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Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1535/6)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1485-12-16
Death Date: 1536-01-07

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1501-11-14
    Union ended: exactly
  2. Tudor, Henry (1491 - 1547)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1509-6-11
    Union ended: exactly 1533-5-23
    Note: Marriage pronounced null on this date by Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Queen of England

Titles

  • Princess of Spain
    Assumed: 1485-12-16
    Vacated: 1501-11-14 (date of 1st marriage)
  • Princess of Wales
    Assumed: 1501-11-14 (date of 1st marriage)
    Vacated: 1509-06-11 (date of 2nd marriage)
  • Queen of England
    Assumed: 1509-16-11 (date of 2nd marriage; crowned 24 June 1509)
    Vacated: 1533-05-23 (date marriage declared null & void)

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1501-12
    Divested: 1502-04
    Prince Arthur and Katherine left Court for Ludlow on the former date; Arthur died on the latter date
  • Durham House, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1502
    Divested: 1505
    Residence after Prince Arthur's death
  • Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire
    Acquired: 1534-05
    Divested: 1535/6-01

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Princess' Crowder/s
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Princess' Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Princess' Minstrels
Performance - Furnival's Inn, London, London (city-county) Princess' Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Princess' Performers
Performance - Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich, Kent Queen's Bearwards
Performance? - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Queen's Minstrel/s
Performance - Bristol (Unknown), Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Queen's Minstrel/s
Performance - Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire Queen's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Princess' Minstrels Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Princess' Minstrels Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Princess' Minstrels Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Princess' Performers Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Queen's Minstrel/s Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Queen's Minstrel/s Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Queen's Players Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Players 1
Princess' Crowder/s Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Musicians 1
Queen's Bearwards Aragon, Katherine of (1485 - 1536) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Ludlow Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.