Buckden Towers
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Buckden Towers, formerly known as Buckden Palace, is a medieval fortified house and bishop's palace in Buckden, Cambridgeshire, England. It is now a conference and retreat centre operated by the Clare
The Great Tower and St Hugh's Church
The Inner Gatehouse and the adjoining parish church of St Mary's.
Catherine of Aragon
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Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England as the first wife of Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She had previously been Princess of Wales as the wife o
Buckden Towers
…Lady Margaret Beaufort (mother of Henry VII) in 1501 Queen Catherine of Aragon – resided here from July 1533 to May 1534 until she was transferred a few miles away to Kimbolton Castle, where she died in 1536. She was buried at…
Portrait by Lucas Horenbout, c. 1525
Portrait by Juan de Flandes thought to be of 11-year-old Catherine. She resembles her sister Joanna.
Portrait, possibly of Catherine of Aragon c. 1502, or Mary Tudor, Queen of France, c. 1514 Michael Sittow
16th-century woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon showing their heraldic badges, the Tudor rose and the Pomegranate of Granada