5/1/2023 0 Comments King charles of spain![]() ![]() Henry VII was already writing to her parents about another marriage. Katharine returned to London but was not sent home. They left for Ludlow Castle, the government seat of the Prince of Wales, and within six months Arthur was dead. It was a grand celebration all of London rejoiced and there was every expectation of a glorious future for both husband and wife. She wed Prince Arthur within a few weeks of her arrival. Arrival In England & First MarriageĪnd so Katharine, proud and solemn and accompanied by a vast dowry, came to England in 1501. A match with a Spanish princess would give him both. He had married the daughter of the former Plantagenet king, Edward IV, and in 1486 had a male heir and a desire to establish the stability and validity of his new dynasty. The island nation, so long torn between Plantagenet cousins vying for the throne, was now ruled by Henry Tudor. Katharine was promised to England the betrothal contract was finalized before her fourth birthday. Katharine’s brother Juan and sister Joanna were married off into the powerful Hapsburg family and two other sisters, Isabella and Maria, would each marry the king of Portugal. Her children, even the daughters, received excellent educations. Katharine’s mother was deeply pious and very intelligent. Their marriage had united the kingdom of Spain and together they had driven the Moors from Granada. Her parents, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, were legends throughout Europe. Her early life promised a future of splendor and success, if not personal happiness. Katharine was born on 16 December 1485 at Alcala de Henares, in the archbishop of Toledo’s palace. ‘My tribulations are so great, my life so disturbed by the plans daily invented to further the king’s wicked intention, the surprises which the king gives me, with certain persons of his council, are so mortal, and my treatment is what God knows, that it is enough to shorten ten lives, much more mine.’ Katharine of Aragon to Charles V, November 1531 Catherine of Aragon – Biography Where was catherine of aragon born? Katharine was banished from court and died on 7 January 1536, broken-hearted but still defiant. But the king would not be denied and when the Catholic church would not grant the annulment, he declared himself head of a new English church. Cast aside, Katharine fought against great odds to deny Henry an annulment. He also fell deeply in love with another woman. But their marriage produced just one living child, a daughter called Mary, and Henry was desperate for a male heir. When he became king in 1509, at the age of eighteen, he promptly married Katharine and they lived together happily for many years. Katharine was then betrothed to Arthur’s younger brother, Prince Henry. But her marriage to Arthur lasted less than six months and was supposedly never consummated. In 1501, shortly before her sixteenth birthday, Katharine sailed to England. The youngest surviving child of the ‘Catholic Kings’ of Spain, Catherine of Aragon – (Katharine) – was born on 16 December 1485, the same year that Henry VII established the Tudor dynasty.Īt the age of three, she was betrothed to his infant son, Prince Arthur. ‘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.’ ![]()
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