The DISTURBING Postmortem Of Henry VIII's Executed Fifth Wife

One of the most tragic young women of the Tudor Period was Henry VIII’s teenage fifth wife Catherine Howard. Many have considered the shocking age of the young victim of her husband, and Catherine was executed by axe inside the walls of the Tower of London. She was caught up in a shocking scandal which involved her allegedly cheating on the King with one of his closest friends. But after the axeman had taken her head clean off in one swing from his instrument of death, Catherine’s body was then taken inside of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower of London and she was then thrown into a rough grave and was allegedly covered in quicklime in an attempt to literally wipe her off the face off the earth, and to dissolve her remains in a quick manner as the King wanted to forget about his fifth wife. However Catherine’s fate was very shocking when compared to that of Henry’s second wife Anne Boleyn, who despite also being executed was allowed to be buried and was also executed by sword. But has the remains of Catherine Howard ever been found?

[@ArtbyKatina]

This constant talk of her and her name being spoken is keeping the memory of her alive. She will never be totally wiped from existence.

[@maryw246]

Henry tried to erase Catherine’s memory and yet, here we are centuries later talking about her with much sympathy and sorrow. How do we remember Henry? We remember him as a cruel tyrant. Game, set, match , Catherine.

[@straingedays]

What Henry VIII "allegedly" ordered done to Catherine is the disturbing part, and speculation persists on why he wanted her body erased and forgotten. Henry by then was a tyrannical psychopath who'd executed thousands, yet Catherine was to be dissolved with quicklime after a shabby burial ?? IF true, it's a diabolical fate in their highly religious era.

[@martynsmith5794]

I love the comment that DNA testing was never carried out; wasn’t this a Victorian exhumation? DNA testing didn’t come about until around 1984….

[@bonnieabrs1003]

QEII refused any further tests on the bones of those buried in that church.

[@v.britton4445]

You mean what was done with her body..a post mortem is usually a medical procedure.

[@annettefournier9655]

Post mortem literally just means after death. You are referring to post mortem examination of human remains. Slang shortens this .

[@idagenova7519]

@@annettefournier9655 We often refer to "the party post mortem" in our family!

[@JM-zk9ou]

It's an analysis after something has ended. In business, we do post mortems of projects or incidents after they're done.

[@sarah-michellejenniferking9753]

I don't think they had that back in Tudor times to be honest. 😅

[@joshuafess4295]

The mere fact that Viscountess Rockford could’ve entertained being a liaison with helping her mistress she knew she was playing chess for life and death when the main player was the mercurial Henry 8

[@user-oi6ln4eq7b]

I think you may mean Lady Jane Rochefort, wife of the executed George Boleyn. Nothing to do with The Rockford Files.

[@theresalaux5655]

I cringe every time I hear about her execution. I wish she never would had married the king!😮😢

[@JeanBray-cj3lu]

Her uncle Norfolk drove her to marry Henry, telling her she would have a rich life.

[@maryjackson1194]

The difference in treatment between Anne and Catherine was because Anne was not guilty; her charges were all trumped up because she hadn't produced a son...and Jane was waiting. Catherine most likely was more interested in young men than her old husband.

[@user-gz3pj5np6h]

All his wife's will never be forgotten rip beautiful young queen

[@ginaandseason2774]

You are not forgotten katherine

[@suellensheppard9734]

Henry was a pervert.She was a child 😢

[@user-oq5mt6rt8r]

No elaboration necessary, but... ?????????????

[@alanandrew5279]

Probably not by the standards of that time 😢

[@cdeford2]

No she wasn't. She was 17 when they married and even if an affair had started earlier she still wasn't a child. 14 was the accepted age of adulthood. Our age of adulthood is entirely arbitrary and is not a 'fact'.

[@lianefehrle9921]

She actually didn’t get removed from the face of the earth. She went to dust into the earth.

[@elisabethblackwood3921]

Poor Katherine, she didn't deserve her end

[@J.MacInnes]

Henry's midlife crisis was murder.

[@billredding2000]

He was the worst king ever: A godless/profane murder, adulterer and thief. -- BR

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Cranmer was such a tool. I am surprised he clung to his protestant faith at the end.

[@OswaldoLafee]

Mel brooks said it best: “it’s good to be the king…”

[@georgiefacchinni3429]

Great video thank you. ☮️💜☯️

[@grassfedmilkmomma]

why a postmortem? we know how she died.

[@user-oq5mt6rt8r]

It does seem a little unnecessary!!! ☹️

[@user-gz3pj5np6h]

Someone looking to be relative 😂.

[@susancaleca4796]

Where was Queen Jane Grey buried?

[@bonnieabrs1003]

Same church, I believe.

[@James-ow7qi]

If a post mortem was carried out today ,the cause of death would be undetermined,

[@joiedevivre2005]

"Postmortem" simply means "after death" - meaning what happened to her following death. You are thinking of a "postmortem examination" that is sometimes shortened to just postmortem. The word "postmortem" can refer to anything that happens after death, not just an autopsy.

[@williamlane4805]

Mad hatter episodes were excellent. I think the fact he brought his Shakespearian acting skills is what made it so good

[@keepitsimple4629]

I didn't hear anything DISTURBING.

[@DLR300]

Love the text on this the “chuda period” 🙄

[@tdecker2937]

Why would anyone willingly marry a king when the wives before met their death by execution?? He was an awful king as well as husband

[@barbara1407]

Pressure would have been applied to her by her family, in order to increase the family prestige by a Royal marriage. She would have had no say in the matter, in those days.

[@A5xxxxx]

It really didn't matter if the women/girls were willing or not. They had no choice

[@user-xw7ie6jv2x]

So where's the DISTURBING Postmortem then ? Clickbait once more. Come on KZbin sort out these wasters of our time.

[@joiedevivre2005]

I think dumping a brutally murdered teenage girl unceremoniously into a shallow grave & then covering her with quicklime to dissolve her remains is pretty disturbing.

[@user-xw7ie6jv2x]

@@joiedevivre2005 Yes. Henry VIII was a pretty disturbing person. The stuff of which nightmares are made. I would be fascinated to have met him . I would not like the experience though. He was also , I think, a great coward as he let & made others perform the atrocious executions that he ordered . Never present himself at these horrific events.

[@yvonne3903]

And what about the postmortem?

[@SusanneButler]

The title is misleading

[@user-su8qw9dw6d]

She looks so old in those pics

[@RetiredVDI]

Does anyone else think her portrait looks like Scarlett Johansson?

[@vgovger4373]

She looks like Scar-Jo

[@PRettyPInk53100]

This is about the movie 🍿 goood stuff

[@user-xw7ie6jv2x]

Which movie ?

[@mirrorblue100]

Nice guy.

[@davidsmith8728]

No buggering about with divorce courts in those days. Something to be said for the old traditional ways.

[@ryancarper595]

Dont like the broad, find any old reason, true or not and off with their heads. Despicable, I loath my ex wife - but I could never do what this tyrant king did. Besides that sort of behavior would make me as bad as her...