Six wives | 1. Catherine of Aragon
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Catherine's Uncomfortable Life in Peenery
Catherine is a pawn between her father-in-law King Henry VII of England and her father King Ferdinand of Aragon. Both are arguing about her dowry in the finances of the marriage. She cannot cover her expenses, so starts writing awful letters back to her father. This was most definitely not the glittering future that Catherine must have imagined when she'd set sail for England.
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