Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
1509 · Event
Henry weds his late brother Arthur's widow at Greenwich, six weeks after his accession. The 24-year marriage produces only one surviving child, Mary, and ends in the annulment that breaks England from Rome.
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