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Persoonlijke gegevens Catharina de Aragón 

• Zij is geboren op 15 december 1485 in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.

  Let op: Leeftijd bij trouwen (14 november 1501) lag beneden de 16 jaar (15).

• Zij is overleden op 7 januari 1536 in Kimbleton Castle, zij was toen 50 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Fernando II de Aragón en Isabella de Castilla
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 december 2022.

Gezin van Catharina de Aragón

(1) Zij is getrouwd met Arthur [Tudor] van Engeland.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 14 november 1501 te Londen, zij was toen 15 jaar oud.

(2) Zij is getrouwd met Henry VIII Tudor of England.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 3 januari 1509 te Greenwich, zij was toen 23 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Maria [Tudor] van Engeland  1516-1558

Notities over Catharina de Aragón

E: DE ARAGON
Queen of England

Born: 15 Dec 1485, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Died: 7 Jan 1536, Kimbolton Castle, Hunts, England
Buried: Peterborough Cathedral, England
Father: Fernando V "The Catholic" of Aragon (King of Spain)
Mother: Isabel "The Catholic" of Castile (Queen of Castile)
Married 1: Arthur TUDOR (Prince of Wales) < TUDOR (P. of Wales).htm> 14 Nov 1501, St.Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Married 2: HENRY VIII TUDOR (King of England) < VIII TUDOR (King of England).htm> 11 Jun 1509, Grey Friars Church, Greenwich, England ANNULMENT 1533
Children:
1. Dau. TUDOR (b. 31 Jan 1510)
2. Henry TUDOR (D. Cornwall) < TUDOR (D. Cornwall).htm>
3. Henry TUDOR (D. Cornwall) (b. Nov 1513)
4. Son TUDOR (b. Dec 1514)
5. MARY I TUDOR (Queen of England) < I TUDOR (Queen of England).htm>
6. Dau. TUDOR (b. 10 Nov 1518)

 

Catalina was the daughter of Fernando and Isabel of Spain, and had received an excellent education at their court. She had long red-gold hair and blue eyes, and in her youth was considered pretty.  As was common for princesses of the day, her parents almost immediately began looking for a political match for her. When she was three year old, she was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales , the eldest son of Henry VII of England and his wife, Elizabeth of York . Arthur was not even quite two at the time. When she was almost 16, in 1501, Catalina made the journey to England. It took her three months, and her ships weathered several storms, but she safely made landfall at Plymouth on Oct 2, 1501. Catalina and Arthur were married on 14 Nov 1501 in Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Catalina was escorted by the groom's younger brother, Henry . Shortly after the wedding, Arthur and Catalina went to live in Wales, as was tradition for the heir to the throne. But, four months after the marriage began, it ended, with the death of Arthur Prince of Wales .  A treaty was signed that would allow Catalina to marry the next heir to the throne - Prince Henry . Until then, Catalina's parents, Fernando and Isabel of Spain would send over 100,000 crowns worth of plate and gold as a wedding gift and Henry would pay the agreed upon dowry. It was deemed necessary for a papal dispensation to be issued allowing Henry to marry Catalina, as she was his dead brother's wife, and this marriage was prohibited in Leviticus. At the time, and throughout her life, Catalina denied that her marriage to Arthur had even been consummated (and given the boy's health, that is most likely the case) so no dispensation was needed. However, both the parties in Spain and England wanted to be sure of the legitimacy of the marriage, so permission from the Pope was sought and received. This issue would be very important during the Divorce and the Break with Rome.       Young Catalina by Michel Sittow Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

  The coronation of Catalina and Henry VIII Cambridge University Library     Catalina de Aragon watching Henry VIII joust College of Arms As a young man Henry enjoyed dancing, gambling, hunting, hawking, horseback riding, jousting, tennis, archery, wrestling, writing and composing music, dancing, masques and pageants. Catalina was five years older and much more sedate. She was interested in politics and Henry  often turned to her for advice. In 1513 she ruled as regent while Henry was campaigning in France.  Although Catalina was pregnant many times, only one of her children, Princess Mary , survived. Henry was a doting father and didn't seem to blame Catalina for her failure to bear healthy sons. Henry is only known to have had two mistresses during his marriage to Catalina, which made him a reasonably faithful husband by the standards of the time. Catalina knew of his affairs but kept silent.  Henry was growing frustrated by his lack of a male heir, but he remained a devoted husband. He had at least two mistresses that we know of: Bessie Blount and Mary Boleyn . By 1526 though, he had begun to separate from Catalina because he had fallen in love with one of her ladies (and sister of one of his mistresses): Anne Boleyn .
It is here that the lives of Henry 's first and second wives begin to interweave. By the time his interest in Anne became common knowledge, Catalina was 42 years old and was no longer able to conceive. Henry 's main goal now was to get a male heir, which his wife was not able to provide. Somewhere along the way, Henry began to look at the texts of Leviticus which says that if a man takes his brother's wife, they shall be childless. As evidenced above, Catalina and Henry were far from childless, and still had one living child. But, that child was a girl, and didn't count in Henry 's mind. The King began to petition the Pope for an annulment.
At first, Catalina was kept in the dark about Henry 's plans for their annulment. When the news got to Catalina, she was very upset. She was also at a great disadvantage since the court that would decide the case was far from impartial. Catalina then appealed directly to the Pope, which she felt would listen to her case since her nephew was Carlos V, the Holy Roman Emperor. The political and legal debate continued for six years. Catalina was adamant in saying that she and Arthur , her first husband and Henry 's brother, did not consummate their marriage and therefore were not truly husband and wife. Catalina sought not only to retain her position, but also that of her daughter Mary . Things came to a head in 1533 when Anne Boleyn became pregnant. Henry had to act, and his solution was to reject the power of the Pope in England and to have Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury grant the annulment. Catalina was to renounce the title of Queen and would be known as the Princess Dowager of Wales, something she refused to acknowledge through to the end of her life.   Catalina at 40years by Lucas Hornebolte In the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KT

  Catalina and her daughter were separated and she was forced to leave court. She lived for the next three years in several dank and unhealthy castles and manors with just a few servants. However, she seldom complained of her treatment and spent a great deal of time at prayer. On 7 Jan 1536, Catalina died at Kimbolton Castle in the arms of Maria de Salinas, lady Willoughby, her devoted friend who was there against the King orders; and was buried at Peterborough Abbey with the ceremony due for her position as Princess Dowager, not as a Queen of England.
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Katherine wasn't even born when she found herself in the front line of a war between the Spaniards and the Moors. Queen Isabelle, her mother, was 8 months pregnant when she led the Spanish troops into battle. Katherine was virtually born on the battle-field -- and that's where she spent the first months of her life, in a makeshift nursery. (Majesty magazine; Jan. 1986)
She brought a parrot with her to England when she arrived to marry Prince Arthur. (Majesty magazine; Feb. 1986)
Her marriage to Arthur in 1501 had lasted a mere 5 months and had almost certainly never been consummated. She was formally betrothed to Henry (when he was 11 years old) for 7 years; but as a diplomatic pawn, she was in constant danger of being sacrificed. (She was 5 years older than Henry.) (The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
She showed an increasing tendency to plumpness and piety. (The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)

The marriage was annulled in 1533.

She probably died of cancer.

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