rate when they were pregnant. However, if his current wife did not please him or did anything to fire his short temper, there would be consequences. Two of Henry's wives were beheaded by his command. A mnemonic device to remember the names of Henry's consorts is "Arrogant Boys Seem Clever, Howard Particularly", indicating their "last names", as known to popular culture: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr. Further information: Annulment, Declaration of nullity, and Divorce A famous rhyme for their fates is "Divorced, beheaded, died; Divorced, beheaded, survived". The epigram is widely known to Anglophone students of world history but there are a few historical footnotes to consider. As far as the fates of the marriages, the poem actually should be "Annulled, annulled, died; annulled, beheaded, survived" as Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn was annulled just two days before her beheading, as well as Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves' marriages being annulled (religious) instead of divorced (civic). The basis of the Catherine of Aragon annulment was a retcon of the previous narrative of her transition from Arthur to Henry; the basis of the Anne of Cleves annulment was non-consummation. While Catherine Parr outlived Henry and was widowed when he died during their marriage, long-since annulled Anne of Cleves also survived him and was the last of his wiv