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 […]

Category: Six Wives | 8 Comments »
Tags: Alhambra, Catherine of Aragon, Ferdinand of Aragon, Granada, Isabel of Castile, Isabella of Castile, Katherine of Aragon

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 […]

Category: Tudor Characters | 19 Comments »
Tags: Capilla Real, Catherine of Aragon, Ferdinand of Aragon, Fernando de Aragon, Granada, Isabel of Castile, Isabella of Castile