Catherine of Aragon
Also known as Katherine of Aragon, Catalina of Aragon, Queen Catherine, Catalina de Castilla, Catalina de Aragón, Catalina of Castile, Catalina de Aragón y Castilla, Catherine of Arragon
first wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)
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Catherine of Aragon was the first wife of King Henry VIII of England, a Spanish princess whose marriage to him lasted from 1509 until his divorce in 1536. Her marriage and subsequent rejection by the king led to England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, fundamentally changing the religious and political history of England.
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Catherine of Aragon (also spelled Katherine; Spanish: Catalina de Aragón; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She had previously been Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother Arthur, Prince of Wales for a short time before his death.
Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares, and was the youngest child of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. She was three years old when she was betrothed to Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII of England. They married in 1501, but Arthur died five months later. Catherine spent years in limbo, and during this time, she held the position of ambassador of the Aragonese crown to England in 1507, the first known female ambassador in European history. She married Henry VIII shortly after his accession in 1509. For six months in 1513, she served as regent of England while Henry was in France. During that time the English defeated a Scottish invasion at the Battle of Flodden, an event in which Catherine played an important part with an emotional speech about courage and patriotism.
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