Was henry viii marrige to cathrine of aragon valiad ?

Question

Was henry viii marrige to cathrine of aragon valiad ?

Answer 1

Yes it was, but he just wanted to get rid of her because she couldnt have a son and so he could marry Anne Boleyn, so he said it wasnt a proper marriage because his brother had died still married to her, ither that or he said that she had slept with his brother.

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Answer 2

The marriage of Henry and Catherine was valid granted by the Pope. When Arthur Tudor died, Catherine of Aragon became a widow. At this point Henry VII was faced with the dilemma of how to avoid returning Catherine's dowry to her father. To avoid complications, it was agreed that Catherine would marry the king's second son, Prince Henry, who was more than five years her junior. Marriage to Arthur's brother Henry, depended on the Pope granting a dispensation because of the close relationships. Catherine testified that her marriage to Arthur was never consummated. The matter was considered of minor importance at the time, as the Pope had the power to overrule any objections to the marriage, whether or not they were forbidden by religious law.

Henry's discontent with Catherine was based on the fact that all their male heirs had died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I) surviving as heiress presumptive, at a time when there was no established precedent for a woman on the throne. By this time Catherine was not in a physical condition to undergo further pregnancies. Henry began to believe that his marriage was cursed and sought confirmation from two verses of the Book of Leviticus, which said that, if a man marries his brother's wife, the couple will be childless. If Catherine had lied when she said her marriage to Arthur had not been consummated, it meant that their marriage was wrong in the eyes of God. On these grounds, Henry asked Pope Clement VII to annul his marriage in 1527. The Pope stalled on the issue for seven years without making a final judgment. Allowing an annulment would have been to admit that the Church had been in error for allowing a dispensation in the first place.

Henry declared his marriage to Catherine was invalid and separated from her in July 1531 and annulled the marriage on May 23, 1533. As a consequence, Catherine lost the dignity of being queen and was demoted to Princess Dowager of Wales (a title she would have held as the widow of Arthur). Mary in turn was deemed illegitimate and her place in the line of succession transferred to her half-sister, the future Elizabeth I, daughter of Anne Boleyn. She was also now styled "Lady Mary" rather than princess due to her illegimate status.

Answer 3

Yes, it was valid at the time the marriage took place.  They had received a dispensation from the Pope to marry (marrying your brother's wife was frowned upon.)  And, at the time, England was too anxious to keep Katherine's dowry and not offend Spain, who was a major power.  So, Katherine and Henry marry, and were relatively happy for a time.  

Then Henry's wandering eye fell on Anne Boelyn, he fell in love, and he rationalized his way out of marriage with Katherine.  They had been married for almost 24 years  (1509 to 1533), but all the male children had died in infancy, and as Katherine was approaching menopause, it was becoming obvious that she was not going to be able to give him a male heir.  Henry asked for an annulment in 1527, but the church took seven years to make a decision (didn't want to offend Spain, who's princess would be set aside, didn't want to offend France, etc.., etc.) Eventually, Henry took matters in his own hands, appointed a sympathetic Archbishop of Canterbury, and Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, which basically made Henry the head of the English church.