What did catherine of aragon accomplish besides marrying King Henry VIII?
Well, unlike Henry’s other wives (save Anne of Cleves), Katherine descended from royalty, and she was educated and coached to be a Queen. From early on, she was to marry Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII, and establish a connection between the royal houses of Aragon and Castile and the new one of Tudor. Unfortunately, Arthur died young and Katherine then married Henry VIII. She was an excellent Queen in every way apart from giving her husband the living son and heir he so needed. She only managed one surviving daughter, Mary. Katherine was left as Regent when Henry went to play at war in France and, while he was away, “she” scored a great victory over the Scots at the Battle of Flodden. The Scottish King was killed there, along with the flower of Scottish youth, and Katherine sent Henry King James’ bloodied coat – as was the custom in those times. Indirectly, Katherine had a huge impact on religion. Because she was getting older and hadn’t given Henry a son (and because Henry had
