Catherine was born near Madrid in December 1485. She was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, whose marriage had united Spain. At three years of age Catherine was betrothed to King ...

But, it was also talked about in the 16th century with Catherine of Aragon trying desperately to produce a male heir for her husband, the King, Henry the VIII. There is something beautiful ...

"I hope we have done her justice," historian Lucy Worsley says of Catherine of Aragon Henry VIII spent many years trying to cut loose his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, only to then wed Anne ...

Catherine of Aragon was King Henry VIII’s first wife and longest-lasting Queen of England. Although Catherine's successor Queen Anne Boleyn suffered an infamously dark fate, Aragon's own life ...

In September 1501, aged 15 years, Catherine of Aragon set sail from Spain to marry a prince. The sea voyage proved a difficult one; her retinue was ill on account of the swaying seas. They had ...

The letter was penned by Catherine of Aragon in 1534 as she desperately tried to cling on to her marriage to King Henry VIII. In it the estranged noblewoman begs her nephew Roman Emperor Charles V ...

A letter penned by Catherine of Aragon that records one of the defining moments behind England's split from the Roman Catholic Church went under the hammer for around £80,000 today. The ...

Using a process she called “early modern Wordle,” a scholar claims to have uncovered a hidden message from Catherine of Aragon in a book of jewelry designs. By Jennifer Schuessler It has long ...

Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), the youngest child of the newly dominant Spanish rulers Ferdinand and Isabella. When she was 3, her parents contracted ...

The episode will be available for free with adverts on 13th March. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), the youngest child of the newly dominant Spanish rulers ...