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Apr 28, 2020 · Even in her last days Henry denied her contact with her daughter, although she was allowed a visit from the Spanish ambassador. It's hard to tell from this historical distance, but according to On the Tudor Trail, most scholars believe she died of heart cancer, age 50.
- Catherine of Aragon’s Last Days
- Catherine and Peterborough Cathedral
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On the 29th December 1535 Catherine’s doctor sent for Eustace Chapuys, the Imperial Ambassador and a friend of Catherine’s – Catherine had taken a turn for the worse. Chapuys sought permission from the King to visit Catherine and it was granted. Mary was not so lucky, Henry refused to let her see her mother in her last days, something which must ha...
On the 29th January 1536, Catherine of Aragon was laid to rest at Peterborough Abbey, now Peterborough Cathedral. She was, of course, buried as the Dowager Princess of Wales, not as Queen, but her grave is now marked with the words “Katharine Queen of England”. Peterborough Cathedral commemorate Catherine’s death and burial each year with a special...
LP x. 59, Letter from Chapuys to Charles V regarding Catherine’s illness and death, dated 9th January 1536Jan 7, 2015 · Following Catherine of Aragon’s death on the afternoon of 7th January 1536, her body was prepared for burial by a chandler in her household, whose job it would have been to embalm her body.
Jan 7, 2011 · Tremlett describes how the embalmer cut Catherine’s heart in half and washed it in an attempt to cleanse the heart of its black appearance. He also commented on another ‘strange black body’ attached to it that Tremlett believes was caused by a ‘secondary melanotic sarcoma’ (Pg. 424).
Jan 7, 2015 · Nowadays it's safe to say that her cause of death was cancer, and even if Henry had kept her as his wife she would have died from it. You can visit Catherine's grave at Peterborough Cathedral, where many tourists stop by to see one of England's best-loved queens.
The DEATH AND BURIAL OF CATHERINE OF ARAGON are the subject of today’s six wives documentary from History Calling.
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Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533.
