November 14, 1501 — Katherine of Aragon marries Prince Arthur of England
Arthur Tudor was 4, and Katherine of Aragon only 3, when the couple were betrothed. It was a dynastic deal...
February 26, 2022
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April 2, 1502 — Prince Arthur of England dies
Arthur Tudor’s whole existence was in service to his father’s political ambitions. He was descended from families on both the...
February 26, 2022
June 11, 1509 — Katherine of Aragon marries Henry VIII
Katherine of Aragon was 24 years old when she married Henry VIII. She was still a valuable piece in the...
February 26, 2022
February 18, 1516 — Princess Mary born to Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII
Princess Mary was the second child born to Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, and the only one to survive...
February 26, 2022
June 15, 1519 — Henry Fitzroy, the only acknowledged bastard of Henry VIII, born
The son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount, his mistress (and a lady-in-waiting of his wife), Henry FitzRoy is the...
February 21, 2022
October 24, 1528 — Katherine of Aragon refuses to be sent to a nunnery
It must have seemed an elegantly simple solution to Henry VIII. Rather than divorcing his wife, he’d simply compel her...
February 16, 2022
May 23, 1533 — Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon’s marriage is annulled
As the King of England, Henry VIII was used to getting his own way. So when he decided that he...
February 16, 2022
January 7, 1536 — Katherine of Aragon dies
In late 1535, believing that her death was near, Katherine wrote her last letter to the man she still called...
February 16, 2022
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