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Catherine of Aragon

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Cath·e·rine of Ar·a·gon  (kthr-n, kthrn; r-gn) 1485-1536.
The first wife of Henry VIII of England. Henry's insistence on a divorce from her (1533) caused his break with Roman Catholicism and the beginning of the English Reformation.
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Noun1.Catherine of AragonCatherine of Aragon - first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
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The Anglican Church itself separated from the Roman Catholic Church; it was created by England's King Henry VIII in the 16th century after Pope Clement VII wouldn't grant him a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
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In the preceding years, Cranmer supported Henry in his drive to divorce Catherine of Aragon, and Cranmer declared the marriage null and void in 1533.
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Upon arriving in Lisbon in February 1528, Mendoza informed John III of the situation in England, where Henry VIII had begun proceedings to divorce Catherine of Aragon.
Aude Viaud, ed. Correspondance d'un ambassadeur castillan au Portugal ... by Nader, Helen / Renaissance Quarterly
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