Yes, according to many sources and accounts. She was the so oft said, "wife of his youth." History has shown that the woman a man loves and marries in his youth, will often, not in all cases, hold a very strong emotional connection, where the man is concerned. You've all heard the saying, "They never leave their wives." This is where this type of bonding comes in. In many cases, the couple will have literallygrown up together.They will often have bonded to one an-others families as well. If children are involved, that bond is even made much more stronger. Time only increases the emotional attachment that exists between a couple who have been together for many years.
King Henry had known Catherine since childhood. He had admired her from the time she was the young wife of his brother, Aurthur. And before many pregnancies, ill health and stress had taken their toll, Catherine was a very pretty girl. With light reddish hair, blue eyes and a very pale complexion, she was considered to measure up well to the beauty standards of her day. She was very short, but this was easily overlooked when she was still a slight, thin, beautiful girl with cascading strawberry blond hair.
It wasn't only Catherine's looks that held Henry's heart so firmly. She was extremely well educated and could converse with him on his level. She was also very exuberant and usually wore a pretty smile on her attractive face. Catherine enjoyed a game as much as anyone and always enjoyed Henry's childish games which found them running around the castle. Indeed, they were very young.
In essence, Catherine of Aragon was more than his wife. She was, in essence, family. No one understood him like she did. And he may have found some mothering in her too. He loved her cooking, her sewing, and still requested these services after his involvement with Anne Boleyn.
they loved each other loads and wanted to be together for ever
There was no family relationship. Katherine of Aragon was Henry VIII's first wife. He divorced her in order to marry Anne Boleyn. Henry and Anne had a daughter - Elizabeth - who eventually became Queen Elizabeth I.
Henry VIII's older brother Arthur, Prince of Wales married Katherine of Aragon. Katherine of Aragon was the daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castille.
Katherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon was the first wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Mary I
Princess Katherine of Aragon.
Henry VIII got his divorce from Katherine Of Aragon after he withdrew himself from the Catholic Church and then about four years after the divorce Katherine caught a disease and died :)
Nobody. Katherine insisted until her death that she was still Henry's rightful wife and Queen.
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon were first betrothed almost immediately after her first husband, Arthur Tudor (who was also Henry VIII's older brother), died on 2 April, 1502. The betrothal was dissolved in 1505 by his father, Henry VII, but after Henry VII died in 1509, Henry VIII married her.
Mary Tudor- child of Katherine of Aragon
Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII
Katherine did not want to divorce Henry because she loved him and did not want there daughter, Mary, to become a bastard.
Mary Tudor- child of Katherine of Aragon