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Podcast: The Tudor Chest Podcast
Episode: Katharine of Aragon, Spanish Princess, with Heather Darsie
Description: Much of Katharine of Aragon’s story is dominated by the end of her marriage to King Henry VIII, but we seldom explore where it all started, back in her native homeland of Spain. What was Katharine of Aragon's ancestry, how did her marriages into the English royal family come about, and how did Katharines mother Isabella work with Henry VII to help legitimise each others claims to their respective thrones? Well to answer all of this I welcome back historian, author and attorney Heather Darsie onto the show. Heather’s latest book, Katharine of Aragon, Spanish Princess, which come...