Timeline of Henry VIII wives including dates they married and their lifespans. Mary and Elizabeth have been added in as an age comparison for his wives.
Small sample size, but there seems to be a strong correlation between marriage and death.
More marriage research required.
Would improve with some numbers added, imho
In the white space in the left you could put something to show the age gap. Drop a line down from Henry birth year and have dotted line to the birth of wife with a number for age gap
On the bar for the lifespan on the wife add in her age at death.
Cool chart. I assume black below the line are his children?
As visual critiques, the colored bars above the timeline make it seem like something that took a duration, like the lifespans below, which is confusing. It would also be cool to note on (for example) Catherine of Aragon’s yellow line where she was married, divorced, and if any of the progeny (I assume Mary 1st based on 2nd marriage date) came of the pairing.
I think it would be easier to read if instead of marks on the timeline you highlighted the marriage period within the lifespan of each wife.
Not knowing anything about history – Henry had a real run of bad luck with his wives there huh?
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Source (Mostly from Wikipedia):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Seymour
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Howard
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Parr
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I
Why doesn’t this end at/after 1603?
Small sample size, but there seems to be a strong correlation between marriage and death.
More marriage research required.
Would improve with some numbers added, imho
In the white space in the left you could put something to show the age gap. Drop a line down from Henry birth year and have dotted line to the birth of wife with a number for age gap
On the bar for the lifespan on the wife add in her age at death.
Cool chart. I assume black below the line are his children?
As visual critiques, the colored bars above the timeline make it seem like something that took a duration, like the lifespans below, which is confusing. It would also be cool to note on (for example) Catherine of Aragon’s yellow line where she was married, divorced, and if any of the progeny (I assume Mary 1st based on 2nd marriage date) came of the pairing.
I think it would be easier to read if instead of marks on the timeline you highlighted the marriage period within the lifespan of each wife.
Not knowing anything about history – Henry had a real run of bad luck with his wives there huh?
You should post this in r/coolguides too!