Henry VIII's Marriages: Wife No. 1
Catherine of Aragon, princess of Spain, arrived in England in 1501, with the hope to wed her betrothed- Arthur, Prince of Wales. The wedding went along as planned, the bride and groom were happy and everything was well. But, after less than five months of marriage, Prince Arthur was dead; probably due to the sweating sickness or typhoid or consumption. Now a widow aged just fifteen years old, Catherine was left to live on barely anything until her former father- in- law, King Henry VII, promised her hand in marriage to his youngest son- Prince Henry. Shortly after his succession to the to the throne of England, Prince Henry, now King Henry VIII, made it one of his first acts to marry Princess Catherine of Aragon. Even before the union, the couple had known each other for nearly a decade! Henry claimed that it was his father's dying wish for him and Catherine to wed. Although she did not possess any of the typical Spanish looks of dark hair and olive skin, Catherine...