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Feb 8, 2021 · Image Credit: National Portrait Gallery / CC. Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England for 24 years, was the most popular of Henry’s queens. A Spanish princess by birth, she won the hearts and minds of the English people, with even one of her enemies, Thomas Cromwell, stating “If not for her sex, she could have ...
Apr 14, 2020 · Unknown Artist (Public Domain) Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE) was a Spanish princess who famously became the Queen of England and the first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). When the marriage did not produce a male heir, Henry VIII became desperate to divorce Catherine and find another wife.
Feb 4, 2015 · Catherine of Aragon – First Wife of Henry VIII ‘In this world I will confess myself to be the king’s true wife, and in the next they will know how unreasonably I am afflicted.’ Katharine of Aragon, 1532
Jun 1, 2010 · Catherine of Aragon by Michael Sittow More Images. Born: 16 December 1485 Archbishop of Toledo's Palace, Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Married to Prince Arthur: 14 November 1501 St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Married to King Henry VIII: 11 June 1509 Franciscan Church at Greenwich. Marriage to Henry VIII dissolved: 1533. Died: 7 January 1536 ...
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May 9, 2018 · Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536), 1st queen of Henry VIII. Catherine was a victim of dynastic politics. The daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, she was sent to England in October 1501 to marry Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII and one year her junior.
Sep 16, 2020 · 1 January 1511: Henry and Catherine’s son, Henry, is born, but dies within nine weeks. 9 September 1513: James IV of Scotland is defeated, and dies, on Flodden Field, while Catherine is “regent and governess” for Henry. 18 February 1516: The future Queen Mary I is born to Catherine and Henry.
Catherine was born near Madrid in December 1485. She was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, whose marriage had united Spain. At three years of age Catherine was betrothed to King ...
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