The Hampton Court Pedigrees; the six wives of King Henry VIII

All of King Henry's wives had one thing in common, they all descended from Edward I; some by his first wife Eleanor of Castile or by his second, Marguerite of France; and in some cases both! In Hampton Court Palace in King Henry VIII's apartment there are six stained glassed windows showing his wives pedigrees from King Edward I. As some were descended mutiple times or by both wives the more prominent ancestry was featured. It is quite a site and if you ever have the chance to visit when the light is right you will be in awe!

From Atonia Fraser's The Wives of Henry VIII, pg 363:

The following genealogy should be seen as a reflection of the narrowness of aristocratic society in a world of small population, rather than as some unconscious desire [that King Henry VIII might have] to commit forms of incest as has been suggested. The wives of Henry VIII were not "closely" related or to King Henry himself. The exception would be of the first cousins Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard; Henry's 2nd and 5th wife whom shared the same grandfather, Sir Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his 1st wife Elizabeth Tilney (herself the daughter of Elizabeth Cheney by her first husband Sir Philip Tilney. Elizabeth married secondly Sir John Say. Her daughter Anne would become grandmother to Queen consort Jane Seymour, thus making Queen Anne, Queen Jane, and Queen Catherine Howard second cousins).

 The Hampton Court Pedigrees 

The SIX pedigrees of Henry VIII's Wives, Henry's Apartments;
linking them all back to King Edward I

Queen Katherine of Aragon 

 (1509-1533)

"Not for my Crown" (As Princess of Wales) & "Humble and Loyal" (As queen consort)

Katherine of Aragon

daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile

daughter of King John II Castile y Leon and Isabel of Portugal

daughter of Infante João of Portugal and Isabel of Braganza

daughter of King John I of Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster [Plantagenet]

daughter of Blanche of Lancaster and John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster [Plantagenet]

son of Philippa of Hainault and King Edward III of England

son of Isabella of France and King Edward II of England

son of Eleanor of Castile and King Edward I of England

Queen Anne Boleyn

(1533-1536)

"The Most Happy"

Anne Boleyn

daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Lady Elizabeth Howard

daughter of Elizabeth Tilney and Sir Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

son of Katherine Moleyns and Sir John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk

son of Sir Robert Howard and Lady Margaret Mowbray

daughter of Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan and Sir Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk

son of Sir John Mowbray, 4th Baron and Lady Elizabeth Segrave, suo jure 5th Baroness Segrave

daughter of Sir John Segrave, 4th Baron and Lady Margaret, suo jure 2nd Duchess of Norfolk [Plantagenet]

daughter of Alice Hayles and Prince Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk [Plantagenet]

son of Margaret of France and King Edward I of England

Queen Jane Seymour

(1536-1537)

"Bound to Serve and Obey"

Jane Seymour

daughter of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth

daughter of Anne Say and Sir Henry Wentworth

son of Sir Philip Wentworth and Mary Clifford

daughter of Sir John, 7th Baron Clifford and Lady Elizabeth Percy

daughter of Sir Henry, Lord Percy and Lady Elizabeth Mortimer

daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Lady Philippa, suo jure 5th Countess of Ulster [Plantagenet]

daughter of Lady Elizabeth Burgh, suo jure 4th Countess of Ulster and Prince Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence [Plantagenet]

son of Philippa of Hainault and King Edward III of England

son of Isabella of France and King Edward II of England

son of Eleanor of Castile and King Edward I of England

Queen Anne of Cleves

(1540)

"God Send Me Well to Keep"

Anne of Cleves

daughter of Mary of Jülich-Berg and John, Duke of Cleves

son of Maud of Hesse and John, Duke of Cleves

son of Elizabeth de Nevers Bourgogne and John, Duke of Cleves

son of Adolf, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy

daughter of Margaret of Bavaria von Wittelsbach and John, Duke of Burgundy

son of Philip, Duke of Burgundy and Marguerite of Flanders

daughter of Louis, Count of Flanders and Margaret of Brabant

daughter of Margaret of Evreux and John, Duke of Brabant

son of John II, Duke of Brabant and Princess Mary of England [Plantagenet]

daughter of Eleanor of Castile and King Edward I of England

Queen Katherine Howard

(1540-1541)

"No Other Will But His"

Katherine Howard

 daughter of Jocasa Culpepper and Lord Edmund Howard

son of Elizabeth Tilney and Sir Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

son of Katherine Moleyns and Sir John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk

son of Sir Robert Howard and Lady Margaret Mowbray

daughter of Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan and Sir Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk

son of Sir John Mowbray, 4th Baron and Lady Elizabeth Segrave, suo jure 5th Baroness Segrave

daughter of Sir John Segrave, 4th Baron and Lady Margaret, suo jure 2nd Duchess of Norfolk [Plantagenet]

daughter of Alice Hayles and Prince Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk [Plantagenet]

son of Margaret of France and King Edward I of England

 Queen Katherine Parr

(1543-1547)

"To be Useful in All That I Do"

Katherine Parr

daughter of Maud Green and Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal

son of Sir William, Baron Parr of Kendal and Lady Elizabeth FitzHugh

daughter of Henry, Baron FitzHugh of Ravensworth and Lady Alice Neville

daughter of Alice Montacute, suo jure 5th Countess of Salisbury and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury

son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan Beaufort

daughter of Katherine Roët and Prince John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

son of Philippa of Hainault and King Edward III of England

son of Isabella of France and King Edward II of England

son of Eleanor of Castile and King Edward I of England