Key Points & Overview
- ‘Divorced, beheaded, passed away; divorced, beheaded, survived’: this saying sums up the connection Henry VIII had along with his spouses.
- Henry VIII’s spouses had been: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
Catherine of Aragon
Their wedding had been carried call at purchase to bolster the connection between England and Spain. In reality, Catherine had been the child of Isabella We of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, and came to be on 16, 1485 december. The young Catherine travelled much around Spain since her parents were fighting against the Muslims in Granada (Lewis 2017) during her childhood. Continue reading “Immediately after their accession, in June 1509, Henry married their brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon”