Ironically, Catherine Howard was first cousins with Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife who also was beheaded.
Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
He only beheaded two of them. He beheaded his second wife Anne Boleyn for incest, adultery, and other things. He beheaded his fifth wife Catherine Howard (a cousin of Anne's) for adultery
Anne Boleyn, wife #2 was beheaded by a French swordsman.... with a sword. go figure! lol. and Catherine Howard, wife #5 was beheaded by an ax.
Henry VIII had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, mother of Elizabeth I, executed and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, Anne's cousin, executed. A popular nursery rhyme to remember this is Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.
Two: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, both on charges of adultery.
In chronological order they were: Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Anne of Cleeves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr the pneumonic to remember them is: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
Katharine of Aragon/Divorced Anne Boleyn/Beheaded Jane Seymour/Died in childbirth Anne of Cleves (The Flanders Mare)/Divorced Catherine Howard/Beheaded Catherine Parr/Widowed
Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were the only wives Henry VIII had beheaded. Henry's first marriage (with Catherine of Aragon) was annulled, his second was with Anne Boleyn, his third wife (Jane Seymour) died of childbed fever, his fourth (Anne of Cleves) was divorced, Catherine Howard was his fifth wife and his final wife (Catherine Parr) survived him to marry again.
His second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I was beheaded for adultery, as was his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1st Catherine Of Aragon-Annulled 2nd Anne Boleyn-Beheaded 3rd Jane Seymour-Died 4th Anne of Cleves-Annulled 5th Catherine Howard-Beheaded 6th Catherine Parr-Survived (outlived all wives and Henry)
not all his wives got beheaded, Catherine of Aragon - got sent to The More - divorced Anne Boleyn - Beheaded Jane Seymour - died in childbirth of Edward Anne of Cleaves - divorced Catherine Howard - Beheaded Catherine Parr - Survived Henry VIII