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Nerea García

Natalia Rodriguez

Charlotte Hope

Annette Crosbie

Paola Bontempi

María Doyle Kennedy

Frances Cuka

Irene Papas

Melida Molina

Joanne Whalley

as Katherine of Aragon

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Melida Molina, Spanish actress

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Reina de todas las Reinas  (Queen of all Queens)

Catalina de Aragon’s bio taken from RTVE’s ISABEL website (Translated from Spanish to English):

The youngest daughter of Isabel and Ferdinand, born in 1485 in the Palace Alcala de Henares. At six she witnessed her parents' armies take the field and take back Granada which became her home until she set sail to marry Henry VII of England oldest son, Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine possessed a strong sense of responsibility and duty like her sister Juana but without her arrogance. She was more obedient than her and her faith and apparent sweetness made her stronger and out all her sisters, she was the one who resembled her mother more. In addition, she inherited her charisma and leadership which made her in a highly admired woman. "Queen of all Queens and model of feminine majesty" according to Shakespeare in his play of Henry VIII.

Catherine of Aragon was portrayed by Natalia Rodriguez in season 3 of “Isabel”. An older version of her was portrayed by Melida Molina in the sequel series “Carlos, Rey Emperador” (Charles, Imperial King).

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So I’m watching “Tiempos de Guerra” and it is super amusing if you have seen “Carlos Rey Emperador” because the actress who plays Catherine of Aragon and the actor who plays Felipe II in “Carlos” here play mother and son

[latristereina]

LOL. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you John of Gaunt

the most handsome man in the universe! Only the most striking individuals can claim to be his descendant

On a side note, I'm very disappointed in Charlotte Hope's portrayal of KoA, there's something about her that rubs me the wrong way, although to be fair, you can't expect much from such screenwriters like those two clowns. On the other hand, the interview Charlotte gave is disturbing, and not because she said, I quote: "It was really important to me that I got to play a female character that wasn’t likable", because let's be honest, we all are sometimes unlikeable, but she sounded like a teenager with highly dubious knowledge, not like a full grown woman, an Oxford graduate at that, who studied Spanish and French. As such, she had plenty of possibilities to look into the sources in all the languages she speaks, to read books about KoA after she got the role, Melida Molina, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Michelle Jenner, Rodolfo Sancho, Rebecca Ferguson, Max Irons did so, while preparing for their respective interpretations of historical figures. But no, she changed her opinion only after she saw the scripts of this trashy tv show.

@latristereina at least thanks to TSP we know the forbidden truth:

Bad Spaniards don’t get John of Gaunt’s beautiful Celtic genes. 

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Henry VIII Of England/Catherine Of Aragon - Wedding Anniversary.

After becoming a young widow, it was decided that Katherine would marry Henry, who was five years younger than her, in order to keep her precious dowry in England and avoid handing it back to her father, Ferdinand of Aragon. There's no real record of how Katherine felt about this marriage, but there is record of how she felt during the seven years before her second wedding, when she was held virtually as a prisoner at Durham House in London until Henry was of the proper age to marry her. In a letter written to her father about her poor treatment, she wrote "I choose what I believe, and say nothing, for I am not as simple as I may seem." The marriage required papal dispensation, since according to canon law it was illegal for a man to take his deceased brother's wife, as it would be considered a sin. However, Katherine testified that her marriage to Arthur had never been consummated, and therefore was not a true marriage. Because of this, the Pope gave his permission for Henry to take her as his bride, and on 11 June 1509 (just after Henry VIII took the throne), the two were married in an intimate ceremony at Greenwich Palace.

atherine was twenty-three years old at the time of her second wedding, and Henry was almost eighteen. By all accounts, Henry seemed excited to have the beautiful Spanish bride for himself, and it was rumored that he had even been enamored with her when she was his brother's wife. Of course, it was not only a love match - as previously stated, a big motivator in marrying these two was to keep Katherine's dowry in England. Therefore, it was very much a political marriage, but it is nice to think that there was love involved too. Even if Katherine did not love Henry at this time in her life, it is clear that she would grow to love him very much during their twenty-four year long marriage. According to the Calendar of State Papers of Spain, the marriage vows at this wedding went something like this:

“Most illustrious Prince, is it your will to fulfil the treaty of marriage concluded by your father, the late King of England, and the parents of the Princess of Wales, the King and Queen of Spain ; and, as the Pope has dispensed with this marriage, to take the Princess who is here present for your lawful wife? The King answered : I will.  The Princess answered : I will.”

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Yes, she is great! However there are two other I still prefer a bit more. MDK made me fall for KoA in the first place and I will always be particularly fond of her - I get the vibe from Melida she is very similar to MDK’s version though - but it can’t be denied neither MDK nor Melida look like historical Katherine - Frances Cuka wins that competition. 

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Natalia Rodríguez

Annette Crosbie

Charlotte Hope

María Doyle Kennedy

Paola Bontempi

Frances Cuka

Melida Molina

as Katherine of Aragon, Catalina de Aragón, Caterina d'Aragó, Catarina de Aragão, Katalina Aragoikoa, Caterina d'Aragona, Catherine d'Aragon, Katharina von Aragon, Katarzyna Aragońska, Екатерина Арагонская, Αικατερίνη της Αραγωνίας, 阿拉貢的凱瑟琳, كاثرين أراغون, Katarina av Aragonien, Aragóniai Katalin, Caitríona Aragón, Kataríny Aragónskej, Catharina Aragonensis

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Melida Molina as Katherine of Aragon in Carlos Rey Emperador 2015

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Melida Molina and Alex Brendemühl as Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII in Carlos Rey Emperador

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"Yo, a Oriol Ferrer, el director de la serie, le dije que jamás olvidaré la prueba que hice. Las pruebas no son sencilllas pero Oriol Ferrer y Juan León me hicieron una que, al terminarla, Oriol y yo acabamos abrazados. Hay veces en las que lees los diálogos de un personaje y sientes una cosa por dentro, como que tiene algo que te hace sentir que lo puedes hacer y te apatece mucho. Cuando llamaron para decirme que lo iba a interpretar disfruté tanto. Me encantan los personajes de época. Para prepararme el personaje me leí una biografía que hablaba sobre todo de la mujer que fue, lo cual es lo que me interesaba, ya que lo histórico más o menos se conoce. Lo importante y lo interesante es saber cómo era la mujer que tuvo los conflictos con Enrique VIII. Era de las más preparadas de Europa, culta, y, al final, eran dos titanes enfrentándose porque ella tenía un fundamentalismo católico que la ayudaba a seguir hacia delante fuese como fuese. Eso hacía que Enrique VIII le tuviese mucho respeto porque además se encargó de una guerra contra Escocia en ausencia de él. Era una mujer preparada para gobernar. Descubrí que es un personaje muy querido en Inglaterra, algo que a Enrique VIII le sentaba fatal. Luego hacía otras cosas que hacen que, como actriz, a la hora de interpretar a un personaje, el primer paso que haya que dar sea el de entenderlo, se trate de un asesino o sea la persona que sea. Otra cosa es que comulgues con él y en tu vida normal tengas un juicio sobre él. Yo, por ejemplo, no soy monárquica, pero, si interpretas a un personaje, no puedes enjuiciarlo, hay que entenderlo y yo, al aproximarme a Catalina de Aragón, consideré que fue una mujer que sufrió mucho cuando marchó a Inglaterra. Ella se casó primero con el hermano de Enrique VIII y venía de un lugar como La Alhambra lleno de baños. En Inglaterra se encontró una ciudad con mal olor, llena de suciedad, sintiendo mucha soledad y sufriendo poblemas de alimentación entre otras cosas. Se enfrentó de tal manera a Enrique VIII que su única opción fue llevarla al castillo pero en ningún momento claudicó en su postura."- Melida Molina

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Catherine Of Trastamara: Infanta, Princess & Queen.

Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, on the night of 16 December 1485. She was the youngest surviving child of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. Catherine was Infanta Of Castile and Aragon since her birth.

Catherine married with Arthur, Prince Of Wales and heir to the throne of England on 14 November 1501, they were married at Old St. Paul's Cathedral. She became Princess of Wales.

Catherine and new King Henry VIII's wedding took place on 11 June 1509. In a private ceremony in the church of the Observant Friars outside Greenwich Palace. She was 23 years of age. The king was just days short of his 18th birthday.

On Saturday 23 June 1509, the traditional eve-of-coronation procession to Westminster was greeted by a large and enthusiastic crowd. As was the custom, the couple spent the night before their coronation at the Tower of London. On Midsummer's Day, Sunday, 24 June 1509, Henry VIII and Catherine were anointed and crowned together by the Archbishop of Canterbury at a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey.  In that month that followed, many social occasions presented the new Queen to the English public. She made a fine impression and was well received by the people of England.

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Costumes from TV Series “Carlos Rey Emperador” (2015):

Katherine of Aragon and Eleanor of Austria