Catherine of Aragon
Noun
Meaning
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
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Catherine, The Queen, a biography of Catherine of Aragon, first wife to Henry VIII.
In 1530, Tyndale also wrote The Practyse of Prelates, opposing Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon on the grounds that it contravened Scripture.
Catherine of Aragon is descended from this line.
Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII.
Giles Tremlett, "Catherine of Aragon, Henry's Spanish Queen" p.244 Despite his affection for Mary, Henry was deeply disappointed that his marriage had produced no sons.
He had, moreover, had no part in the divorce of Catherine of Aragon or in the humiliation of Mary during Henry's reign, and he made no scruple about conforming to the Catholic reaction.