16 December 1485 – Birth of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife
Portait of a girl thought to be Catherine of Aragon by Juan de Flandres. At some time during…
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Maria de Salinas and Katherina of Aragon – The Depth and Breadth of Friendship
Catherine of Aragon On 29th July I received news that my best friend of thirty-three years had died.…
25 June 1503 – Betrothal of Catherine of Aragon and Prince Henry
On Sunday 25th June 1503, seventeen year-old Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand…
9 April 1533 – Catherine of Aragon to “abstain from the title of Queen”
On 9th April 1533, a delegation of Henry VIII's councillors, headed by Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk,…
31 January 1510 – Catherine of Aragon suffers a still-birth
On this day in history, 31 January 1510, Queen Catherine of Aragon went into premature labour and gave…
7 January 1536 – The Death of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife
At 2pm on 7th January 1536, fifty year-old Catherine of Aragon died at Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire, where she…
16 December 1485 – Birth of Queen Catherine of Aragon
Sometime during the night of 15th/16th December 1485 Queen Isabella I of Castile gave birth to a daughter,…