Catherine of Aragon
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy
- Curriculum: Women’s History, British History, Renaissance History, Spanish/Portuguese History
Article abstract: Twice married to English princes, Catherine, the first wife of Henry VIII, refused to accept a royal divorce, which led to Henry’s expulsion of the Roman Catholic Church and the establishment of the Protestant church in England.
Early Life
Born Catalina (Catherine), an Infanta of Spain, to their Most Catholic Majesties Queen Isabella of Castile and Leon and King Ferdinand of Aragon, this fifth surviving child and youngest daughter was named for her maternal English great-grandmother, Catherine of Lancaster. Catherine was twice...
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