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'''Catherine of Aragon''' was the first wife of [[Henry VIII]]. | '''Catherine of Aragon''' was the first wife of [[Henry VIII]]. | ||
== Biography == | |||
She came from [[Spain]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)}}) | She came from [[Spain]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)}}) | ||
In [[1509]], [[Lover (Nothing Lasts Forever)|Lover]] attempted to take her place in [[history]] by swallowing and impersonating Catherine on the eve of the wedding. She planned on altering time by giving birth to a healthy son who would have many descendants and keep the throne within Henry's family past [[1752]]. Brother [[Bow (Nothing Lasts Forever)|Bow]] ordered Lover to abandon this plan, so she released Catherine and left 1509 with Bow. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[1509]], [[Lover (Nothing Lasts Forever)|Lover]] attempted to take her place in [[history]] by swallowing and impersonating Catherine on the eve of the wedding. She planned on altering time by giving birth to a healthy son who would have many descendants and keep the throne within Henry's family past [[1752]]. Brother [[Bow (Nothing Lasts Forever)|Bow]] ordered Lover to abandon this plan, so she released Catherine and left 1509 with Bow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nothing Lasts Forever (short story)}}) | ||
She was involved in [[Missy]]'s plan to befriend several [[Tudor]] women in an effort to prevent the reign of [[James I]], who created the charter for [[St Luke's University]], thereby preventing her imprisonment in [[Vault (The Pilot)|the Vault]]. ([[PROSE]]: | She was involved in [[Missy]]'s plan to befriend several [[Tudor]] women in an effort to prevent the reign of [[James I]], who created the charter for [[St Luke's University]], thereby preventing her imprisonment in [[Vault (The Pilot)|the Vault]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Girl Power! (short story)}}) | ||
Catherine was the mother of [[Mary I]]. ([[TV]]: | Catherine was the mother of [[Mary I]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)}}) She eventually [[divorce]]d Henry. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Roundheads (novel)}}) | ||
By [[1539]], Catherine had died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)}}) | By [[1539]], Catherine had died. Following her death, Henry had become embroiled in a legal battle with Spanish ambassadors over the ownership of Catherine's estate. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)}}) | ||
=== Legacy === | === Legacy === | ||
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[[Category:Tudors]] | [[Category:Tudors]] | ||
[[Category:MADAM members]] | [[Category:MADAM members]] | ||
[[Category:Wives of Henry VIII]] | [[Category:Wives of Henry VIII]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:41, 23 December 2024
Catherine of Aragon was the first wife of Henry VIII.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
She came from Spain. (PROSE: God Send Me Well to Keep [+]Loading...["God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)"])
In 1509, Lover attempted to take her place in history by swallowing and impersonating Catherine on the eve of the wedding. She planned on altering time by giving birth to a healthy son who would have many descendants and keep the throne within Henry's family past 1752. Brother Bow ordered Lover to abandon this plan, so she released Catherine and left 1509 with Bow. (PROSE: Nothing Lasts Forever [+]Loading...["Nothing Lasts Forever (short story)"])
She was involved in Missy's plan to befriend several Tudor women in an effort to prevent the reign of James I, who created the charter for St Luke's University, thereby preventing her imprisonment in the Vault. (PROSE: Girl Power! [+]Loading...["Girl Power! (short story)"])
Catherine was the mother of Mary I. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo [+]Loading...["The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)"]) She eventually divorced Henry. (PROSE: The Roundheads [+]Loading...["The Roundheads (novel)"])
By 1539, Catherine had died. Following her death, Henry had become embroiled in a legal battle with Spanish ambassadors over the ownership of Catherine's estate. (PROSE: God Send Me Well to Keep [+]Loading...["God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)"])
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Sixth Doctor was in possession of six wedding invitations from Henry VIII. (COMIC: The Gift [+]Loading...["The Gift (comic story)"]) The Second Doctor and Polly counted the wives of Henry VIII using the rhyme "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived". (PROSE: The Roundheads [+]Loading...["The Roundheads (novel)"])
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Catherine was played by Annette Crosbie in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Siobhân Hewlett in Henry: Mind of a Tyrant and Claire Bloom and Kate Duchene in different adaptations of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
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