Catherine of aragon

Find the basics about Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII: her heritage, marriages, children and links to her full biography.

Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII, died at Kimbolton Castle on this day in British History, 7 January 1536. Catherine had been the Queen of England from 1509 to 1533, but Henry’s desire for an heir caused him to banish Catherine from court and marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn. Although Pope Clement VII refused to annul Henry’s marriage to Catherine, Henry carried through with his marriage of Anne, a move that directly led to England’s break with the Catholic Church.

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Above you can see three different portraits of Henry VIII, painted at three different points in his life by three different artists. However, not all portraits from the Tudor era are as easy to identify or are as definitively identified as these ones. In fact, there are a great deal of paintings f...

Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon

Katherine of Aragon

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