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Catherine of Aragon was divorced primarily because her marriage to King Henry VIII failed to produce a male heir, which he desperately wanted to secure the Tudor dynasty. After several unsuccessful pregnancies, including the birth of their daughter Mary, Henry sought an annulment on the grounds that their marriage was invalid since she had been his brother's widow. The Pope's refusal to grant the annulment led Henry to break away from the Catholic Church and establish the Church of England, allowing him to divorce Catherine. Ultimately, the divorce set off significant religious and political changes in England.

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