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Catherine of Aragon

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This is the first of another new project based on Rick Wakeman's disc: 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII'.



Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536), Castilian Infanta Catalina de Aragón y Castilla, was the first wife and queen consort of Henry VIII of England. Henry's attempt to have their twenty-four-year marriage annulled set off a chain reaction that led to England's break with the Roman Catholic Church. Henry's discontent with Catherine was based on the fact that all their male heirs had died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I) surviving as heiress presumptive, at a time when there was no established precedent for a woman on the throne. When the Pope refused to allow the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine, Henry defied him and married Anne Boleyn in the hope of fathering a male heir to continue the Tudor dynasty.
Until the end of her life Catherine of Aragon would refer to herself as Henry's only lawfully-wedded wife and England's only rightful Queen Consort; her faithful servants continued to address her by that title. Henry refused her the right to any title but "Dowager Princess of Wales" (in recognition of her position as his brother's widow).
Catherine died at Kimbolton Castle, on January 7, 1536 and was buried in Peterborough Cathedral with the ceremony due to a Princess Dowager of Wales, not a Queen. Catherine's embalmer confessed to her doctor that Catherine's heart had been black through and through, which led many of her supporters to spread a rumour that Anne Boleyn had poisoned her.[1] Henry did not attend the funeral, nor did he allow Princess Mary to do so. Catherine was the only one of Henry's wives who lived to see her fiftieth birthday.







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i love it even though the dress isnt really catherine. it does kind of remind me of the tudors style costumes though. amazing job though!