Catherine of Aragon was born in Spain and married first to Arthur, Prince of Wales. After Arthur's death, she married his brother Henry VIII and they had one surviving daughter, Mary. Henry sought to annul their marriage because Catherine had previously been married to his brother. Catherine opposed the annulment but Henry had it granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533. Catherine was exiled for the rest of her life and died in 1536, while her daughter Mary later became queen of England.

1. CATHERINE OF ARAGON
By Carlisle Dunnam

2. CHILDHOOD
 She was born on December 16, 1485, in the Archbishops
Palace, in Alcara de Heneres, Spain
 Her parents were Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Castile, the rulers
of Spain
 She was betrothed to Prince Arthur of Wales at age three
 She had red hair, blue eyes, and a round face

3. FIRST MARRIAGE
 She married Arthur, Prince of Wales, at fifteen
 Their wedding was in St. Paul’s Cathedral
 The couple traveled to Wales
 In Wales they got the sweating sickness, the symptoms of it were
sudden, and death would often come in only hours after
 Arthur died of either that or tuberculosis on April 2, 1502

4. SECOND
MARRIAGE
 She decided to marry Arthur’s younger brother, Henry
 They got married when Catherine was twenty-three
 Henry became King Henry VIII of England
 They had six kids, two were stillborn and the rest died soon
after, except Mary.
 King Henry VIII thought it was a sin to marry his brother’s
widow

5. ANNULMENT
 King Henry decided to try for annulment
 Catherine did not want to annul, so she sent Pope Clement VII a
letter asking him to decline Henry’s request
 King Henry got annulment on May 23, 1533, by the Archbishop
of Canterbury
 Catherine and Mary were exiled

6. AFTER ANNULMENT
 Catherine and her daughter were exiled for the rest of Catherine’s
life
 She died on January 7, 1536,
 She was buried in Peterborough Cathedral

7. AFTER CATHERINE
 King Henry VIII had six wives
 Mary became Queen Mary I of England and Ireland