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ENGLAND Catalina (Catherine) Queen Of, Catherine of Aragon
1485 - 1536

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• Suffix	Catherine of Aragon
  Birth	15 Dec 1485	, Alcalba De Henares, Madrid, Spain
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Jan 1535/1536	Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, England
  Buried	29 Jan 1535/1536	Peterborough Abbey, Northamptonshire, England
  Notes	Catherine of Aragon was a Spanish princess (her badge shows a pomegranate - a symbol from Spain). She was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, and was originally married to Henry's brother Arthur. Henry married Catherine to maintain the alliance with Spain after Arthur died, leaving Catherine a widow. This marriage was organized by Henry VII a short time before he died, but took place after his death in 1509, when Henry was almost 18 and Catherine was 23. After twenty years of marriage, she had only given birth to one girl, Mary, later to become known as Bloody Mary (although she had many miscarriages and still-births in that time). As Henry VIII needed a son to provide a male heir to the throne, and as his advisors deemed Catherine to be past the age of child-birth, Henry tried to persuade her to become a Nun. Catherine refused, and after two years of arguments with the Pope, Henry created a new Archbishop (Thomas Cranmer) who was prepared to declare the marriage annulled in 1532. Catherine was then banished from the Court and separated from her daughter. It is said that she died of a broken heart, four years later. http://www.larmouth.demon.co.uk/sarah-jayne/wives/wives.html
  Person ID	I560	Royal Family of Europe
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2001

  
  

  Father	ARAGÓN, CASTILE & LEON Ferdinand II (V) "The Catholic" King Of,   b. 10 Mar 1452, , Sos, Zaragoza, Spain ,   d. 23 Jan 1516, , Madrigalejo, Caceres, Spain
  Mother	CASTILE AND LÉON Isabel I "The Catholic" Queen Of,   b. 22 Apr 1451, Madrigal De Las Altas, Torres, Avila, Spain ,   d. 26 Nov 1504, Castillo De La Mota, Medina Del Campo, Valladolid, Spain
  Married	19 Oct 1469	, Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	ENGLAND Arthur Prince Of,   b. 20 Sep 1486, Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England ,   d. 2 Apr 1502, Ludlow Castle, , Shropshire, England
  Married	14 Nov 1501	St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F269	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	ENGLAND Henry VIII King Of,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England ,   d. 28 Jan 1546/1547, Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Married	11 Jun (div) 1509	Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England
  Children	1. ENGLAND Daughter Princess Of,   b. 31 Jan 1509/1510, Of, Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England   2. ENGLAND Henry Prince Of,   b. 1 Jan 1510/1511, Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England ,   d. 22 Feb 1510/1511   3. ENGLAND Son Prince Of,   b. 1513, Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England ,   d. Nov 1513   4. ENGLAND Son Prince Of,   b. Bef Jun 1514, Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England   5. ENGLAND Son Prince Of,   b. Dec 1514, Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England ,   d. Dec 1514   6. ENGLAND & SPAIN Mary Tudor I Queen Of, Bloody Mary,   b. 8 Feb 1515/1516, Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England ,   d. 17 Nov 1558, St. James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England   7. ENGLAND Daughter Princess Of,   b. Nov 1518, Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England
  Family ID	F268	Group Sheet