Katherine of Aragon Assumpta Serna The youngest surviving child of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Katherine of Aragon was betrothed to Arthur, the son of Henry VII of England, when she was three. At age 16, she and Arthur were married in Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Less than six months later, Arthur was dead. King Henry VII was interested in keeping Katherine's dowry, so she was betrothed to his second son, Henry VIII. When Henry was old enough to wed, Henry VII was no longer keen on a Spanish alliance, and forced his son to repudiate the betrothal. When the old king died in 1509, Henry VIII married Katherine and they ascended to the throne in a joint coronation ceremony on June 24, 1509. Katherine had several failed pregnancies before giving birth to Mary in 1516. Henry was frustrated by his lack of a male heir, but remained a devoted husband -- at first. By 1526, he had fallen in love with one of her ladies: Anne Boleyn. The King petitioned Clement VII for an annulment, which the pontiff refused to grant. Henry VIII rejected the power of the Pope and ordered Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury, to grant the annulment. Katherine was forced to renounce the title of Queen and became known as the Princess Dowager of Wales, a title she refused to acknowledge through to the end of her life. Katherine died in 1536 and was buried at Peterborough Abbey. Actress Assumpta Serna's career has spanned over 65 films and numerous plays and television appearances. She has earned more than 20 best actress awards in countries around the world. She has acted in six different languages in over 20 countries. She is a board member of the European Film Academy and a member of the American Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences and the Spanish Academy of Cinema. She was recently elected President of AISGE, the organization in Spain that deals with the task of managing and protecting the intellectual property rights of 4600 actor members. Serna made her film debut in Sweet Hours (1981). In the early 1990s, she played Teresa on the BBC series Sharpe. She also appeared in Pedro Almodovar's Matador and Pedro Olea's The Fencing Master, the 1993 Foreign Film Oscar entry from Spain. Her Hollywood movie credits include Nostradamus (1994), Wild Orchid (1990), and The Craft (1996).