
Now Catherine finds her once-certain future in question. And just six months after the wedding, Arthur suddenly dies. But due to Arthur's poor health, their marriage is in name only. Arthur appears kind, and it seems they will at least be friends. Arriving in England, Catherine has hope for her future. Now that she is fifteen, that day has come. Catherine had known since childhood that she was betrothed to Prince Arthur, heir to the throne of England, and that one day she would have to leave Spain to marry him.


Daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, the famous catholic kings, Catherine of Aragon was a young Spanish princess known as Catalina when she left her home in the summer of 1501 to sail to England.
