One of the most tragic wives of King Henry VIII was his first wife Catherine of Aragon, who despite being married to the infamous Tudor Monarch for the longest, was shunned and dumped out of her house and marriage with shocking brutality. She was banned from seeing her daughter, the future Mary I all because the King was obsessed with Anne Boleyn and his quest to divorce and annul his marriage with Catherine. The Tudor Monarch treated Catherine awfully, and she died practically under house arrest living out her final years in complete misery and solitude. But she had a sister who became the nominal Queen of Castile and Queen of Aragon who despite being incredibly powerful in Spain became known in history as Joanna the Mad. But what is the story behind the madness of Catherine of Aragon’s sister?
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