Catherine of Aragon was the queen of England who ruled from 1509 to 1533. She was merely three years old when her fate as the future queen of England was sealed, following her engagement to Arthur, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the English throne. After her marriage to Arthur in 1501, tragedy struck her life. To begin with, Arthur died an untimely death. She was then betrothed to Henry, Duke of York who went on to become King Henry VIII. Following her marriage to the king, she was instated as the queen of England. She proved to be a competent regent while King Henry VIII was campaigning in France. But tragedy struck her life yet again by the mid-1520s as King Henry VIII was enamored by Anne Boleyn and became greatly dissatisfied with his marriage to Catherine as she did not give birth to a male heir. What followed was a controversial string of events involving king’s plea for annulment of his marriage to Catherine, Catherine’s defense argument, Pope’s verdict, King’s secret marriage to Anne Boleyn, and Catherine’s banishment.