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Catherine of Aragon

1485 - 1536

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Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She had previously been Princess of Wales while married to Henry's elder brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales, for a short period before his death. Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares, and was the youngest child of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. She was three years old when she was betrothed to Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII of England. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine of Aragon is the 130th most popular religious figure (down from 103rd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 29th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Catherine of Aragon is most famous for being the first wife of King Henry VIII of England.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine of Aragon ranks 130 out of 3,187Before her are Pope Julius III, Saul, Pope Gregory VII, Saint Timothy, Pope Alexander VII, and Pope Marcellus II. After her are Pope Formosus, Pope Paul IV, Pope Callixtus III, Mahavira, Brigham Young, and Jude the Apostle.

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Among people born in 1485, Catherine of Aragon ranks 2Before her is Hernán Cortés. After her are Dragut, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Thomas Cromwell, Pedro de Alvarado, Sebastiano del Piombo, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Clément Janequin, Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Balthasar Hubmaier. Among people deceased in 1536, Catherine of Aragon ranks 3Before her are Erasmus, and Anne Boleyn. After her are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Baldassare Peruzzi, Germaine of Foix, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, John of Leiden, William Tyndale, and Garcilaso de la Vega.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Catherine of Aragon ranks 23 out of 3,355Before her are Isabella I of Castile (1451), Saint Lawrence (225), Joan Miró (1893), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), and Francisco Pizarro (1478). After her are Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Federico García Lorca (1898), and Ibn Arabi (1165).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Catherine of Aragon ranks 4Before her are Pope Alexander VI (1431), Ignatius of Loyola (1491), and Saint Lawrence (225). After her are Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Dominic (1170), Isidore of Seville (560), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), and John of the Cross (1542).