540 years ago today, on December 16, 1485 (November 10, 1485, the 1485 lunar calendar), Queen Catherine of Aragon of England was born. Catherine of Aragon (December 16, 1485-January 7, 1536), Infanta Catalina de Aragóny Castilla, whose name can also be spelled Katherine or Katharine, was the first queen of King Henry VIII of England. Catherine was born in the Spanish royal family. Her father was King Ferdinand II of Aragon and her mother was Queen Isabella I of Castile. Catherine's first marriage was a political marriage. She married Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII, and thus obtained the title of Princess of Wales. But within a few months of their marriage, King Arthur died of illness. When Arthur died, Spain and France were at odds. In order to maintain neutrality and not offend the Spanish royal family, Catherine's father-in-law, Henry VII, tried to retain his eldest daughter-in-law and planned to marry Catherine to his second son, Henry. At the time, papal authorization was required to eliminate in-laws. But Catherine announced that her first marriage had not been consummated, so she did not need the Pope's permission and only had to declare the first marriage null and void. Later, both the British and Spanish royal families believed that the papal charter was still necessary to avoid outside questions about the legitimacy of Catherine and Henry's marriage. Later, at the request of Catherine's mother, Isabella I, the Pope agreed in the form of a Papalbull. So, fourteen months after the death of her first husband, Catherine became engaged to her brother-in-law, Henry VIII, who was only 12 years old at the time. However, in 1505, King Henry VII lost interest in an alliance with Spain, and Henry VII immediately announced that he had not agreed to the marriage. Diplomatic mediation continued until the death of Henry VII in 1509. After the death of Henry VII, his 17-year-old second son ascended the throne and became Henry VIII, and Catherine also married Henry VIII on June 11, 1509. The two were crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 24 of the same year. Catherine officially became Queen of England. The marriage between Queen Catherine and Henry VIII lasted for 24 years, during which time Queen Catherine was loved by the people of England. Henry VIII had always wanted a son who could inherit the throne since he ascended the throne, but all of Queen Catherine's six children, except for her daughter Princess Mary, died young. Henry VIII therefore tried to cancel the marriage, but Pope Clement VII at that time did not agree to Henry VIII's request. At this time, Henry VIII's lover and her waitress Anne Boleyn was pregnant. So in January 1533, Henry VIII first secretly married Anne Boleyn, and then manipulated the British Parliament to pass a bill declaring her separation from the control of the Holy See and declaring the marriage to Queen Catherine null and void. Queen Catherine's only surviving daughter, Princess Mary, also fell from being the king's eldest daughter to the king's illegitimate daughter. Comments: A character in the era of wind and cloud, so many major events are connected to her.