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Position:Home>History> What was the name of henry VIII first wife?Question: What was the name of henry VIII first wife!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Catherine of Aragon!. (Originally Catalina!.) She was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Catherine of Aragon, she is Henry VIII's brother Arthur's wife until he died, then Henry married her but in time the marriage is unhappy and henry wants a son from catherine but the only kid survived was the future queen mary of england(aka bloody mary!!), henry thinks that this is because he did a great sin to God by marrying his brother's widow so he wanted to set free and find a new one!. so he asked the pope at that time to divorce them but the pope was held captive by the holy roman empreror who was catherine's nephew so the pope refused and henry was furious!. then henry decided to break free from rome and start the church of england and become it's head!. then after that he divorced catherine and married anne boleyn and that started henry's devastating matrimonial adventures of marrying a lot of women who always left him!.^^Www@QuestionHome@Com Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castille!. She was theyoungest and originally married to Henry's older brother Arther, who died of consumption!. Her father-in-law didn't was to lose her dowry , so he engaged her to henry when I think he was 12!. He later grew up and married her, and had nine children( I think) and only lived to adulthood( Mary)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Catherine of Aragon If you'd like to know more about her, here's a link to a wikipedia article: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Catherine_o!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Catherine of Aragon, (1485 - 1536), Daughter of Ferdinand II of Spain AND Isabella I of Castile!. Married 11Th June 1509, Chapel of the Observant Friars!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Catherine of AragonWww@QuestionHome@Com Catherine of Aragon!. 1509-1533Www@QuestionHome@Com |