Henry VIII annuls his marriage to Catherine and marries Anne Boleyn. who gives birth to Henry's second daughter, Elizabeth I. After being accused of adultery, Anne is executed. She is succeeded by wife number 3, Jane Seymour.
Lucy covers the fates of wives number 4 to 6: German-born Anne of Cleves, the teenage queen Catherine Howard, and Katherine Parr, the only queen to outlive Henry as his wife.
