1485, Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon was born this year,

                             [one thousand four hundred and eighty-five

Catherine of Aragon's arms 

and although she was the wife of Henry the Eighth,

                                             [she was fortunate to survive...

Fortunate, because three other women who married him,

                                                      [died in one way or another.

I do not know anything about these deaths
                                                         [so I will not go further.

What I know well is that Catherine was Queen of England
                                                             [as the first wife of the King,
and after thirty four years of marriage, one day Henry,
                  [looked in the eyes of Anna, and saw the season spring,

It is said that love can move mountains,
                        [but Henry's love for Anna moved something more,
it moved and shook the whole country in it's conflict,
                              [between Catholics and Protestants, a long war.

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to be continued

''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis - CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS//
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Statue of Catherine 
at Alcalá de Henares

* Henry's wives, In May 1536, Anne Boleyn was executed on the grounds of marital infidelity. Henry married Jane Seymour, who died in childbed after giving birth to the king's only legitimate son, the future King Edward VI. 

In 1540, Henry's Viceregent and chief minister Thomas Cromwell arranged a political marriage between Henry and Anne of Cleves, in the hope of attaching German Protestant interests to those of England. 
Henry detested her appearance and the marriage lasted only six months, serving as the downfall of Cromwell, who was executed that same year for treason.
Henry married twice more, first with Katherine Howard, who was executed in 1542 for marital infidelity, and then again in 1543 with his sixth wife Katherine Parr, who outlived the king.

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