What was wrong with Princess Mary (Queen of Scots)?
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Moss_Garden — 10 years ago(November 22, 2015 03:00 PM)
That wasn't Mary, Queen of Scots. That was Mary Tudor, Henry and Katherine's daughter, later Mary 1 or Bloody Mary. Historically she was a sickly person, never in good health for one reason or another. The show used the quickest way possible to show that without having to make a big deal out of it. Also it showed how strict Katherine was even with her beloved daughter, and gave Cromwell an opportunity to show Mary a little kindness.
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KatharineFanatic — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 06:29 AM)
It was complete tosh.
Katharine of Aragon was a compassionate woman who smiled even in the midst of her troubles and adored her daughter; turning her into a cold-hearted shrew just to make Cromwell look good is an injustice. -
the sphynx — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 06:32 AM)
I didn't see Katharine being anything like a cold-hearted shrew in this depiction. She's a dignified, wronged, intelligent, loving wife and mother. She's not real warm to Cromwell, considering he's helping Henry to dump her to marry Anne, but that's understandable. And he tries to get permission from the king for her to see her daughter, or Chapuy before she dies, but no luck.
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Tullyboy — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 04:49 PM)
To moss_garden:
Small detail *** Just a small spelling correction it's Catherine, with a 'C'. I thought the same as you but happened to look it up online to confirm the spelling for a post I was writing . . . -
Moss_Garden — 10 years ago(January 27, 2016 11:09 AM)
You know, I've often wondered about that. Properly, her name certainly should be spelled with a C, as she was technically Catalina of Spain, and Catherine was the more common spelling of the English version of the name even in that era of woefully inconsistent spelling.
And yet, we have all these records of her and Henry's intwined initials being "H&K," so I don't know what that's about. Perhaps the artists doing the initials just thought it looked better that way? And on her tomb it reads "Katharine." Anyway, that's how it's stuck in my mind now.
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melj — 9 years ago(May 16, 2016 03:21 AM)
Yes - there is no "correct" spelling. Like her contemporaries, she alternated the spelling when signing her name. Her name at birth was Catalina, but her most famous signature is "Katharine the quene". Spellings such as "Kateryn" were also used. Most writers just use the standard spelling "Catherine" for consistency. After all, it doesn't really matter all that much.