catherine howard

Today we're at the fifth installment of the Tudor series and talking about Catherine (also spelled Kathryn) Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. She was a teenager who met a terrible fate for her past. This one is the saddest wife, I think.

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Sources

• https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/catherine-howard-love-letter-and-confessions/
• BBC Documentary the six wives of Henry VIII
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZk7qtjg474
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZsmPArUBTg
• https://spartacus-educational.com/Henry_Manox.htm
• https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/anne-boleyns-remains-the-exhumation-of-anne-boleyn/

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Join us this week for a special mini-episode to get you in the Halloween spirit!
Georgia is joined by Charlotte Smith from Colorado's Mary Wollstonecraft chapter to talk about the ghosts of Hampton Court Palace, including two of Henry VIII's wives, Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard. 

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Happy Halloween! In the third installment of Spooky Lady Day, we cover the many legends of La Llorona and the haunting of Catherine Howard, King Henry IIX’s fifth wife.

Frugal Fear by Annie Lohafer (Jessica's Mom)

Sources:

La Llorona 

• AFP. “Day of the Dead: Mexico's 'La Llorona' Returns on Stage with Pandemic-Era Twist.” News18, 21 Oct. 2020, https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/day-of-the-dead-mexicos-la-llorona-returns-on-stage-with-pandemic-era-twist-2988224.html. 
• Dimuro, Gina. “The Legend of La Llorona: The Wailing Woman Who Murdered Her Children.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 28 Sept. 2020, https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-llorona. 
• Fuller, Amy. “The Wailing Woman.” History Today, 31 Oct. 2017, https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/wailing-woman. 
• Kirtley, Bacil F. “‘La Llorona’ and Related Themes.” Western Folklore, vol. 19, no. 3, Western States Folklore Society, 1960, pp. 155–68, https://doi.org/10.2307/1496370.
• West, John O. “La Llorona.” TSHA, 1 Oct. 1995, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/la-llorona. 

Catherine Howard

• Bloks, Moniek. The screaming lady of the haunted gallery: Catherine Howard. Royal Central. (2015, October 28). Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://royalcentral.co.uk/interests/history/the-screaming-lady-of-the-haunted-gallery-catherine-howard-52815/.
• Historic Hauntings at Hampton Court Palace. Historic Royal Palaces. (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/historic-hauntings-at-hampton-court-palace/#gs.cbup25.
• The National Archives. (2004, June 28). The National Archives: Research and Learning: Treasures from the National Archives: Catherine Howard. The National Archives | Treasures from The National Archives. Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=13.  

Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr the final two wives f Henry VIII. One a wayward youth led astray. The other a mature woman confident and clever.

Sources for this episode -
Biography of Catherine Parr, Sixth Wife of Henry VIII (thoughtco.com)
Katherine Parr (tudorhistory.org)