2. CHILDHOOD
She was born on December 16, 1485, in the Archbishops
Palace, in Alcara de Heneres, Spain
Her parents were Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Castile, the rulers
of Spain
She was betrothed to Prince Arthur of Wales at age three
She had red hair, blue eyes, and a round face
3. FIRST MARRIAGE
She married Arthur, Prince of Wales, at fifteen
Their wedding was in St. Paul’s Cathedral
The couple traveled to Wales
In Wales they got the sweating sickness, the symptoms of it were
sudden, and death would often come in only hours after
Arthur died of either that or tuberculosis on April 2, 1502
4. SECOND
MARRIAGE
She decided to marry Arthur’s younger brother, Henry
They got married when Catherine was twenty-three
Henry became King Henry VIII of England
They had six kids, two were stillborn and the rest died soon
after, except Mary.
King Henry VIII thought it was a sin to marry his brother’s
widow
5. ANNULMENT
King Henry decided to try for annulment
Catherine did not want to annul, so she sent Pope Clement VII a
letter asking him to decline Henry’s request
King Henry got annulment on May 23, 1533, by the Archbishop
of Canterbury
Catherine and Mary were exiled
6. AFTER ANNULMENT
Catherine and her daughter were exiled for the rest of Catherine’s
life
She died on January 7, 1536,
She was buried in Peterborough Cathedral
7. AFTER CATHERINE
King Henry VIII had six wives
Mary became Queen Mary I of England and Ireland
