House of Trastámara
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The House of Trastámara was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period.
Henry supervising the beheading of his rival Peter, from the Grandes Chroniques de France.
Statue of Álvaro de Luna in Cañete
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
House of Trastámara
…Queen of Aragon 1516–1555 Philip I 1478–1506 King of Castile 1506 John Prince of Asturias 1478–1497 Margaret of Austria 1480–1530 Duchess of Savoy Catherine of Aragon 1485–1536 Queen of England 1509–1533 Henry VIII 1491–1547 King of England r.1509–1547 Alfonso II king of Naples 1494–1495 Frederick king of Naples…
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