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Catherine of Aragon

She was a Spanish Princess. Originally she married Henry's elder brother, Arthur. However when he died in 1502, her marriage was dissolved and she married Henry as he came into power in 1509.

Then come children, right? This is where it gets sad. Catherine had her first pregnancy in 1510, with a stillborn girl. 1511, she bore Henry, Duke of Cornwall who died when he was 2 months old. 1513, a stillborn boy. 1515, she bore another boy, however he only lived a few hours. 1516, she finally bore a healthy girl, Princess Mary. Two years later in 1518 she tried again and had yet another short lived child.

It's said the two truly loved each other, but with time Henry became obsessed with having a son to continue the Tudor dynasty.

Throughout the marriage he took many mistresses. and by the late 1520s, it had become clear Catherine would not be able to bear children any longer. This lead to Henry's obsession with Anne Boleyn growing

At the time Henry was Roman Catholic and at first sought out the pope for an annulment; siting Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 2. Even with the pope's refusal, Henry separated from Catherine in 1531.

On May 23rd 1533, Thomas Cranmer ruled the marriage between Catherine and Henry null and void.

On May 28th 1533 Thomas pronounced Henry legally married to Anne Boleyn.

Shortly after the marriage Henry sent Catherine away, she would never see Henry or their daughter Mary again.

Shakespeare in a play called her "The Queen of Earthly Queens."

Catherine of Aragon died January 7th 1536

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“Blessed Catherine of Aragon & Princess Mary Tudor (later Mary I of England )”

I wanted to honor the memory of Queen Catherine of Aragon & Princess Mary Tudor. I created a little piece of art inspired by one of the pieces of the Litany of Loreto, which is a series of needlework depicting Virgin Mary. Link to original needlework : https://royal-needlework.org.uk/litany-of-loreto/

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Katherine of Aragon and Mary I in The Tudors requested by @stilltrails

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TUDOR WEEK 2024

It is baaaaack by popular demand!. We are hosting Tudor Week 2024. This is going to be hosted from Monday the 14th of October to Sunday the 20th of October.

The week will go as follows:

Day 1 - Monday, 14th of October:  Your Favourite Tudor (members of the family that were born Tudors). Day 2 - Tuesday, 15th of October: Favourite Tudor contemporary quote about or said by the Tudor family. Day 3 - Wednesday, 16th of October: Best Tudor What If? Day 4 - Thursday, 17th of October: Fancast Your Favourite Tudor Family Member. Day 5 - Friday, 18th of October: Favourite Tudor Iconography (e.g. Tudor Rose, Anne Boleyn's falcon, Jane Seymour's Phoenix). Day 6 - Saturday, 19th of October: Favourite Tudor Couple (could include unmarried couples, e.g., Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley). Day 7 - Sunday, 20th of October: Favourite Tudor-related location.

This can cover all events and media that a Tudor family member is present, so from Owen Tudor to Elizabeth Tudor, and may include spouses and acknowledged children of direct members of the Tudor family (if unsure who we cover please check our Family page). We have attempted to make it as broad as possible and no pressure if you are late with some of the days, we will still reblog.

Previous Years: 2021, 2022, 2023

Be sure to tag your posts TudorWeek2024 and DailyTudors, looking forward to seeing your posts!

The Team at DailyTudors

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Anne Boleyn's prayer book

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wedding gowns in period dramas [1/?]

adelaide kane as mary stuart in reign alicia vikander as ekaterina "kitty" shcherbatskaya in anna karenina (2012) charlotte hope as catherine of aragon in the spanish princess lily james as ella in cinderella (2015)

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Thomas Cromwell, Princess Mary Tudor and Catherine of Aragon in Wolf Hall — S01E03 'Anna Regina'

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Haven’t drawn six the kids in a hot minute but have this silly thing

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Six The Musical as Tweets pt33

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♕ @dailytudors​: TUDOR WEEK 2023 ♕

Day Five: Most Used Tudor Related Resource >> My slowly expanding collection of Tudor nonfiction books.

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Mary Tudor : The death of her mother

The year 1536 was hardly begun when Mary lost her mother. Katherine of Aragon, who had fought so unflinchingly for herself and her daughter, died at Kimbolton Castle on 7 January. She was fifty years old. Katherine told Ambassador Chapuys wanted to bequeath to Mary her furs and the gold cross she had brought with her from Spain in 1501. Few other possessions remained to her. She had suffered with “pain in her stomach” for several months and had begged Henry to allow Mary to visit her. Yet mother and daughter, separated for four years, were not to be granted the solace of a final meeting.

Four days after Katherine’s death, Lady Shelton went to Mary and “most unceremoniously without the least preparation” told her that her mother was dead. That evening Mary requested that Katherine’s physician and apothecary be allowed to visit her so she might hear of her mother’s final hours and of the manner of her death. Charles V wrote to his wife, the Empress Isabella, that Mary was “inconsolable at the loss she has sustained, especially when she thinks of her father’s past behaviour towards herself, and the little favour she can expect for the future.” Chapuys encouraged Princess Mary to show ‘good heart and constancy … great sense and incomparable virtue and patience’ to bear the loss of ‘such a mother to whom she bore as much love as any daughter ever did to her mother, who was her chief refuge in her troubles’.

In the final inventory of Katherine’s possessions taken after her death, the scribe noted that she bequeathed four small, frayed quilts to her daughter, Mary. These quilts were used by Katherine during the lying-in period of Mary’s birth and were willed to Mary as swaddling for her own children. Katherine does not say why she kept these quilts or what they meant to her. She doesn’t need to. These quilts are deeply emotional objects that convey love and affection and ultimately, sadness, because we know, from our vantage point centuries later, that Mary never had a chance to use them because she never gave birth to a child.

Sources:

Catherine of Aragon: Infanta of Spain, Queen of England by Theresa Earenfight

Mary Tudor: The First Queen by Linda Porter

Mary Tudor: England's First Queen by Anna Whitelock

Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife by Amy Licence,

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♛ @dailytudors Tudor Week 2023

Day 6 : Favourite Portrayal(s) of the Tudor Family Member(s)

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THE TUDORS WEEK 2023

Day 2 | best female characters

Catherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn

Mary I

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Evil Jane Seymour, Evil Catherine of Aragon, Evil Mary I, and of course that Dastardly Jane Boleyn aren’t even unsalvageable ideas at their core - it’s just that the market for Tudor related shit has been so thoroughly boxed into an unoriginal, incurious format that the only time these ideas are incorporated it’s sure to be in the most boring, misogynistic way possible. Oooh. A man murdered his wife. And then threatened to murder the next woman he married. And you hate the woman he threatened. Because you wish he had stayed in a relationship with the one he murdered. Wow. You’re so brave and original. Should we tell everyone. Should we invite Hilary Clinton

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CATHERINE OF ARAGON with PRINCESS MARY TUDOR

THE TUDORS (2007-2010) | S01E5

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It makes me angry that people think Catherine should have agreed with Henry about the annulment. It's not like if that happens she would be portrayed as a whore and her daughter would become a bastard.