King Henry VII of England, Lord of Ireland died on April 21, 1509, and the 17-year-old Henry succeeded him as King Henry VIII of England, Lord of Ireland. Soon after his father’s burial on May 10, Henry suddenly declared that he would indeed marry Catherine of Aragon. Technically at this time she was the Dowager Princess of Wales as the widow of Henry’s brother, Prince Arthur, Prince of Wales.
Catherine of Aragon daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Fernando II of Aragon, Catherine was three years old when she was betrothed to Prince Arthur, heir apparent to the English throne. They married in 1501, but Arthur died five months later. Catherine spent years in limbo, and during this time, she held the position of ambassador of the Aragonese crown to England in 1507, the first known female ambassador in European history.
Henry’s desire to marry Catherine which…
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