Henry VIII almost took a seventh wife but gave up on his final Tudor love because she was too feisty, outspoken and had a habit of nagging him, it emerged today.

The monarch considered divorcing his sixth bride Catherine Parr to walk down the aisle with duchess Katherine Willoughby, a new book claims.

She had already given birth to two sons and Henry was so obsessed with producing male heirs that he believed she could help continue the Tudor dynasty.

The pair met in the 1530s and flirted at court, danced together and even exchanged gifts around Christmas.

The Tudors: The Comple... Best Price: $14.00 Buy New $38.02 (as of 01:35 UTC - Details) But Henry was ‘jaded’ after six failed marriages, two of which he ended with executions, and finally put off another divorce because she was too domineering, according to her biographer.

Katherine was known to enjoy offending other aristocrats and dressed her dog as a priest and named him after Catholic bishop Stephen Gardiner because she hated him.

She was also known to lecture people on Christianity, including the king, who made himself the head of the church after breaking from Rome in 1534.

Author of Henry VIII’s Last Love, David Baldwin, claims despite Henry’s love of strong women he had learned his lesson and finally decided to stick with the wife he had.

He said: ‘It was apparent that Henry was very fond of Katherine. The Wars of the Roses:... Jones, Dan Best Price: $2.40 Buy New $43.90 (as of 02:35 UTC - Details)

‘Henry was obviously keen on her, and what wanted Henry wanted, he usually got. He liked her feistiness as one of his subjects, but as a wife – that might have been a different matter.

‘She could’ve become his seventh wife but he may have just been getting a bit tired of the whole business. It wouldn’t be surprising if he was jaded by the experience of his six wives.’

He says Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk, first caught the King’s eye when she was married to the Duke of Suffolk.

The monarch went on to marry Anne of Cleeves, Kathryn Howard and then the devout Protestant Catherine Parr in rapid succession between 1540 to 1543.

Katherine waited on both Anne of Cleeves and Catherine Howard before joining Catherine Parr’s household – and was regularly at court. At one point they exchanged New Year gifts.

Lady Willoughby also sought to gain favour with Thomas Cromwell – the king’s chief schemer and main character in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall – but the marriage never happened.

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