’t survive for long. A little over a year after Henry VIII’s ...

Law stars as Tudor monarch Henry VIII, in the historical drama documenting the relationship between the 28-stone King and his sixth wife Catherine Parr, played by Alicia Vikander.

In new film Firebrand, Jude Law and Alicia Vikander star as Henry VIII and his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, reframing how history and culture have presented the monarch.

Of Henry VIII’s six wives, his last one, Catherine Parr, is “most often misunderstood, if not largely ignored,” writes historian Derek Wilson for History Extra. Typically portrayed as a ...

Alicia Vikander portrays Henry VIII's sixth wife, Catherine Parr, in the new film Firebrand. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Larry D. Horricks / Brouahaha Entertainment, Wikimedia ...

The historical drama explores the life of Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII. Alicia Vikander and Jude Law attending the Firebrand premiere, during the 76th Cannes Film ...

Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. Thus, mirthfully, Horrible Histories on the six wives of Henry VIII. All you need to know? Not quite. The survivor, Catherine Parr, has never ...