Talk:Catherine of Aragon

Skip to table of contents

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Catherine of Aragon article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4: 21 days

Biography: Royalty and Nobility

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
	This article is supported by WikiProject Royalty and Nobility (assessed as High-importance).

Spain High‑importance

	Spain portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Spain, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Spain on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SpainWikipedia:WikiProject SpainTemplate:WikiProject SpainSpain
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Christianity: Anglicanism Low‑importance

	Christianity portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ChristianityWikipedia:WikiProject ChristianityTemplate:WikiProject ChristianityChristianity
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Anglicanism (assessed as Low-importance).

English Royalty High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject English Royalty. For more information, visit the project page.English RoyaltyWikipedia:WikiProject English RoyaltyTemplate:WikiProject English RoyaltyEnglish royalty
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Women's History Mid‑importance

	History portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women's HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject Women's HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Women's HistoryWomen's History
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Politics Low‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Politics of the United Kingdom Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

International relations Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject International relations, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of International relations on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.International relationsWikipedia:WikiProject International relationsTemplate:WikiProject International relationsInternational relations
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on 13 dates. [show]

May 23, 2004, June 11, 2004, May 23, 2005, June 11, 2005, May 23, 2006, May 23, 2007, May 23, 2008, May 23, 2010, May 19, 2012, May 19, 2015, May 19, 2016, June 11, 2019, and June 11, 2023

Family Tree

Ancestors of Catherine of Aragon

8. Ferdinand I of Aragon

4. John II of Aragon

9. Eleanor of Alburquerque

2. Ferdinand II of Aragon

10. Fadrique Enríquez (died 1473)

5. Juana Enríquez

11. Mariana Fernández de Córdoba

1. Catherine of Aragon

12. Henry III of Castile

6. John II of Castile

13. Catherine of Lancaster

3. Isabella I of Castile

14. John, Constable of Portugal

7. Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile

15. Isabel of Barcelos

Spelling of name

The article says Catherine "endorsed" variant spellings. That means she specifically favored variations. Is there any reason to believe that? Does any source suggest it? I would guess she simply "used" variant spellings as was usual at the time, and wasn't "endorsing" anything, so the article gives a misleading impression. Zaslav (talk) 15:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I've removed 'endorsed'. Celia Homeford (talk) 15:29, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"without reference to the pope (sic)"

Seriously? I think you mean "Pope". There's no way I can see to edit this topic, either. Also, some of the captions to the photos can't even be consistent with the spelling of her name. It's like the Wild West here. I don't remember seeing this level of chaos in the Encyclopedia Britannica back in the 20th Century. 'Course, not many folks here will remember that. 2601:600:A400:91B0:E162:C86F:712B:AA5D (talk) 04:53, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:JOB suggests that capitalization only applies to the current pope: "a substitute for their name during their time in office." Any help?: AntientNestor (talk) 08:28, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]