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Catalina is a girl's name of Greek origin. A variant of Catherine, it means "pure" and can also be spelled as Katalina.

### Born

16 December, 1485Archiepiscopal Palace, Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain

### Died

7 January, 1536 (aged 50)Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, England

### Also known as

Katherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon
Catalina de Aragón
Infanta Catalina de Aragón y Castilla
Infanta Catalina de Aragón
Infanta Catalina de Castilla
Infanta Catalina
Catherine
Kate
Katherine
Katherina
Katharine
Katharina
Princess Katerine
Queen Katherine
Quene Kateryn
The True Queen
The Spanish Princess
Her Grace
Her Majesty
Mother (by Mary Tudor)
Sweetheart (by Henry VIII)
Darling (by Henry VIII)
The Catholic who
depressingly hated me. (By King Henry IX)
the true most humble and loyal woman I ever knew (By King Henry IX)

### Titles

Queen Consort of England and Ireland (demoted)
Queen Regent (Briefly)
Spanish Ambassador to England
Dowager Princess of Wales
Princess of Aragon
Princess of Castile

## Family Information

### Siblings

John, Prince of Asturias
Isabella of Aragon
Joanna of Castile
Maria of Aragon

### Half-Siblings

Alonso de Aragón
Miguel Knight Fernandez Caballero de Granada
John of Aragon, Prince of Girona
María Esperanza de Aragón

### Children

Unnamed Stillborn Daughter
Henry, Duke of Cornwall
Henry, Duke of Cornwall II
Unnamed Stillborn Son
Mary Tudor
Unnamed Stillborn daughter

King Henry IX (Stepson)
Elizabeth Tailboys (Stepdaughter)
Audrey Malte (Stepdaughter)

### Paternal Uncles

Charles, Prince of VianaAlfonso de Aragón y Escobar

### Paternal Aunts

Leonor I of Navarre
Blanche II of Navarre
Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples

### Maternal Uncles

Henry IV of CastileAlfonso, Prince of Asturias

### Maternal Aunts

Catherine, Princess of Asturias
Eleanor, Princess of Asturias
María de Castilla

### Paternal Great-Grandparents

Henry III of CastileCatherine of Lancaster

### Maternal Great-Grandparents

Isabel of BarcelosJohn, Constable of Portugal

### Cousins

Joanna la Beltraneja
Beatrice d'Este
Gaston, Prince of Viana
Margaret of Foix
Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale
John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne
Ana de Navarra
Philip of Viana
Pierre de Foix, le jeune
Giacomo di Foix
Alfons II de Vilafermosa
Alfons d'Aragó
Marie de Foix
Joanna of Naples
Juan II de Ribagorza
Ferran d'Aragó i Conejo
Joan, Countess of Armagnac
Joan of Foix, Countess of Armagnac

### Other Family

Catherine Parr (Godaughter and namesake)
Carlos, Prince of Asturias (step-grandson)
Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (nephew)
Eleanor of Austria (niece)
Catherine of Austria (niece)
Charles V (nephew)
Isabella of Austria (niece)
Ferdinand I (nephew)
Mary of Hungary (niece)
John III of Portugal (nephew)
Isabella of Portugal (niece)
Beatrice of Portugal (niece)
Luís of Portugal (nephew)
Ferdinand of Portugal (nephew)
Afonso of Portugal (nephew)
Henry, King of Portugal (nephew)
Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (nephew)
House of Trastámara

## Relationship Information

### Romances

Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales
(deceased husband​, m. 1501; died 1502)​

Henry VIII
(ex-husband, m. 1509; ann. 1533)

## Personal Information

### Profession

Queen Consort of England and Ireland
Briefly Queen Regent
Dowager Princess of Wales

### House

House of Trastámara (by Blood)House of Tudor (by Marriage)

### Residence

Kimbolton Castle (formerly)
The Manor of the More (formerly)
Whitehall Palace (formerly)
Madrid, Spain (formerly)

### Additional Attributes

Well-educated
Graceful
Kind
Generous
Devoted
Humble

### Hobbies

Reading
Sewing
Embroidery
Spinning & Weaving
Dancing
Hunting

### Fun Fact!

Thomas Cromwell said of her, "If not for her sex, she could have defied all the heroes of History."

### Likes

Books
Theology
History
Genealogy
Equestrianism
Hunting

### Dislikes

Protestantism
Henry VIII's Mistresses
Anne Boleyn
Being away from her daughter
Betrayal
Disloyalty

### Loyalty

England
Aragon
Castile
House of Tudor
House of Trastámara
Henry VIII

*"As long as I am alive, I will call myself 'the Queen of England."* -Katherine of Aragon

**Queen Katherine of Aragon** *(also spelt as **Catherine**, Spanish: Catalina; December 16, 1485 - January 7, 1536),* also known as **The Spanish Princess***,* was the Queen of England and Ireland, the first wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Mary Tudor.

Katherine was the youngest daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon and a direct descendant of the Spanish royal line. Crowned in 1509 before her marriage to Henry was annulled in 1533, she was a charitable and popular queen, a pious Catholic, and a devoted mother and wife. While she was cheated on by her husband many times, his infidelities even resulting in a son by her maid Bessie Blount, she never called him out on it and confides to her maids that he blames her for being unable to produce a son. But his obsession with the beautiful Anne Boleyn ultimately destroyed their marriage. After a long and hard struggle, she is eventually sent away from court to live, lonely and desolate, and banned from seeing her beloved daughter. Her only friend in reach is Elizabeth Darrell, her devoted maid; who had refused to leave her.

Not long; before Henry becomes infatuated; with Jane Seymour, Katherine becomes sick and succumbs to her illness, even having hallucinations of Mary. While supported by Elizabeth Darrell in her death bed, Katherine writes Henry a letter, asking to provide for her servants and their daughter, pledging her forgiveness, and praying for his soul. Mary is devastated, collects a box of her mother's things and even though she comes to love her father's third, fourth and sixth wives, she never forgets her mother. King Henry IX treats Katherine with great respect even though she showed him great hostility during his childhood and he often remarks her as "the true most humble and loyal woman I ever knew." Although he also often remarked that she was "The Catholic who depressingly hated me."

Katherine was the loyal daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon and the sister of John, Prince of Asturias, Isabella of Aragon, Joanna of Castile, Maria of Aragon, Juana de Aragón, Alonso de Aragón, Miguel Knight Fernandez Caballero de Granada, John of Aragon, Prince of Girona and María Esperanza de Aragón.

Although Mary was Katherine and Henry's only surviving child, she was also the mother of an Unnamed Stillborn Princess, Henry Duke of Cornwall, a baby nicknamed Henry Duke of Cornwall II, an Unnamed Stillborn prince and an Unnamed Stillborn daughter but she was also the stepmother to Henry VIII's illegitimate children, Henry FitzRoy, Elizabeth Tailboys and Audrey Malte. Katherine of Aragon was also the godmother and namesake of Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and final wife.

## Relationship Pairings

### Romance

**King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon**

## Issue

**Unnamed Stillborn Daughter (31 January 1510-31 January 1510)**

**Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1 January 1511-22 February 1511)**

**Henry, Duke of Cornwall II (17 September 1513-17 September 1513)**

**Unnamed Stillborn Son (November 1514-December 1514)**

**Princess Mary Tudor of England (Born 18 February 1516 at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England)**

**Unnamed Stillborn daughter (10 November 1518-10 November 1518)**

## Character Profile

Queen of England from June 1509 to May 1533 due to her marriage to King Henry VIII, She was his first wife and was succeeded by Anne Boleyn. Before her marriage to Henry, she held the title Princess of Wales, as she had been married to Henry's brother Arthur before he died.

She was a charitable and popular queen, a pious Catholic, and a devoted mother and wife. After a long and hard struggle, she is eventually sent away from court to live, lonely and desolate, and banned from seeing her beloved daughter.

Her only friend in reach is Elizabeth Darrell, her devoted maid; who had refused to leave her.

Not long; before Henry becomes infatuated; with Jane Seymour, Katherine becomes sick and succumbs to her illness.

**Full Name:** *Catalina de Aragón y Castilla*

**Aliases:** *Katherine of Aragon, Catherine of Aragon, Catalina de Aragón, Infanta Catalina de Aragón y Castilla, Infanta Catalina de Aragón, Infanta Catalina de Castilla, Infanta Catalina, Catherine, Kate, Katherine, Katherina, Katharine, Katharina, Princess Katerine, Queen Katherine, Quene Kateryn, The True Queen, The Spanish Princess, Her Grace, Her Majesty, Mother (by Mary Tudor), Sweetheart (by Henry VIII), Darling (by Henry VIII), The Catholic who depressingly hated me. (By King Henry IX),The true most humble and loyal woman I ever knew (By King Henry IX)*

**Titles:** *Queen Consort of England and Ireland (demoted), Queen Regent (Briefly), Spanish Ambassador to England, Dowager Princess of Wales, Princess of Aragon, Princess of Castile*

**Who Are You?:** *The proud daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, the humble and loyal first wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Mary Tudor.*

**How Are You Important?:** *The Queen of England from 1509-1533 and The Spanish Princess of the best catholic monarchs. Katherine's marriage to Arthur Tudor, Prince Of Wales united Spain and England.*

**Motto:** *Humble and Loyal*

**Theme Song:** *No Way by SIX*

**Lyric(s) To Describe You From Your Theme Song:** *You must think that I'm crazy, You wanna replace me.*

**Why Was Your Theme Song Chosen?:** *The Theme Song was chosen as 'No Way' is a song made for her and her marriage to Henry, even mentioning things like Henry VIII's affair with Bessie Blount and his illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy from the lines "And even though you've had your fun/Running around with some pretty young thing/And even though you've had one son/With someone who don't own a wedding ring"*

**A Lyric From A Song That Summarises You:** *I'm a paragon of royalty (from Katherine of Aragon's verse in Ex-Wives by SIX)*

**One Word To Describe You:** *Humble*

**A Quote or Phrase To Describe You:** *I swear it, on my honor, on my blood and on the gods.*

**Quote:** *"If I had to choose between extreme happiness and extreme sorrow, I would always choose sorrow. For when you are happy, you forget about spiritual things, you forget about God. But in your sorrow, He is always with you."*

**Fun Fact:** *Thomas Cromwell said of her, "If not for her sex, she could have defied all the heroes of History."*

**Family:** *House of Trastámara, House of Tudor*

**Godchild (Godchildren):** *Catherine Parr*

**Religion:** *Roman Catholicism*

**Loyalty:** *England, Aragon, Castile, House of Tudor, House of Trastámara & Henry VIII*

## Quotes

*"Sir, I beseech you. For all the love that has been between us. Let me have justice and right. Give me some pity and compassion for I am a poor woman and a stranger born out of your dominion. I have no friend here, and little counsel. I plea to you as head of justice in this realm. I call God and all the world to witness that I have been to you a true humble and obedient wife ever compliant to your will and pleasure. I have loved all those whom you have loved for your sake whether or not I had cause. Whether they be friends or enemies. By me you have had many children. Although it has pleased God to call them from this world. But when you had me at first, I take God as my judge, I was a true maid without a touch of man. And whether or not it be true, I put it to your conscience."*

*"This court has no meaning to me, therefore I will not stay here."*

*"You dare speak to me of chastity?! Have you not a mistress and two children, your Eminence?!"*

*"I have nothing against His Majesty, whom I love with all my being—only against his advisors, and a certain... woman whose ambition would ruin the kingdom."*

*"Poor Bishop Fisher... he was a lion in my defense."*

*"If I had to choose between extreme happiness and extreme sorrow, I would always choose sorrow. For when you are happy, you forget about spiritual things, you forget about God. But in your sorrow, He is always with you."*

*"I was still your wife in God's eyes and still am."*

*(In Spanish) "Be strong, my daughter. Remember who you are: the descendant of Isabella and Ferdinand of Castille, and the only daughter of the King of England. Be strong and be true, and one day... one day you will be Queen."*

***Katherine:** "That necklace—who gave it to you? (**Anne remains silent**) Answer me." **Anne Boleyn:** "His Majesty." (**Katherine lifts the pendant to examine it**) **Katherine:** "Expensive, eh? (in Spanish, to herself) {An expensive whore}." **Anne Boleyn:** "I am no whore, Your Majesty. I love His Majesty; I believe he loves me." **Katherine:** (**laughs mockingly**) "He's infatuated with you, as men often are by new things. Soon, he will see you for what you really are—and he will tire of you, as he has of all the others." **Anne Boleyn:** "... And, what if he does not?" **Katherine:** "I did not give you permission to speak! You are a servant! (**Anne lowers her gaze**) Leave, now!" (**Anne gets up and leaves, Katherine stares after her in anger**.)*

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## Portraits

Catherine of Aragon from The six wives of Henry VIII on Cigarette Cards, from the “Kings and Queens of England” series.Catherine of Aragon, attributed to Joannes CorvusPortrait of a noblewoman, possibly Mary Tudor c. 1514 or Catherine of Aragon c. 1502, by Michael SittowPortrait by Juan de Flandes thought to be of 11-year-old Catherine.Michael Sittow - Portrait of a Lady, identified as Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536)Catherine of Aragon as the Magdalene by Michel SittowKatherine of Aragon by Lucas HorenboutKatherine of Aragon by Unknown artistThis is a version of a standard type of portrait of Catherine of Aragon which probably derives from an original portrait type associated with the artist Johannes Corvus (c. 1510-20).Alate twentieth-century portrait of Katherine of Aragon. The portrait, which is less than eighteen years old, was specifically made for Castle Lodge, a superb building in the heart of Ludlow, Shropshire.K. of Aragon (Katherine of Aragon) by Richard Burchett (1815–1875) (circle of), 1854–1860, from Parliamentary Art Collection