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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...