Claire | January 2, 2017
Two of my “on this day in history” posts that I post daily on the Anne Boleyn Files Facebook page are linked to Catherine of Aragon today. On this day in history, 2nd January 1536, Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, arrived at the dying Catherine of Aragon’s bedside in Kimbolton Castle. You can read Chapuys’ […]
Claire | December 16, 2014
Sometime during the night of 15th/16th December 1485 Queen Isabella I of Castile gave birth to a daughter, Catalina, at Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid. Catalina was the last child of Isabella and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragón and was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Catalina of Castile or Catherine of Lancaster. Of course, […]
Claire | October 7, 2013
On Saturday, Tim and I took the children to Mojacar, a town in the Almeria province of Andalucia, Spain, not far from where we live. Mojacar is divided into two parts: Mojacar Playa (beach) and Mojacar Pueblo (town), and it was Mojacar Pueblo we were interested in. Why is Claire sharing this with us? You […]
Claire | July 24, 2013
I am lucky enough to live quite near to the historic city of Granada in Andalucia, Spain, home of the beautiful Alhambra. I have visited it many times and each time I go I think of Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII, who spent time a couple of years there there before […]
Claire | May 6, 2013
Following on from my post about Granada’s Carthusian Monastery, my second mission on my visit to Granada last Friday was to visit La Capilla Real, the Royal Chapel, where Ferdinand II of Aragon, Isabella I of Castile, Joanna of Castile and Philip I (Philip the Handsome) are buried. It was a wonderful day to visit […]
