Catherine Parr (alternatively spelled
Katherine or
Kateryn, signed 'Kateryn the Quene KP') () was
Queen of England and
of Ireland (1543–47) as the last of
the six wives of
King Henry VIII, and the final queen consort of the
House of Tudor. She married him on 12 July 1543, and outlived him by one year. She was also the most-married English queen, with four husbands.