WHAT DID KATHERINE HOWARD LOOK LIKE? | Six wives documentary | Tudor scandal | History Calling

Hello everyone, welcome to the story

calling

the fifth video in my series on the six

wives

of Henry VIII. If you are interested, I will leave links to the other videos on the screen and in the description box, today we are

look

ing for Enrique's youngest. Queen Catherine Howard, is this the only known contemporary portrait of her or has her face been lost to

history

? Catherine Hart was born somewhere between 1518 and 1524, probably towards the end of that range, and married Henry on 28 June 1540 at the beginning. Catherine was in love with her thornless rose and witnesses wrote that, based on her public displays of affection, she seemed to love her more than any of his four previous

wives

.

However, her time as queen did not last long, as in the fall of 1541, accusations of adultery, treason, and premarital affairs that she had not revealed followed. She was stripped of her title on November 22 and finally sent to the block on February 13, 1542. Her remains were later buried in the chapel of Saint Peter the Red. ties on the grounds of the tar of london near his cousin henry's second and equally unfortunate wife, anne boleyn, to find out

what

catherine actually

look

ed like has been all the rage for centuries, not helped by the fact that there are so few descriptions of his physique.

Articles written by those who saw her, the French ambassador Charles de Marillac, however, described her in August 1540 as moderately pretty but with superlative grace. She was small and slender in stature, with a charming countenance, and dressed in the French style. After becoming queen, she went. She was also noted to have gained some weight, especially during her imprisonment; her final resting place was disturbed in 1876 due to the need to carry out restoration work on the chapel of St. Peter Advincula; However, unlike the ambulance, no bones believed to have belonged to Catherine were discovered, so no further information about her appearance could be obtained from her remains.

It is assumed that her body had completely disappeared partly due to her youth because young bones decay faster than those of older people and Catherine probably never grew out of adolescence as well. Due to the use of lime at the site where she was buried, which would have decomposed the remains much more quickly, very few images have been put forward as serious contenders to be contemporary photographs of Catherine, but one of the best known is this one attributed to Hans Holbein the great painter to the court of henry viii and now housed in the toledo museum of art in ohio with copies existing in sky castle in kent and in the national portrait gallery in london this image is so recognizable as it is often still It is used in television shows and on merchandise intended to show Catherine.

She has gone through several identifications throughout her existence, however, at one point she was listed as Cromwell's mother, although it is unclear which Cromwell she was supposed to be. This label was referred to, except that it is definitely not who who became the Lord Protector in the 17th century has also been identified as Mary Tudor Brandon Henry, the eighth sister and once Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk, ultimately in In my opinion, it has been at least convincingly shown that this lady is most likely not Catherine and is more likely to have been a member of the 16th century Cromwell family.

Her identification is not yet certain and she probably never will be, but she may be Elizabeth Seymour, sister of Henry's third queen, Gian Seymour. Elizabeth married Gregory Cromwell, the 1st Baron Cromwell after her death in 1534. Gregory Cromwell's first husband, Sir Anthony Ircred, was the son of Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry's most prominent ministers until his fall in 1540, and Elizabeth's widowed status would help explain why the sitter appears to carry a warning that It would also make more sense since the Latin inscription on the image described her as 21 years old and Catherine's age probably never ultimately reached the fact that the portrait was passed down through multiple generations of the Cromwell family indicates that it depicts one of her relatives, another contender is this image now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the model here is also well dressed in the fashion of the English court during the 1540s and, according to the inscription, she was only 17 years old of age, all of which makes Catalina a possible subject he met.

However, the museum's own catalog entry for the portrait notes her poor condition and the festivities of her considerably restored. End of quote, which has led to an exaggerated point. There are also serious doubts about whether this was actually painted by Holbein, who would probably have received some royal commission. I have already painted at least Henry's third and fourth wives and possibly also Anne Boleyn, although there is no definitive portrait of her by Holbein that we know of and he had also been entrusted to paint Henry himself, so we have this image now on Yale. british art center in connecticut is definitely not contemporary with catherine and in fact dates from about two centuries after her death, but perhaps it is a copy of a holbein image like the mets image, however there is simply no way to know for sure if it is henry. fifth queen leaving us with this portrait that exists in both versions you see here this is the strongest contender to be

katherine

and it is the image that i will discuss in more detail today the version on the left is held by the duke of buklu the version on the right from the royal collection at Windsor Castle this portrait was not initially identified as Catherine and in fact it was only between 1735 and 1740 that her name was attached to the track version, although the identification remained and the What confirms the idea for many that this is the queen is the jewelry she wears, so

what

is it about these items that make them so special?

First, the model's necklace and the jewels around her headdress match descriptions of the jewelery Henry gave to his young queen in At the time of their wedding and during their brief marriage details of these jewels that included and mention the upper abeelamal which is the ornament around the top of the French hood made of enameled goldsmith work and adorned with seven beautiful diamonds. rubies and seven beautiful pearls end of quote, as you can see by looking at this portrait that matches the jewels at the highest point of the hood, the model is wearing catherine also received a quote necklace containing 28 rubies and 29 clusters of pearls, there being four pearls at each end of the group quote again this matches what we see this model wearing finally there was a woe or a gold pendant that had a very beautiful table diamond and a very beautiful ruby ​​with a long pearl hanging from The couture Another perfect description of the large jewel this lady is wearing The second reason why the jewels are so important is that some of these cm jewels clearly appear in portraits of Henry's other wives, this should not be a surprise They were incredibly expensive items and Henry wasn't sentimental enough to buy a completely new set of jewelry every time he changed wives, especially given how frequently that happened, as today, many of the jewelry was crowned property. only on loan to the queen consort rather than in her personal possession and therefore it made sense to pass them on to the next woman.

Given his frequent overlapping wives, however, this inheritance process did not always go smoothly. Catherine of Aragon, Henry's first wife, wrote him a furious letter when told to hand over the queen's jewels to her successor, Ann Berlin, in which he responded that she would cite not handing them over to a person who is the

scandal

of Christendom. and a shame for you end quote, she only relented when Henry directly ordered her to do so, therefore it is evident from the written record that the royal consort's jewels were often inherited. and the pictorial record only confirms this. Take a closer look at these three side-by-side images, showing Catherine of Aragon on the left, Jane Seymour in the middle, painted by Hans Holbein, and our potential Catherine Howard on the right.

Catherine of Aragon and Jane Seymour, both wear an English-style gabled hood on their heads which is adorned with clusters of four pearls alternating with precious stones that we can see in Jane's portrait are rubies set in gold, the square necklines of Their dresses are adorned with the same combination of jewels. If we then compare Jane with In the possible portrait of Catherine Howard we see that, although the hoods and necklines are no longer the same, these two women wear an identical necklace that again comprises sets of jewels. four pearls alternating with a ruby ​​set in gold along with a striking pendant composed of a ruby ​​at the top. of a diamond with a large pearl underneath and, like the necklace, also set in gold, furthermore, the fact that the lady on the right is wearing a French hood relates to de Marlock's comment that Catherine dressed in the style French when all this is taken into account. account, I think there is only one conclusion, namely that the jewelery is the same from woman to woman and that the miniature model with auburn hair, pale complexion and half-closed eyes must therefore be Katherine Hard, but? what do you think?

Do you agree with that? This portrait is actually of Queen Catherine, let me know in the comments section below. I'll also leave links to professional descriptions of some of the portraits I've shown you today in the description box along with other links to some of my favorite books. movies, TV shows and documentaries about Henry and his queens, remember to make sure you're subscribed with notifications on so you don't miss next week's offering, which will look at how Catherine Power managed to survive Henry VIII. I hope you enjoyed this video and I. I hope to talk to you again next time until then keep learning.