House of Tudor . Tudor monarchs ruled England from 1485 to 1603. These included Henry VIII, and his daughters Mary I and Elizabeth I. King Henry VIII succeeded his father King Henry VII.

Garrett Mattingley, Catherine of Aragon (first published 1941; Random House, 2000) J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (first published 1968; Yale University Press, 1997) David Starkey, Six Wives: The ...

Garrett Mattingley, Catherine of Aragon (first published 1941; Random House, 2000) J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (first published 1968; Yale University Press, 1997) David Starkey, Six Wives: The ...

Arthur died young, and his widow Catherine of Aragon became his brother Henry’s first wife. Henry VIII married six times in total and had three children: Mary (with Catherine of Aragon), Elizabeth ...

Kerr, as Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), who was demoted for bearing no son, shares how she prepared for her role, "Aragon reminds me of so many powerful women who have been present in my life to ...

Catherine of Aragon was King Henry VIII’s first wife and longest-lasting Queen of England. Although Catherine's successor Queen Anne Boleyn suffered an infamously dark fate, Aragon's own life ...

The disease first emerged in 1485, shortly after Henry Tudor’s victory in the Wars of the Roses. ... This put Arthur’s younger brother, Henry, in line to be king. And it meant that Henry would marry ...

From the D-Day invasion to royal coronations and world-changing inventions, many significant historical events have occurred during the month of June. Keep reading to discover some of the most famous ...

Considerably younger than his sisters, he may have been an unexpected child. In the only recorded reference to his mother, Thomas made the unlikely claim that she was 52 when she bore him. He made the ...

St. Catherine of Alexandria (287-305) was a Christian martyr beheaded in Egypt who is patroness of students, unmarried girls and apologists. Her feast day is Nov. 25.