Unfortunately it was to be a short reign as Henry died in a jousting accident in 1559, thrusting Catherine onto the political stage. Their eldest son Francis was proclaimed king, but died after ...

At three years of age Catherine was betrothed to King Henry VII's oldest son Arthur ... the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. With Anne Boleyn already pregnant with his child the couple wed in ...

who is buried in Westminster Abbey (divorced), Catherine Howard (beheaded), and Catherine Parr, who survived her husband. The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th ...