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