Catherine of Aragon

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Catherine of Aragon born?December 16, 1485
2. Where was Catherine of Aragon born?Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
3. What is the parents?Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon
4. What is the first marriage?Arthur, Prince of Wales (1501-1502)
5. Who was Catherine of Aragon?Catherine of Aragon was a Spanish princess born in 1485. She became queen of England when she married King Henry VIII.
6. How did Catherine become queen of England?After her first husband Arthur died, Catherine stayed in England. When Henry VII died, his son Henry VIII married her in 1509.

Catholic Monarchs: The joint title used for Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, her husband.
Regent: A person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated.
Annulment: A legal or religious declaration that a marriage was never valid from the beginning.
English Reformation: A series of events in the 16th century by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.