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Henry VIII’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Eight years before her marriage to Henry in 1509, Catherine was in fact married to Henry’s older brother, Arthur, who died of sickness at just 15 years old. Together, Henry and Cath...
Henrys struggles with Rome led to the separation of the Church of England from papal authority(教皇权威), the Dissolution of the Monasteries(解散了修道院), and establishing himself as the Supreme Head of th 4、e Church of England His MerriagesMarriage to Catherine of Aragon When Henry became ...
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aBefore Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon he received a Papal Bull from the Pope agreeing that Henry could marry his dead brother’s (Prince Arthur) wife. When Henry and Catherine married in June 1509 both were Roman Catholics. Everybody in England was – the penalty for heresy (being...
Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) The question of Henry’s marriage became of paramount importance to England in 1502, following the death of his elder brother, Arthur. As the new heir to the throne, it was up to Henry to c...
MarriagetoCatherineofAragon In1509,HenryVIIIhadmarriedCatherineofAragon,daughterofFerdinandandIsabellaofSpain,andtheauntofEmperorCharlesV.By1527,theunionhadproducednomaleheirtothethroneandonlyonesurvivingchild,adaughter,Mary.Henrywasjustifiablyconcernedaboutthepoliticalconsequencesofleavingonlyafemaleheir.Inthis...
But by 1527, Henry had a big problem: His first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, had failed to produce a son and male heir to the throne. Henry had also become infatuated with one of his wife’s ladies-in-waiting,Anne Boleyn, whose sister Mary had previously been his lover. Anne enc...
Henry ended up marrying Catherine of Aragon, after a papal dispensation was acquired. The two were crowned on 21 April, 1509. In 1533, Henry VIII grew dissatisfied with his first wife, and he demanded an annulment of their marriage. The Pope refused, and Henry initiated a break with Rome...