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Marriage of Catherine and Henry VIII (1509)
On 11 June 1509, the newly acceded King Henry VIII of England married Princess Catherine of Aragon at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greenw…
Timeline
- 1509Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greenwich · LondonHenry VIII and Catherine were married privately at Greenwich, only about seven weeks after Henry's accession in late April; the wedding proceeded swiftly after the mourning period for Henry VII ended.
- 1509Westminster Abbey · LondonCatherine was crowned queen on the same day as Henry VIII's coronation, formally establishing her public position as Queen of England; the Anglo-Spanish marriage was thus fully consummated at the ceremonial level.
Sources
- Catherine of Aragon https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-of-Aragon
- The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Catherine of Aragon