CATHERINE OF ARAGON

By Carlisle Dunnam

CHILDHOOD

She was born on December 16, 1485, in the

Archbishops Palace, in Alcara de Heneres, Spain

Her parents were Ferdinand II and Isabella I of

Castile, the rulers of Spain

She was betrothed to Prince Arthur of Wales at age

three

She had red hair, blue eyes, and a round face

FIRST MARRIAGE

She married Arthur, Prince of Wales, at fifteen

Their wedding was in St. Paul’s Cathedral

The couple traveled to Wales

In Wales they got the sweating sickness, the

symptoms of it were sudden, and death would often

come in only hours after

Arthur died of either that or tuberculosis on April

2, 1502

SECOND MARRIAGE

She decided to marry Arthur’s younger brother, Henry

They got married when Catherine was twenty-three

Henry became King Henry VIII of England

They had six kids, two were stillborn and the rest

died soon after, except Mary.

King Henry VIII thought it was a sin to marry his

brother’s widow

ANNULMENT

King Henry decided to try for annulment

Catherine did not want to annul, so she sent Pope

Clement VII a letter asking him to decline Henry’s

request

King Henry got annulment on May 23, 1533, by the

Archbishop of Canterbury

Catherine and Mary were exiled

AFTER ANNULMENT

Catherine and her daughter were exiled for the

rest of Catherine’s life

She died on January 7, 1536,

She was buried in Peterborough Cathedral

AFTER CATHERINE

King Henry VIII had six wives

Mary became Queen Mary I of England and Ireland