Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon was born in 1485 in Spain.  She later moved to England and married Arthur, Prince of Wales.  After he died of sickness, Catherine then married his brother, Henry VIII, who would become King of England, with Catherine as his queen.  From the years 1509 - 1533, she ruled the land beside Henry.  Through the years, Catherine became pregnant a total of six times, but only one girl, Mary, survived past infancy.  When Catherine became to old to bear any more children, Henry divorced her for Anne Boleyn, a much younger woman with whom he was smitten, in 1533 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/cramner-hen8.html).  Three years later, Catherine of Aragon died on January 7 in Kimbolton Castle, after writing a letter to the ex-husband whom she still loved (http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letter5.html).

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