Catherine Parr

During her marriage to Henry VIII of England between 1543 and 1547, Catherine Parr was the Queen consort of England and Ireland. According to Historic Royal Palaces, she was in love with Thomas Seymour when she agreed to marry the King.

However, after Henry VIII’s passing in 1547, she got her wish granted and got to marry her former beau Seymour. Unfortunately, she died only a year later, less than one week after giving birth to her only child, Mary Seymour. The cause of her death is believed to have been postpartum infections, which was common at the time.