She emphasizes, “Pregnancy is stressful enough as is ... of fertility poison the once passionate marriage between Catherine of Aragon ... More (Charlotte Hope) and King Henry VIII (Ruari ...

For seven years the Pope refused to annul their marriage, as he was afraid of angering Catherine's nephew, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. With Anne Boleyn already pregnant with his child the ...

Undaunted, the pregnant Catherine rallies her troops by riding north in full battle armor and leading the charge at the Battle of Flodden. But did this really happen? Did Catherine of Aragon ...

Catherine of Aragon was married to Henry’s older brother ... Catherine and King Henry VIII had one child together. Catherine was pregnant 7 times over the course of her life, but all of her ...

But though Catherine of Aragon’s marriage to the Tudor king ... According to 17th-century chronicler William Drummond, the pregnant Scottish queen pleaded with her husband to desist, noting ...

Anne Boleyn – beautiful, erotic and ambitious – spent all but the last six months of her life with Henry VIII battling against a woman she never quite managed to defeat: Catherine of Aragon ...

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 ...

As six of Catherine of Aragon’s seven pregnancies ended in tragedy, Henry VIII's eye started to wander, looking for someone who could bear him a son. Then he met Anne Boleyn. As six of Catherine ...

A month before her death, Catherine of Aragon mustered the strength to write Henry VIII one final letter where she reiterated her love for him. Despite her treatment, she wrote to Henry ...

We learn how Anne’s predecessor, Catherine of Aragon, fights for dignity and ... these days makes it all the more piercing when doomed pregnancies, followed by the birth of a mere girl, start ...

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 ...