#KatherineOfAragon #ReadingThePast

As promised, here we are, we're looking into the life and legacy of Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England. I believe her training as a warrior queen shaped her into a strong queen who would never surrender. I look forward to reading your thoughts ...

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Portrait of an Infanta (possibly Katherine of Aragon) by Juan de Flandes (c.1496). Held by the ThyssenBornemisza Museum.

Portrait of Isabella of Castile and León by an unknown artist (c.1490). Held by the Museo del Prado.

Relationship tree designed by Alice J. Ramsay (January 1987) https://www.simplemost.com/difference...

Wedding Portrait of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile by an unknown artist (c.1469).

Crowns and Kingdoms of the Catholic Monarchs in Europe in 1500, map created by Alexandre Vigo.

Ferdinand and Isabella with their court by an unknown artist.

Portrait of Arthur, Prince of Wales by an unknown artist of the AngloFlemish school (c.1500). Held in a private collection, Hever Castle, Kent.

Portrait of King Henry VII by an unknown Netherlandish artist (1505). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Old St Paul's Cathedral in London as it would have looked before the fire that destroyed the steeple in 1561, from Early Christian Architecture by Francis Bond (1913). From a Copy, in the possession of Mr Crace, Esq., of the earliest known view of London, taken by Van der Wyngarde for Philip II. of Spain. (Signed W.H. Prior, Typographic Etching Co., Pub. c.1875).

A tapestry in the Flemish style of Catherine of Aragon and her husband Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales by an unknown artist (c. early 1500s).

Portrait of Henry VIII of England attributed to Meynnart Wewyck (c.1509). Held by the Denver Art Museum.

Image of the Rimado of the Conquest of Granada showing Juana and her husband, Philip, with their Spanish subjects by an unknown artist (16th century).

Portrait of Ferdinand II of Aragon by Michael Sittow (late 15th century / early 16th century). Held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Portrait of an unknown noblewoman identified as either a young Catherine of Aragon (painted 15001505) or Mary Rose Tudor (painted 1514) by Michael Sittow. Held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

16thcentury woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon showing their heraldic badges, the Tudor rose and the pomegranate. By an unknown artist, from Stephen Hawes, A Joyfull Medytacvon to All Englande(1509), printed Wynkyn de Worde, 4to, n.d. (Cambridge University Library), a single sheet with a woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

Katherine of Aragon watching Henry VIII of England joust, College of Arms, early 16th century by an unknown author.

Portrait of Katherine of Aragon by an unknown artist (early 18th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait miniature of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond, the illegitimate son of Henry VII of England by Lucas Horenbout (between 1534 and 1535)

Les Chroniques de SaintDenis, a 14thcentury depiction of the wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France (left) Louis is also shown setting off on Crusade (right).

Henry II and his wife Eleonor of Aquitaine by an anonymous artist (14th century). Held by the British Library (http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminat..., Royal 16 G VI f. 343v)

Photograph of the effigy of Constance of Castile in the basilica of SaintDenis, Paris (13th century). The photograph was taken by Acoma.

Louis VII of France, with his third wife, Adele of Champagne, shown holding his son by an anonymous artist (14th century). Held by the Gallica Digital Library.


Quoted texts:

Letter from Katharine of Aragon to her husband, King Henry VIII dated to 16 September 1513.