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On this date in 1485, the original Real Housewife of Tudor Court was born: Catherine of Aragon. Although she was the daughter of King Ferdinand of Aragon, this princess’ reign was not to be in Spain. At the ripe old age of three, she was betrothed to marry the future Henry VIII’s older brother, Arthur, who was the heir to the English throne at the time. She became his queen when she was a lovely and plump teenager, a gracious and popular princess with wide blue eyes and long reddish-gold hair.

As fate would have it, her marriage to Arthur was short-lived. By the time she was 23, this well-educated catch married the next prince in line, our Henry.  And the rest is history, poor girl.