Queen Katherine Struggled To Have Children
Unfortunately, Katherine’s Scottish victory was also a period of heartache. One of the Queen’s primary duties at the time was to produce a male heir for Henry VIII. She was pregnant within a year of her marriage. The baby girl was stillborn. In 1511, she had a son, Prince Henry, who died 52 days later.
Katherine had a miscarriage, and then another son who passed away shortly after his birth. She gave birth to a daughter, Mary, in 1516. Mary would later reign as Queen Mary I. By 1518, after two more non-viable pregnancies, her hopes to give Henry his male heir were over.
