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| Historical Timeline of aka Katharine & Catalina |
 Young Katherine aged 15/16 c 1502 |  Young Henry 1509 |
| 1485 - December 16 | Born in Alcala de Henares, Spain |
| 1497 | Betrothal to Prince Arthur Tudor |
| 1499 - May 19 | Marriage by Proxy to Arthur |
| 1501 - November 14 | Actual Wedding (aged 16 & Arthur is 15) |
| 1502 - April 2 | Widowed 4 1/2 months later |
| 1503 - June 25 | Betrothed to Prince Henry who is aged 12 |
| 1504 | Mother Isabella dies |
| 1505 - June 27 | Henry repudiates his betrothal to her |
| 1505 - 1509 | Suffers from financial troubles |
| 1509 - Early June | Members of the Privy Council urge Henry to marry her |
| 1509 - June 11 | Marries Henry (aged 23 & he is 18) & re-allies Spain & England |
| 1509 - June 24 | Crowned Queen of England |
| 1510 - January 31 | Stillborn daughter |
| 1510 - Late May | Either suffers from an infection or has a phantom pregnancy. When she emerges from her birthing chambers, without a child, she & Henry violently quarrel. |
| 1510 | Finds out Henry has taken an interest in Anne Stafford, Duke of Buckingham's sister & she is sent from court. Henry is angry that she has spied on him & sends Lady Elizabeth Fitzwalter (who was in her retinue & told her brother about the dalliance) from court in retaliation. |
| 1511 | Son Henry is born & dies 52 days later |
| 1513 | Acts as Regent in Henry's Absence (aged 28) She is appointed Captain-General of the Home forces & Governor of the Realm |
| 1513 | Son Henry is born & dies hours later |
| 1514 | Stillborn daughter |
| 1514 | Rumours circulate in Rome that Henry means "to repudiate his wife ...because he is unable to have children by her" [Starkey] Though this seems extremely unlikely as she was pregnant at the time. |
| 1514 | Elizabeth Blount catches Henry's eye at the Christmas Mummery |
| 1516 | Daughter Princess Mary Tudor is born |
| 1516 | Father Ferdinand dies |
| 1518 | Stillborn daughter - it is said, she went into premature labour after noticing Bessie Blount was plumper & blooming and she never recovered her health. |
| 1519 - Summer | Learns that Henry's teenaged mistress, Elizabeth Blount had given birth to a son, Henry Fitzroy. She is upset & humiliated & begins to withdraw from court life. |
| 1520 | Attends "Cloth of Gold" summit with Francis I |
| 1521 - 1523/4 | Sometime between those dates, Mary Boleyn becomes Henry's mistress |
 aged 39/40 c. 1525 Part of a set to the miniature on the right |  aged 34/35 c. 1525 Part of a set to the miniature on the left |
| 1524 | After 15 years of marriage, Henry stops sexual relations with her. He begins to have serious doubts about the validity of their marriage & believes that God is punishing him for marrying his brother's wife by not giving him a son. (aged 39 & Henry is 34) |
| 1525 - Summer | Henry attempts to build up Henry Fitzroy as an alternative heir & creates him Duke of Richmond |
| 1525 - August | Princess Mary Tudor is sent to Ludlow to establish her own court & Katherine is upset that she won't see her again. |
| 1526 | Henry ceases to co-habit with her |
| 1526 - Christmas | She is reunited with her daughter Mary but becoming isolated at Court. |
| 1527 - Spring | Henry informs her he wants a divorce/annulment after 18 years of marriage. |
| 1527 - June 22 | Henry tells her that they must separate because they have been living in sin. He asks her to co-operate & to choose a house to retire to until the matter is resolved. She is stunned & upset & makes it quite plain that she will resist any divorce. |
| 1527 - September | Henry asks the Pope for an annulment of his marriage to Katherine |
| 1528 - Summer | There is public support for her and the people shout "Victory over your enemies" when she is in public |
| 1528 - Autumn | She is still living at court but is becoming increasingly isolated. |
| 1528 - September 29 | The Pope sends Cardinal Campeggio to hear Henry's case |
| 1528 - October 24 | Campeggio, the Pope's emissary meets with her and advises her to enter a convent & retire gracefully.She refuses. |
| 1528 - Late October | Receives a letter telling her that by riding out & attracting the cheers of the people, she was inciting rebellion. The council also tells her that if she continues to work against the King in this way she will be completely separated from both the City & Princess Mary. |
| 1528 - November | She continues to fight the divorce & is now separated from her daughter |
| 1529 - June 18 | She makes her famous impassioned speech at the Legatine Court at Blackfriars & challenges the authority of the court |
| 1529 - November 30 | Henry dines with Katherine in an effort to appear civil but it doesn't go well & she is angry with him. |
| 1529 - December 24 | Henry tells her that even if the Pope declares their marriage to be lawful he would still have his divorce. He tells her that the Church of Canterbury is more important than that of Rome & that if the Pope found against him then he would declare the Pope a heretic & marry whomever he chooses. |
| 1531 - June | Henry appeases her by allowing her to see Mary |
| 1531 - July 14 | Henry officially separates from her after 22 years of marriage & never sees her again. She is banished from court. |
| 1531 - Christmas | Henry returns her gift saying that they are no longer man & wife it is not proper for them to exchange gifts. |
| 1532 - January | Her daughter, Mary is allowed to visit her |
| 1532 - August | Her closest friend, Maria de Salinas, Lady Willoughby, is ordered to leave her household & she is told not to make any attempt to communicate with her. |
| 1532 - Sept 13 | She is told to move to Enfield |
| 1533 - Feb | Henry orders her to move to Ampthill which was some distance from London. She writes letters to both the Pope and Charles saying that she wanted no bloodshed and would not sanction any invasion of England on her behalf. |
| 1533 - April 1 | Convocation declared by 14 votes to 7 that if Catherine's first marriage had been consummated, then her marriage to Henry was against God's law and as such invalid. |
| 1533 - April 5 | Convocation ruled that the Pope did not have the authority to issue a bull setting aside the ruling in Leviticus that no man shall marry his brother's wife. The ruling was opposed by Bishop John Fisher. |
| 1533 - April 9 | Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk were sent to Ampthill to tell Catherine that Henry and Anne were married. She was told that as she was now no longer queen she must use the title Princess dowager of Wales. She was allowed to keep her property but her servants and household expenses would now be her responsibility. She was also told that if she submitted to the King's will she would be generously provided for. |
| 1533 - May 13 | Thomas Cranmer pronounces judgement on Henry's marriage to Katherine. He declared the marriage null and void on the grounds that it was contrary to divine law. Bishop John Fisher was the only bishop to protest against the decision and secretly appealed to Charles V to intervene, using force if necessary. However, although angry, Charles had no intention of starting a war. |
| 1533 - June | She has her entourage put into new liveries embroidered with H & K to celebrate their marriage of 24 years. |
| 1533 - July 3 | She is visited by a deputation of Councillors led by Lord Mountjoy. She is told that if she would submit to the King's wishes he would provide her with a handsome estate but that if she persisted in her obstinacy things would go badly for her daughter and servants. |
| 1533 - July 11 | Henry is excommunicated by the Pope |
| 1533 - late July | Henry is furious with Katherine's continual obstinacy and orders her to move to the Bishop of Lincoln's Palace at Buckden in Huntingdonshire |
| 1533 - early December | She writes to Henry asking if she might be allowed to move to a healthier house. Henry replies that she could move to Fotheringay Castle if she chose. Knowing it to be worse than Buckden, she declines. |
| 1534 - March 23 | Act of Succession. This Act was introduced to exclude Mary from the succession and settle it instead on the children born from his marriage to Anne. It registered the invalidity of Henry's first marriage and proclaimed his second to be legal. Severe penalties were to be imposed on all those who opposed Henry's second marriage and this Act, either openly or secretly. The Act also gave Henry the power to extract oaths from any of his subjects regarding the provisions of the Act. Anyone refusing to swear the oath would be guilty of treason. |
| 1534 - early April | She refuses to swear the oath of succession. She starts to fear for both her own and her daughter's life. She only eats food prepared by trusted servants. |
| 1534 - May 23 | Pope pronounces their marriage as still valid |
| 1534 - May | She moves to Kimbolton and her apartments were more comfortable than those of Buckden |
| 1534 - June | The Bishop of Durham is sent to make her swear to the Oath of Succession. However, she steadfastly refuses to take the oath. |
| 1534 - July | Her health deteriorates & both Chapuys & Maria De Salinas are denied permission to visit her. However, Ambassador Chapuys makes a great show of the journey although five miles from the castle he is met by one of her messengers who tells him that she has been forbidden to meet him. He turns back satisfied that the people knew Spain supported Katherine |
| 1535 - April/May | There are plans for her to escape organized by Chapuys & Charles V but they are cancelled because of the fear that if they were discovered both she and her daughter would be executed. |
| 1535 - December 1 | Katherine is seriously ill. She is complaining of chest pains, unable to eat and confined to bed. |
| 1535 - December 14 | She has recovered slightly and able to sit in a chair. She writes to Charles V asking for money to pay her servants as her funds were depleted |
| 1535 - December 17 | Katherine celebrates her 50th Birthday |
| 1535 - December 26 | She is taken ill and was forced to take to her bed again. |
| 1535 - December 30? | Ambassador Chapuys is given permission to visit her because she is considered to be dying. Henry is still considering if he will allow Mary to visit. |
| 1536 - January 2 | Chapuys arrives at Kimbolten Castle to see Catherine. She tells him that she could die happy now she knew she was not abandoned. |
| 1536 - January 4 | Chapuys tells her physician that if her condition deteriorates she is to swear on her deathbed that her marriage to Arthur had not been consummated. Much store was set by deathbed confessions. |
| 1536 - January 5 | Maria de Salinas, Lady Willoughby, forces her way into Kimbolten Castle to see her despite being refused permission to visit. |
| 1536 - January 6 | Katherine makes her will, despite it being against the law for a woman to make a will while her husband lives. She asks for her debts to be paid and her servants rewarded for the good service they have given. She bequeaths a collar of gold that she had brought from Spain to Mary as well as her furs. Chapuys leaves Kimbolten as she seems so much stronger. |
| 1536 - January 7 | Katherine awakes with stomach pains and nausea. She quickly becomes very weak and her confessor is summoned. She dictates two letters, one to Henry and one to Charles V. She receives Holy Communion and extreme unction then prays aloud for two hours. She dies at 2 p.m.(aged 50 and Henry is 44) at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, probably of cancer. She lived the longest of all Henry's wives. |
| 1536 - January 8 | An autopsy was carried out on Catherine'sher body. A black growth was found on her heart but no other abnormalities. . It was believed by someChapuys & the catholic faction that Anne Boleyn had slowly poisoned Katherine to death and the death of Mary was rumoured to follow. . |
| 1536 - January 29 | Katherine is buried at Peterborough Cathedral. Her successor Anne Boleyn bears a still born son the same day which is the beginning of her own demise. |
