Why didn't Charles V do anything to help Catherine of Aragon financially?

Question

I've been watching the Tudors on HBO and I wondered, why, after Catherine of Aragon was removed as queen, didn't Charles V take her back to Spain or give her money or something to that effect. was she still under control of Henry? Would he even care? I tried to find something online, but didn't have any luck.

Answer 1

Well, he kidnapped the Pope.  Whaddya want, already??  Probably had Juana la Loca on his mind and thought Katherine would turn out to be as big a pain.

Answer 2

under the Tudor household, she was still the (wife) of the king.  Offering aid was an act of war.  Henry the VIII was becoming viable as a adversary...it wasn't advisable.

Answer 3

Until the end of her life, Catherine of Aragon would refer to herself as Henry's only lawfully-wedded wife and England's only rightful Queen Consort; her faithful servants continued to address her by that title. Catherine fought for her and her daughter's rights, and her presence in England did have some impact on Henry, Anne and the rest of the nation. If she stayed in England, she would still have hope, that some day Henry would bring her back to court.

Events in The Tudors series differ from events as they actually happened in history. Liberties are taken with character names, relationships, physical appearance and the timing of events.

Inaccuracies:

Time is conflated in the series, giving the impression that things happened closer together than they actually did. By the time of most of the events in this series, King Henry VIII was already in his mid-to-late 30s. Henry was about a decade older than Anne Boleyn, who was born circa 1501, and did not seriously begin his pursuit of her until he was in his mid-thirties.

The character of Henry's sister, called "Princess Margaret" in the series, is actually a composite of his two sisters: the life events of his youngest sister, Princess Mary Tudor, coupled with the name of his eldest sister, Margaret Tudor (to avoid confusion with Henry's daughter, Mary I of England).[4] Historically, Henry's sister Princess Mary first married the French King Louis XII.

While Bessie Blount was famously one of Henry VIII's mistresses and did give Henry an illegitimate son (Henry FitzRoy), historically, her son did not die as a small child. FitzRoy died at the age of 17 in 1536, roughly 10 years before the death of his father, Henry VIII. Blount was also not married until after the birth of Henry FitzRoy.

The papal politics depicted in the first several episodes of the series also have no clear relation to actual events. A Pope Alexander is depicted as on his death bed at the time of the Field of the Cloth of Gold meeting between Henry and Francis (in 1520), whereas the actual pope at that time, Leo X, died suddenly at the very end of 1521, and there had not been a pope named Alexander since 1503, before the beginning of Henry's reign.

In the first episode an English ambassador described as the uncle of Henry VIII is murdered in Italy by Frenchmen; the historical Henry VIII had no such uncle. However, the character is named "Courtenay," suggesting William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, who was married to Henry's aunt Catherine of York but died of pleurisy in 1511. There is also no historical evidence that composer Thomas Tallis was bisexual, as portrayed in the series. Plus Tallis did not perform before the court until at least 10 years (1543) after the events portrayed in the beginning of the series.

In the second episode of season one Henry VIII is seen celebrating the birth of his son and fires a flintlock to do so. However, this type of musket was not invented until 1630, a century later.

Answer 4

Catherine would not leave England even if Charles had offered, because she maintained that she was England's rightful queen and her place was with Henry.  Charles would have had a tough time getting money through Henry's spy system, and Catherine probably wouldn't have used it anyway.

PS the Tudors on Showtime is extremely inaccurate...if you want the real history I suggest reading David Starkey and Alison Weir.