The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon, Part 1 | 28

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We mostly remember Henry VIII’s six wives because of their fate at the hands of history’s most notorious ex. But there’s so much more to them than divorce, death and beheadings.

Henry’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was a Spanish princess who grew up believing that being Queen of England was her destiny and God-given right. But getting–and staying–on the throne turns out to be a lot more complicated than she thought. When she isn’t able to have a healthy son and heir to the throne, Henry decides her time is up. But Catherine refuses to back down, even when someone new arrives and threatens her place on the throne.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
0:04.1	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.6	A quick note about our show.
0:09.7	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your boring high school history class.
0:14.7	So some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:17.4	And a royal heads up, today's episode contains discussion of miscarriage.
0:22.0	Also, some foul language and foul play.
0:24.9	Please be advised.
0:31.5	Okay, Brookie, how do you want to be remembered by your achievements, by your impact, by your obsession with squirrels?
0:40.0	I want people to be like, she was funny and she cared about animals.
0:45.2	Mm-hmm.
0:45.7	That's really it.
0:47.0	I appreciate that, but what if instead you were remembered for dating some loser X?
0:53.4	Yeah, who's going to be like, yeah, that would be better?
0:56.3	Sign me up.
0:58.8	Been working for the last 10 years to unshed from that legacy.
1:04.3	But unfortunately, for the six wives of Henry VIII, that's the case.
1:10.6	And Henry the 8th discarded these wives,
1:12.8	like used Kleenex, and often in the worst ways possible. I mean, he literally had two of his wives
1:19.4	beheaded. I know. Which is wild, but I feel like back then that it wasn't as wild. I mean,
1:25.0	yeah, agree. But I will say beheading a queen is like next level
1:30.7	shit. Like a common or whatever, everyone's doing it. But a queen, that's huge. Okay. Yeah, that's fair.
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