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Question: How many kids did Catherine Of Aragon have !?
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She had 1 living child - Mary Tudor (Queen Mary I, "Bloody Mary")

According to history, she was pregnant a total of 6 times:
1!. Girl, stillborn 01/31/1510
2!. Boy, Prince Henry, Duke of Cornwall, born 01/01/1511, lived 52 days
3!. Boy, Henry, born 11/1513, lived only a few hours
4!. Girl, stillborn 12/1514
5!. Girl, Princess Mary, born 02/08/1516, later Queen Mary I
6!. Girl, stillborn 11/10/1518

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By 1505, when Henry was old enough to wed, Henry VII wasn't as keen on a Spanish alliance, and young Henry was forced to repudiate the betrothal!. Catherine's future was uncertain for the next four years!. When Henry VII died in 1509 and one of the new young king's actions was to marry Catherine!. She was finally crowned Queen of England in a joint coronation ceremony with her husband Henry VIII on June 24, 1509!.

Shortly after their marriage, Catherine found herself pregnant!. This first child was a stillborn daughter born prematurely in January 1510, but this disappointment was soon followed by another pregnancy!. Prince Henry was born on January 1, 1511 and the was christened on the 5th!. There were great celebrations for the birth of the young prince, but they were halted by the baby's death after 52 days of life!. Catherine then had a miscarriage, followed by a short-lived son!. On February 1516, she gave birth a daughter named Mary, and this child lived!. There were probably two more pregnancies, the last recorded in 1518!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Catherine of Aragon, b!. 1485; d!. 1536

Of Catherine's five children only one, a girl, later Mary I, survived infancy!.
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Catherine of Aragon
It wasn't long after the marriage that Catherine found herself pregnant!. Sadly, the child (a daughter) was stillborn in January 1510!. Catherine gave birth to a son a year later, but the celebrations following the birth were quieted after a month and a half when the young heir to the throne died!. Catherine would miscarry at least two more times and her only living child would be Mary (later Queen Mary I)!.
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Queen Catherine of Aragon bore six children, only one of whom had survived!.
This was Princess Mary, who would later become Queen Mary I of England also known as "Bloody Mary"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Catherine of Aragon bore six children for King Henry VIII, only one of whom, princess Mary (later Queen Mary I of England) survived past infancy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com