jonathansuki

** spoiler alert ** Whenever I read about Henry VIII England I always feel bad for Queen Catherine. Between all of his wives the two Catherine's really got the short end of the stick. I knew that Catalina had to wait a couple of years between the death of Arthur to her marriage of Henry but I didn't realize it was seven years or that she basically lived as a beggar during those seven years because Henry VII was such a miser. She really lived up to her best known adjective, patience. She sat there in a foreign country for seven years with no money, no real friends or support system, and patiently waited for her marriage to Henry to happen. Even though on some level she must have known that there was little hope. She also had to live through the schemes that people around her were constantly plotting. I think any normal person would have left England to return to Spain after Arthur's funeral. In my humble opinion I think she would have been better off if she had returned to Spain and married someone else but that is just me. To add insult to injury the daughter that Catherine fought so hard for ended up burning all non-Catholics and receiving that terrible moniker that has stayed with her through the ages. Really kind of sad after all her mother went through to see that she inherited the throne, which of course was Mary's to begin with because she was Henry's only legitimate child, in my opinion.

2022-10-21 05:27