Catherine the Great's Daughter

Despite Catherine's many diplomatic achievements, there was another key part to being a successful queen in this era. And it was inescapably biological. After seven years of marriage, including at least one stillbirth, one miscarriage and the infant death of Prince Henry, Catherine still hadn't given her husband a surviving heir. But that all changed in 1516 when Catherine gave birth to a healthy daughter, Mary. It wasn't quite the son that Henry had dreamt of, but it wasn't a bad start.