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Henry VIII's divorce from Catharine caused England to break from the Catholic Church and the Pope's influence and started the Church of England which changed England's history forever. She was the catalyst for the change.

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She was born Duchesse of Aquitaine, married and divorced Louis VII of France, was forced to marry Henry II of England, the "Red Star of Malice", and gave birth to Richard the Lion Heart, Crusader, and later King of England.

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