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Biography of Catherine of Aragon
Name: Catherine of Aragon
Birth Date: December 16, 1485
Death Date: January 7, 1536
Place of Birth: Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Gender: Female
Occupations: queen consort
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) was to represent a political union between a strong and powerful Spain and the up-and-coming England; instead, she became a paragon of virtue. She was the first wife of King Henry VIII who never gave up the crown even after her husband had forsaken her in his quest for a male heir.Catherine of Aragon was the last child born to the two reigning monarchs of Spain, King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile. She was born in the Castle of the Archbishop of Toledo where her mother took refuge after engaging in combat with the Moors. Catherine's childhood was filled with battles and celebrations as her parents worked to expand the realm of their influence.Catherine's mother ascended the throne unexpectedly without the benefit of a formal education; she therefore brought scholars into Spain in an effort to give her daughters a broad knowledge …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…allow her to see their daughter. She died at Kimbolton Castle near Huntington in 1536. In the end she was maintained less in the style of royalty and more like a nun. She had been stripped of her jewels by order of the King years earlier. Catherine was buried in Peterborough Cathedral under the emblem of Wales and Spain, not of England. Henry continued to seek an heir and in his rush to marry his third wife, his marriage to Catherine was eventually re-affirmed and his second marriage was deemed invalid. Further Reading Fraser, Antonia, The Wives of Henry VIII,Knopf, 1993.Fraser, Antonia, ed. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, University of California Press, 1995.Luke, Mary M., Catherine, the Queen, Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967.Mattingly, Garrett, Catherine of Aragon, Little, Brown and Company, 1941.Catherine of Aragon--The Six Wives of Henry VIII (videocassette series), BBC TV, New York: Time-Life Media, 1976.
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