Category: Catherine of Aragon and Arthur
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September 27 – Catherine of Aragon sets sail for England

| September 27, 2022

September 27 – Catherine of Aragon sets sail for England

On this day in Tudor history, 27th September 1501, in the reign of King Henry VII, Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, set sail from Laredo in Spain. Catherine was headed for England to marry Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir of King Henry […]

14 November – Bad Signs for Culpeper and Lady Rochford, and Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon get married but not to each other

| November 14, 2021

14 November – Bad Signs for Culpeper and Lady Rochford, and Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon get married but not to each other

On this day in Tudor history, 14th November 1541, an inventory was taken of “the goods and chattels, lands and fees of” Thomas Culpeper, a groom of King Henry VIII’s privy chamber and a man who had been having secret meetings with Catherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife. An inventory had also been taken of […]

6 November – Catherine of Aragon met her betrothed for the first time and Catherine Howard was abandoned by Henry VIII

| November 6, 2021

6 November – Catherine of Aragon met her betrothed for the first time and Catherine Howard was abandoned by Henry VIII

On this day in Tudor history, 6th November 1501, Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, met her betrothed, Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII, at Dogmersfield in Hampshire. The couple were actually already married by proxy, but had never met, and Catherine had […]

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