Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, were married from 14th November 1501 until Arthur's death on 2nd April 1502, but did they consummate their marriage? They certainly slept in the same bed, but did Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor have sex?

 

Find out what people said at the Legatine court hearing in 1529 and the Zaragoza hearing in 1531, and what Catherine claimed, in this talk from historian Claire Ridgway.

 

Huge thanks to Lucy from the UK for asking such a wonderful question.

 

Further reading:

 

Sister Queens by Julia Fox

Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s Spanish Queen by Giles Tremlett

Tudor by Leanda de Lisle

Catherine of Aragon by Patrick Williams

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser

Six Wives by David Starkey

Catherine of Aragon by Garrett Mattingly

Did Arthur Tudor consummate his marriage by Kyra Kramer - http://www.kyrackramer.com/2020/01/26/did-arthur-tudor-consummate-his-marriage/

Catherine of Aragon: Spain’s Virgin queen? - https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/catherine-aragon-katherine-henry-viii-wife-queen-facts-virgin-sex-arthur-divorce-rome-how-why/