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Journal, I’ve decided to call you Bartholomew because I can’t just keep calling you journal. Today I am to marry Catherine of Aragon; she is the daughter of the Spanish King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile (Biography.com Editors). No doubt she is a rightful and good match for a man such as me. She was my brother’s wife; I gravely tell you that it has been a few years since his death. The poor lady was made a widow only after a few months of marriage to my elder brother. I have always looked up to him; he was a dear soul that I kept close to my heart. Ever more my father, King Henry VII wanted to strengthen our relationship with Spain. Hence this is why I am to marry my dead brother’s wife.
Through my brother’s death, may he rest in peace, I am to be crowned King of England (Biography.com Editors)! How very joyous is this news to me, even though it’s through a tragic event that this all happened. I will be crowned with my soon to be wife “at Westminster Abbey” (Biography.com Editors). Dearest Bartholomew, I must go now for I am to be king soon and I have much higher priorities. ~Henry Tudor VIII

Journal Entry #2- February 18, 1516 Bartholomew, today is a very …show more content…
“I grow frustrated that I have no male heirs yet” (Biography.com Editors). “One of my mistresses, Mary Boleyn, introduced me to her sister, Anne Boleyn” (Biography.com Editors). I cannot lie and deny that I’m not captivated by her countenance Bartholomew. I’ve already made plans with her to see her in secrecy; after all I am still a married man. Do not give me that look Bartholomew, it’s not my fault that Catherine is 42 and can’t conceive any more children (Biology.com Editors)! I’m on a mission to obtain a legitimate male heir, and I will do anything to get one (Biography.com

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