England: Portrait of Catherine / Katherine Parr (1512-1548), Queen of England from 1543 to July 1547 as the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII of England. Oil on panel, unknown artist, c. mid-late 16th century

Catherine Parr (alternatively spelled Katherine or Kateryn) (1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and of Ireland (1543–47) as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII. She married him on 12 July 1543, and outlived him by one year. She was also the most-married English queen, with four husbands.

Catherine enjoyed a close relationship with Henry's three children and was personally involved in the education of Elizabeth and Edward, both of whom became English monarchs. She was influential in Henry's passing of the Third Succession Act in 1543 that restored both his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, to the line of succession to the throne.

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