Six wives of Henry VIII

Amy James-Kelly as Anne Boleyn (right) in Netflix's Blood, Sex & Royalty.

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Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

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A portrait of King Henry VIII

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Closeup of Henry VIII's face

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A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)

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Side-by-side portraits of Henry VIII's first two wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon.

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A portrait of Jane Seymour, queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of Henry VIII. Jane is remembered for being the only wife to provide Henry with a son and male heir (the future Edward VI). Jane died on 24 October 1537, most likely from puerperal, or childbed, fever. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had "much joy and pleasure in death". (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

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Mary Tudor with her five stepmothers

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Portrait of Anne of Cleves

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Katherine Willoughby in an 18th-century engraving after a Hans Holbein the Younger portrait. In 1546 the prospect of her marrying England's ageing King Henry VIII was causing tongues to wag in diplomatic circles. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A portrait of Anne Boleyn. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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A portrait of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Henry and Catherine's marriage was a happy one, until their failure to produce a male heir began to cast a long shadow. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Portrait of Catherine of Aragon

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Portrait of Catherine of Aragon

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Top, left to right: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour. Bottom, left to right: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr.

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Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII

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Portrait of Catherine Howard

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Scene from the the Westminster Tournament Roll, commissioned by Henry VIII to document the lavish jousting tournament held to celebrate the birth of his son with Catherine of Aragon

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A portrait of Henry VIII

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Why were the Tudors called the Tudors? The answer lies with Catherine of Valois (pictured), widow of Henry V. (Photo by Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty)

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Illustration of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn on their wedding day

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Rye House in Hertfordshire, which became the Parr family home in 1517, when Katherine was around five years old. (© James Schutte/Alamy Stock Photo)

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