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Deformed wasn't meant in the same way it is today (i.e. disfigured). He was referring to her weight. Catherine became overweight in her later years according to some sources.
As a Spanish-American, it has always blown my mind that people think that every Spanish person has dark features. While I do (as do my mother and son and my mother's sisters and father), my abuela has blonde hair and green eyes, not to mention my angel of a daughter looks EXACTLY like your recreation of Catherine -- down to the long red/blonde hair and pale skin. I even sent her this video because so many people get confused when she says that she is Spanish. Thank you for this gem of a video - incredible work as always.
My ancestors (some) were Spanish-from Europe. I have gray eyes and blonde hair. It’s on their side, as for my other ancestry is ‘native’. So you’re right. And yes, Queen Catherine was beautiful ❣️👍
@@jaengenSorry, but why would you think Moors and Christians would have married each other back in the middle ages, when Christians of different sects wouldn't even marry each other??
Very sad story. Katherine had everything. Powerful royal parents. She was a devoted wife and loving mother. Yet Henry VIII treated her with such cruelty because he blamed her for not bearing him sons.
She was the product of monsters. I find it hard to pity her or her estrangement from her daughter when her parents ethnically cleansed thousands. Im sure the Jews who lost everything, including their lives, loved their children too, it didn’t save them from the zealotry of Ferdinand and Isabella.
I domnt know Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were literally executed....Catherine wsnt the only one here and that portrait with red hair isnt her for sure...if it is anyone its Henrys sister
@@HK-gm8pe exactly and that is what would have happened to her if she was not born a Spanish princess seeing how Anne Boleyn was innocent of the bogus charges against her not to mention that she was engaged to Henry Percy when Henry decided he had to have her so had Wolsely block her marriage. She wanted to get married so even though she was in love with Henry Percy she eventually had no choice to either be Henry's wife or mistress so she chose wife. Catherine Howard while her charges were real unlike her cousin she was a child when she married him and also had no choice.
I think you are absolutely correct in your assertion. In the 15 year old recreation we can see why Henry VII would have been so pleased for his son to have her as his bride. I love watching the animation you give the recreations, especially the smiles, which always make my heart happy. While we know that so many of the royalty portrayed had tragic lives, it is wonderful to imagine them having a joyful moment. Well done!
It's a little creepy that after his son died, the 47 year old Henry VII wanted to marry her himself. When her father said no, her father in law hardly gave her and her household any support for food and housing.
@@serahloeffelroberts9901he'd spent the dowry, so it was that or marry her to someone else. Henry, his son, was technically out of bounds. Also 15 was perfectly acceptable for an older man to marry, especially as he would want more sons to secure the succession of a usurping dynasty
Could you do facial reconstructions of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella? Perhaps after we see what they looked like in real life we could get a better impression of Katherine’s looks as well. I loved your recreations btw. Bravo, as always.
When i hear the life story of Catherine of Aragon i cant help but feel sad for her. Such a strong woman full of faith and integrity and had to suffer so much humiliation. Im sure she was beautiful when younger. But so much suffering with all the pressure to produce an male heir and feeling unloved. I read the beginning of her marriage to Henry VIII was happy. And then she is rejected like she had no value. No wonder she lost her youthful beauty. But im sure she was a woman that inspired respect and love from the one that really knew her!
I think we have to remember that those were different times and unfortunately such was the fate of women whatever place they had in society. That is they were married off to forge family alliances and for dowries. There were seldom 'love' marriages. Even after her divorce Catherine continued to be loved by the English people and unlike several of Henry's other wives she kept her head! Much of her sadness was in the separation from her daughter Mary, ( Henry forbade them from seeing each other unless they recognised Anne Boleyn as Queen which both refused to do).
@@AliSakurai Yes, I think you might be right. So much wasn't known at the time about the importance of nutrition during pregnancy and the impact on the development of the baby.
My husband and I think this is your best re-creation yet. Something about the older Catherine's face tells of the incredible pain and hurt she suffered due to miscarriages and Henry's push to have a male heir. Thank you for all you do to bring these people in history to life.
While these portraits could never convey how they actually looked in real life with how much editing was likely done, I always find it fascinating to see these recreations as they give a look into how these figures wanted to be seen as
From the historical descriptions and the similarity to the Juana portrait, I think the portraits you chose are Catherine. She’s beautiful and everything you would expect from a graceful Spanish royal. Almost all royals across Europe had the strawberry blonde hair. Well done!
this was great. I've always thought that the Sittow portrait was Catherine as it looks nothing like the actual portraits of Mary Tudor. Thank you for making these!
Your recreation of the older Catherine with the modification is spot on to me, intuitively! I agree she looks like the younger portrait! She could be the same woman for sure. Thank you so much for your beautiful work. 😍
Such an admirable Queen. Her tomb is at Peterborough Cathedral. I stopped in the town while traveling from Norwich to Newcastle and regret not making time to see her tomb. Great Video she deserves so much more. "Like"
There is a Spanish tv show called Isabel it covers the life of Catherine’s mother Isabel of Castile. One of the last episodes shows young Catherine before leaving to England, and the actress that they got to play her Natalia Rodríguez looks so much more like the portraits of her then other actresses I have seen play her in movies and TV shows and to make it even better she’s actually Spanish
catherine looked so beautful! no wonder henry (AT FIRST) was in love with catherine,who could not? she was beautful,kind,sweet,intelligent,devout and loyal and determined, REST IN PEACE Catherine of Aragon.
I love your theory; the older and younger portraits and recreations, to my eye, could absolutely be the same woman. I really enjoyed your deep dive into the art history and portrait mysteries. The Tudor history nerd in me is in heaven! And thanks so much for pointing out the inaccuracies in so many TV and movie portrayals of Catherine; why make her stereotypically "Spanish" with dark hair and eyes, when all the primary sources said she was fair? (Sorry for the rant, lol.)
Thank you!! And I totally agree - how hard is it just to make her hair color accurate? Maybe they thought audiences wouldn’t understand she was Spanish without dark hair?
I think in many cases it's simply a storytelling device, a "short cut" for signalling to the viewers that Catherine was Spanish and/or "foreign". With her actual looks she might look like a Tudor relative - the thing is, she _was_ a Tudor relative. Royal families were often more related to each other across borders than to the respective peoples they ruled, so yes, this practice is silly, and yes, it does annoy me too that she doesn't get her actual looks.
@@monmothma3358 Родственницей Тюдоров по какой линии? Она из династии Трастамара по матери, которая в свою очередь была дальней родственницей Ланкастеров по линии Джона Гонта
You are a stellar artist. All your videos, recreations combined with your angelic voice in your narrations are so touching, so heart-warming, so breathtaking.. that I can't even explain how many wonderful emotions I felt watching these master pieces you created & blessed us with. We love you!! 💌
A lot of the representations of them in this era are so wild. So many copies and all of them so bad! I wish we could find the real ones. Drives me mad when they refer to Princess Mary as 'Mary Rose Tudor' when middle names were hardly never used in this era. Mary Rose was a ship. Your re-creations are always so amazing. I think the Sittow portrait is her as it is so similar to the one of her and Juana as young girls. Would love to see what you do with portraits of her mother Isabella!
Yes, totally agree! I’d never seen the Portrait of a Girl but I think the resemblance between it and the Sittow portrait is strong. When you add in the sister, Joanna, the case seems even stronger. And, wow, you blew me away with the recreation of that miniature! It made me really happy to see that portrait become a real woman. Across the three portraits, the earliest, the Sittow and the miniature, I feel like I’m actually face to face with Catherine.
I agree, she was a great actress for the role, I wish they would have done something else with her hair. However, Tudors is not known for it's historically accuracy and we still enjoy it anyway!
@@RoyaltyNowStudios The "Wolf Hall" version of both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are somewhat less than accurate when it comes to physical appearance. Anne is portrayed as having large blue eyes and Catherine is shown as a brunette. However, the costumes are the most accurate I've seen in a tv or movie production.
I loved her portrayal( Maria Doyle Kennedy) of Catherine of Aragon as well. The only flaw was portraying her w dark hair instead of her golden reddish hair. When she was young she and Henry loved each other so much. So she DID HAVE THAT WHICH SOME WOMEN NEVER HAVE. It must have been so hard tho to have it all taken away. I am of the opinion that Henry’s drastic character change was caused by his jousting horseback riding accident where he was unconscious for several hours. Ithink he was diabetic as well. As a person with the same illness, I know and feel the emotional distress it causes. I, too, would like to see your channel do her parents, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. They were intelligent and amazing people. Henry VIII WAS NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BEAUTIFUL AS A YOUNG MAN , but a true Renaissance Prince. To have Catherine and her parents and Henry 8 in her genealogy, it explains the wonderousness of Queen Elizabeth I. (Plus the White Queen) ( Elizabeth Woodville)Her mother , Anne Boleyn was a very educated and amazing woman.Her command of languages and philosophy and religious studies made her an outstanding woman as well who also loved music and dance. We must never forget the very real impact the War of the Roses had on Henry vIII . I believe Henry’s strong drive to have a male heir comes from his pride of course- but also the fear and uncertainty for royals during those times of the Wars of the Roses. His own fathers meteoric rise to King. He Henry( 7)who was the only child of a very young child bride.w the uncertainty and peril those Wars had on Henry. Even Elizabeth Woodville in Henry’s genealogy and her husband was an amazing woman who even tho she had many sons they still were not enough to Keep King Edward’s line of succession intact. Sorry. I’m getting tired. Just the truly AMAZING ROYAL ancestors IN HENRY 8th ‘s line. Elizabeth herself is my favorite Queen ever.
From the way you described her, the most appropriate portrait of Katherine of Aragon, which is also the most beautiful because of the modesty she radiates, is by the painter Michael Sittow! Katharina, in Greek, means "Queen".
@@suddhadasi You are right, Mrs. Natalia Gurevich, because the image of the Cathar „sect” - those who wanted* to maintain PURE the knowledge - appeared before my eyes as I was looking up the etymology of this word in my German dictionary, where „reine” is translated as „pure”, but, without thinking, I immediately understood it as in French, where it means „queen”, ... which is not quite wrong, because there really is a divine Being, Queen of Purity!** *They wished, but they also failed to keep PURE the teachings they received, otherwise they could not just "keep", but still perceive NEW revelations from the Heights of Light, always necessary for the further maturation of the human spirit. No one suffers without making himself guilty by one of his deeds or thoughts, and the stagnation of one element hinders the Movement of the Whole, which is in perpetual evolution. It is a stasis contrary to Divine Will; a sin, as moral decadence is! Otherwise the forces of Darkness would not have succeeded in eliminating them in the end! So not because of some dogma contrary to the „true” faith, but for the MATERIAL wealth, that „gold” they were rumored to have accumulated and which those in power always coveted... **Which is not the earthly mother of Jesus, as she was intentionally called by the leaders of the human church! PS: And „Natalia” means „born”... spiritually, not just reincarnated on Earth; more precisely: „reborn” with the recognition of the whole Truth, not censored by human hands, not falsely interpreted by the shrewdness of the intellect born of dust!
@@suddhadasi You are right, Mrs. Natalia Gurevich, because the image of the Cathar „sect” - those who wanted* to maintain PURE the knowledge - appeared before my eyes as I was looking up the etymology of this word in my German dictionary, where „reine” is translated as „pure”, but, without thinking, I immediately understood it as in French, where it means „queen”, ... which is not quite wrong, because there really is a divine Being, Queen of Purity!** *They wished, but they also failed to keep PURE the teachings they received, otherwise they could not just “keep”, but still perceive NEW revelations from the Heights of Light, always necessary for the further maturation of the human spirit. No one suffers without making himself guilty by one of his deeds or thoughts, and the stagnation of one element hinders the Movement of the Whole, which is in perpetual evolution. It is a stasis contrary to Divine Will; a sin, as moral decadence is! Otherwise the forces of Darkness would not have succeeded in eliminating them in the end! So not because of some dogma contrary to the „true” faith, but for the MATERIAL wealth, that „gold” they were rumored to have accumulated and which those in power always coveted... **Which is not the earthly mother of Jesus, as she was intentionally called by the leaders of the human church! PS: And „Natalia” means „born”... spiritually, not just reincarnated on Earth; more precisely: „reborn” with the recognition of the whole Truth, not censored by human hands, not falsely interpreted by the shrewdness of the intellect born of dust! ❤For your melodious voice! Uncle Dan.
@@RoyaltyNowStudiosyes. But I think she wore her grievances of lost babies heavily in her face. Especially when she did give birth to a living son, who died after a month
Your videos are ALWAYS so incredibly fascinating!! 🔥 … I use your videos when homeschooling my children as you provide great history lessons in addition to your recreations. Thank you!!
Wonderful portrait. Getting married at 15 to someone you didn't or barely knew must have been some kind of experience....Great job and another great video!
This was fantastic! My goodness! Thank you for another wonderful recreation of an iconic English beauty. The real life recreation is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much!
Consider, as she aged and her efforts to birth an heir kept failing she may have become quite depressed and much of her face fullness in younger years may have simply melted away due to stress and loss of interest in things such as meals in a depressive state. The thinner faced portrait may actually be a dramatic change of the true facts in her appearance.
Plus it's not uncommon, but rather even natural for us women to lose the softness, fullness or roundness that our faces once had held as we progress through the years, say from from 15 to 25. As a child and teenager, right until the age of around 17-18, my facial shape resembled Catherine's as depicted in the (alleged) painting of her at the age of 16, despite always having been skinny. But then my high cheekbones started to show and my facial features became more defined, and while I, now 24, still have a babyface that makes people assume I'm a minor , the loss of volume has definitely become easily noticeable to my eyes, the roundness and softness that teenage-me spent hours crying over out of self-hatred are now something I'm deeply missing. Plus, I'm pretty sure that having suffered from anorexia nervous and being moderately to almost severely underweight for the majority of these 12 years have taken a toll on my face as well, and it was reported that Catherine was overdoing fasting practices all her life, the consequences of this being pretty much the same as those of a restrictive eating disorder. The numerous pregnancies and the decades of trauma, stress, pain and, considering how religious she was, probably self-blame for the situation must've had an impact on her appearance too. She didn't just "hit the wall", as those Henry VIII fanboys love to postulate.
Such a beautiful rendition of Catherine of Aragon. Love how your videos are always carefully well documented and presented. Your recreations honoured her beauty and the controversial portrait by Sittow looks more likely to be Catherine of Aragon. Excellent work. Thank you, Becca 💖
Becca! Andre! 🎉 Another home run! I love your scripts and narration. Of course I admire how much research and artistic talent goes into these presentations. The music selections are superb! Absolutely captivating... the simple and dramatic melodies really help to capture and set the mood and tone. Very well done! --- My husband and I love these and we wish you continued success in your endeavors! ~ Cheers!🍷🍷
I feel they said mean things as a matter of politics and they could get away with it because they didn't have the technology we have today. What you said about her often being depicted as having dark features, and hair reminds me of when I asked my grandmother about her Spanish ancestry and she replied that her ancestors in Spain had red hair and blue eyes because they had not mixed with darker cultures at that point. So I found what you pointed out to be very apt.
By the looks of it, they still pretty much are really pale people, especially my friends from Andalusia although it’s changing since Andalusia is being dominated by Moroccan and other North African populations due to the influx of immigration
@@pauladuncanadams1750 I don’t think that’s the case. Didn’t the Celtics and Visigoths overrun Spain after the Roman Empire failed? That’s why most of them look white like any other typical European country?
Catherine of Aragon was easily the most beautiful, strongest and most intelligent of Henry VIII's queens. She was really the only one that openly fought and defied Henry. She could have easily accepted lands, money, etc. and faded quietly away but instead she decided to be true to herself, her faith and the future of her daughter. Rest in Peace, O Mighty Queen!!
Becca, I definitely feel that the second recreation of her older portrait is definitely her! I'm a descendant of the queen of Castile, but through Joanna's line, not Catherine's and I can't believe how much the older recreation looks like me! Genetics is such a crazy thing!! I wish you would do one of Joanna too! ♥️ Would be nice to have her next to Philip the handsome.
Do love that Catherine's father declined King Henry VII. It gives me the impression that he did love her and wanted what was best for her rather than just seeing her as a political bargaining chip
You made beautiful recreations of a woman that was said to be very pretty in her youth. I do believe that the portrait as a teenager and the miniature could be of the same person. But I am not surprised that the French king called Catalina ‘ugly and deformed’, it was just an insult to her country of origin, given that France and Spain were not in good terms at the time.
Kudos to you Becca and Andre this is such a marvelous video! Catherine of Aragon is my fave among Henry's wives. She is strong, resilient and inspiring. And she is beautiful! I love the recreations! They all look like Catherine and not Mary Tudor, i agree with you.
But she is Catholic.....not the true faith. I am a descendant of Mary Boleyn and Henry VIII. And of Pilgrims. The country went through hell to come to a Protestant faith, but thank God it happened.
I have been watching old and new movies about the Tudor court and I’m shocked at the way most of them portray her. Beautiful vid, as always - thank you and much love from New Orleans ♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️
I am always so impressed by your impressions of each portrait you do. I feel this impression of Catherine is a lot more accurate. Thank you for your beautiful portraits. I enjoy each of your episodes
Its not surprising Katherine was fair. She and Henry VIII were both descendants of John of Gaunt, 4th son of King Edward III, thus distant cousins. Queen Isabella, her mother, had beautiful red hair.
It feels like a mix of The Spanish Princess version of Catherine and the Tudors Catherine would be the perfect combination in terms of accuracy. Also, that Surf Shark placement was perfection lol.
I think the young Catherine portrait is authentic. Lovely work! Thank you so much for your historic information and beautiful portraits and updated lifelike versions of these famous people in history.
I absolutely love your Channel & the recreations actually feel right. History has always been a passion of mine. I truly cannot thank you enough for bringing this historic past to life for us, not to mention the time and your remarkable talent you share.
I love your channel! You are so talented. I wish you would have used a template from Juana's portrait because siblings tend to resemble each other. I think Catherine would have looked like her sister.
You're spot on with your recreations (beautiful!) and your assessment of the portraits. The Lambeth isn't a good representation, so I'm glad you nixed that one and used the Hornebout miniature. It was a better and likely much more accurate likeness of her. As for Francois I and his cruel opinion of Katherine, that might have been a bit of projection. His poor wife Claude was known to walk with a limp and had a hip deformity. I think he was just being petty and wanted to take a dig at Henry any way he could.
I love watching your recreations. In this instance I keep on focusing on the nose. The young portrait from the painter Sedow has a beautiful upturned nose. Other older paintings I see the nose as totally different. So interesting!
I could have a hundred things on my to-do list, but when I watch your videos, I lose myself in the subjects, and forget about everything else. I definitely agree with you on your conclusion, especially when you compared Catherine's portrait with her sister's. I find it interesting that Henry VIII was red-headed, also.
I love how Cardinal Wosely describes her as a young girl in the show “Wold Hall” how her red hair slipped over her shoulder as she danced and every man in the room stopped breathing.
I just love your recreations, they are stunning, it's fascinating to watch the recreations grow, but on this one Catherine of Aragon, I just can't see a resemblance between the young Catherine and the older one, and that's not a criticism of your wonderful work at all, just a comment. This girl looks beautiful and I love to think she looked like this, being an absolute history nut, reading history books for recreation! So all in all yet another wonderful recreation, you're a talented lady!
The first portrait you show reminds me very much of Anne of Cleves, although I suppose it really couldn’t be her. I read your article on Anne. Even with the possible too large nose I’ve never understood why Henry VIII rejected her as being ugly given that Holbein had painted her and she couldn’t have looked that much different in real life. What you say about Henry’s ego as the reason she was pushed away makes a lot of sense as does her ready acceptance of the conditions of the divorce. A nice palace and a generous lifelong stipend is far better than having your head on the floor. Thank you for this fascinating video.
You should do a side by side reconstruction of Catherine of Aragon and her daughter, Mary I. That might help in figuring out which is the true face of Catherine. :)
WOW, she was so beautiful!! Very well done! I also think that your assumption is correct and the first portrait is her as a younger woman. Also it looks very similar to the little girl from the beginning and since the portrait of Juana is confirmed, we can be pretty sure that it is her. ❤
In the older recreation she probably looks like her mother, Isabel. Catalina looked like her mother side of the family, the Trastamaras, whom were of blond/reddish hair and blue eyes. And as someone else's mentioned, not all Spanish people are dark haired.
I love these portraits. It gives us glimpses of these characters through history when true accuracy was ephemeral. The portraits leave us with a "fill in the blanks" puzzle that can never be the same between observers.
Thank you!!❤ She looks lovely in these recreations. People were unkind to call her unattractive in her later years. Grief and stress over her miscarriages surely made their mark. Alsoo, people don't generally become more attractive as they age.🤷
I have always thought Red/Gold or Strawberry Blonde hair is the most beautiful of all colors!! With her fair skin and eyes she had to be STUNNING!!!! It was said Henry and Catherine were very much in love in the beginning of their marriage. I believe he truly loved her in his youth.
I absolutely love these. I really enjoy learning about the history of these people, but the modern recreations are the ones that always get me. It makes me wonder what they would have been like had they been born today. Would she have taken up boxing? Horseback riding? Rock climbing? Would she have been a stand-up comedian? Therapist? Musician? Engineer? It makes me so grateful to have grown up in a time when I have choices about what I want to do with my life.
I've always believed the Michael Sittow paintings were of Katherine. They resemble the portraits by Juan de Flanders a lot. Both in colouring and in features. The Michael Sittow painting also shows a resemblance to Juana of Castile's portraits by the Master of Affligem. I love the reconstruction. She would have been very beautiful, and it's so easy to see why Henry was smitten with her in the early years of their marriage.
Agree with your analysis, RN team. I think the features that seem to confirm your conclusion is the shape of the face and the nose. As always, so enjoy your videos.
I always felt so terrible for Catherine. Her first husband died, she suffered dozens of miscarriages, only for her second husband to throw her over for a mistress
I was so sure you were going to conclude that the Sittow portrait we thought was young Catherine, had to be Mary Rose Tudor, but then it took a different direction😅 I suppose the Sittow portrait could be the same woman as the miniature, and then the one of the 11-year-old girl could be Catherine as well. Catherine and Juana clearly looked similar to each other. However, if so, I don't get why the museum in actual posession of the Sittow portrait thinks it is Mary Rose Tudor. Gosh darn it, couldn't they have invented photography a few centuries earlier??
I always enjoy your depictions of these historical personages as moderns. This is one is good, though capturing Marie Antoinette's German flavor and Louis XIV as a modern executive are my favorites.
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I never connect her with her parents. You just made me think of the timeline. Of course, that's who her parents were. TY
TY for your analysis. I tend to agree with you
I don't think she's ugly or deformed at all. She's beautiful. I think you nailed it. 🎯
Deformed wasn't meant in the same way it is today (i.e. disfigured). He was referring to her weight. Catherine became overweight in her later years according to some sources.
Too bad medieval medicine sucked back then.
@@sebastianvargas7614 All the stress that poor woman was under, it’s no wonder. I hope her spirit is at rest. I always loved her.
As a Spanish-American, it has always blown my mind that people think that every Spanish person has dark features. While I do (as do my mother and son and my mother's sisters and father), my abuela has blonde hair and green eyes, not to mention my angel of a daughter looks EXACTLY like your recreation of Catherine -- down to the long red/blonde hair and pale skin. I even sent her this video because so many people get confused when she says that she is Spanish. Thank you for this gem of a video - incredible work as always.
My ancestors (some) were Spanish-from Europe. I have gray eyes and blonde hair. It’s on their side, as for my other ancestry is ‘native’. So you’re right. And yes, Queen Catherine was beautiful ❣️👍
It was Celt Iberia before the Romans conquered. Romans brought the darker complexion.
@@pauladuncanadams1750 The Moors as well.
@@jaengenSorry, but why would you think Moors and Christians would have married each other back in the middle ages, when Christians of different sects wouldn't even marry each other??
@@gf3011 you're kidding, right? Just go read the history of Andalucia and the Spanish word for carrot.
Very sad story. Katherine had everything. Powerful royal parents. She was a devoted wife and loving mother. Yet Henry VIII treated her with such cruelty because he blamed her for not bearing him sons.
She was the product of monsters. I find it hard to pity her or her estrangement from her daughter when her parents ethnically cleansed thousands. Im sure the Jews who lost everything, including their lives, loved their children too, it didn’t save them from the zealotry of Ferdinand and Isabella.
it is indeed sad and very unfair, she had so much potential, she was so intelligent
I domnt know Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were literally executed....Catherine wsnt the only one here and that portrait with red hair isnt her for sure...if it is anyone its Henrys sister
I've met blonde Spaniarrds form Spain. It's all politics I rhink to create these stereotypes.
@@HK-gm8pe exactly and that is what would have happened to her if she was not born a Spanish princess seeing how Anne Boleyn was innocent of the bogus charges against her not to mention that she was engaged to Henry Percy when Henry decided he had to have her so had Wolsely block her marriage. She wanted to get married so even though she was in love with Henry Percy she eventually had no choice to either be Henry's wife or mistress so she chose wife. Catherine Howard while her charges were real unlike her cousin she was a child when she married him and also had no choice.
Shes buried in my home town of Peterborough uk. There are always flowers on her grave inside the cathedral. I think she was amazing ❤
I think you are absolutely correct in your assertion. In the 15 year old recreation we can see why Henry VII would have been so pleased for his son to have her as his bride. I love watching the animation you give the recreations, especially the smiles, which always make my heart happy. While we know that so many of the royalty portrayed had tragic lives, it is wonderful to imagine them having a joyful moment. Well done!
It's a little creepy that after his son died, the 47 year old Henry VII wanted to marry her himself. When her father said no, her father in law hardly gave her and her household any support for food and housing.
@@serahloeffelroberts9901I was going to mention the same thing, glad to see you already did.
@@serahloeffelroberts9901he'd spent the dowry, so it was that or marry her to someone else. Henry, his son, was technically out of bounds. Also 15 was perfectly acceptable for an older man to marry, especially as he would want more sons to secure the succession of a usurping dynasty
Could you do facial reconstructions of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella? Perhaps after we see what they looked like in real life we could get a better impression of Katherine’s looks as well. I loved your recreations btw. Bravo, as always.
When i hear the life story of Catherine of Aragon i cant help but feel sad for her. Such a strong woman full of faith and integrity and had to suffer so much humiliation. Im sure she was beautiful when younger. But so much suffering with all the pressure to produce an male heir and feeling unloved. I read the beginning of her marriage to Henry VIII was happy. And then she is rejected like she had no value. No wonder she lost her youthful beauty. But im sure she was a woman that inspired respect and love from the one that really knew her!
I think we have to remember that those were different times and unfortunately such was the fate of women whatever place they had in society. That is they were married off to forge family alliances and for dowries. There were seldom 'love' marriages. Even after her divorce Catherine continued to be loved by the English people and unlike several of Henry's other wives she kept her head! Much of her sadness was in the separation from her daughter Mary, ( Henry forbade them from seeing each other unless they recognised Anne Boleyn as Queen which both refused to do).
@@IsisBarom Very true!!!
Sadly, it may have been her faith that led to her losing so many babies. She fasted constantly, even when pregnant.
@@AliSakurai Yes, I think you might be right. So much wasn't known at the time about the importance of nutrition during pregnancy and the impact on the development of the baby.
@@AliSakuraisupongo que no tener un hijo varón, la estresó mucho como mujer
My husband and I think this is your best re-creation yet. Something about the older Catherine's face tells of the incredible pain and hurt she suffered due to miscarriages and Henry's push to have a male heir. Thank you for all you do to bring these people in history to life.
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Omg y'all are so sweet :) I hope you enjoyed it!!
Always, a beautiful presentation
She was beautiful. Would you do a reconstruction of her daughter? Queen Mary? Maybe show her between Catherine and Henry ?
I'd be very interested in seeing a reconstruction of Mary!
Yeets! Ay' agree Queen Mary fur the win!
While these portraits could never convey how they actually looked in real life with how much editing was likely done, I always find it fascinating to see these recreations as they give a look into how these figures wanted to be seen as
From the historical descriptions and the similarity to the Juana portrait, I think the portraits you chose are Catherine. She’s beautiful and everything you would expect from a graceful Spanish royal. Almost all royals across Europe had the strawberry blonde hair. Well done!
The red hair seems to come from Portuguese influence in Spain......
@@susannahfox7188 interesting! Thank you!
this was great. I've always thought that the Sittow portrait was Catherine as it looks nothing like the actual portraits of Mary Tudor. Thank you for making these!
Your recreation of the older Catherine with the modification is spot on to me, intuitively! I agree she looks like the younger portrait! She could be the same woman for sure. Thank you so much for your beautiful work. 😍
Such an admirable Queen. Her tomb is at Peterborough Cathedral. I stopped in the town while traveling from Norwich to Newcastle and regret not making time to see her tomb. Great Video she deserves so much more. "Like"
Catherine has always been my favorite of Henry’s wives and I loved seeing these portraits brought to life.
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There is a Spanish tv show called Isabel it covers the life of Catherine’s mother Isabel of Castile.
One of the last episodes shows young Catherine before leaving to England, and the actress that they got to play her Natalia Rodríguez looks so much more like the portraits of her then other actresses I have seen play her in movies and TV shows and to make it even better she’s actually Spanish
Agreed. I love that Henry/Enrique 8th is the correct age aswell.
catherine looked so beautful! no wonder henry (AT FIRST) was in love with catherine,who could not? she was beautful,kind,sweet,intelligent,devout and loyal and determined,
REST IN PEACE Catherine of Aragon.
I love your theory; the older and younger portraits and recreations, to my eye, could absolutely be the same woman. I really enjoyed your deep dive into the art history and portrait mysteries. The Tudor history nerd in me is in heaven! And thanks so much for pointing out the inaccuracies in so many TV and movie portrayals of Catherine; why make her stereotypically "Spanish" with dark hair and eyes, when all the primary sources said she was fair? (Sorry for the rant, lol.)
Thank you!! And I totally agree - how hard is it just to make her hair color accurate? Maybe they thought audiences wouldn’t understand she was Spanish without dark hair?
I think in many cases it's simply a storytelling device, a "short cut" for signalling to the viewers that Catherine was Spanish and/or "foreign". With her actual looks she might look like a Tudor relative - the thing is, she _was_ a Tudor relative. Royal families were often more related to each other across borders than to the respective peoples they ruled, so yes, this practice is silly, and yes, it does annoy me too that she doesn't get her actual looks.
@@monmothma3358 Родственницей Тюдоров по какой линии? Она из династии Трастамара по матери, которая в свою очередь была дальней родственницей Ланкастеров по линии Джона Гонта
@@Кекс-у2щ I'd love to know what you're saying here, but I have no way to :'(
It was Celt Iberia before the Romans conquered. They brought the dark complexion.
You are a stellar artist. All your videos, recreations combined with your angelic voice in your narrations are so touching, so heart-warming, so breathtaking.. that I can't even explain how many wonderful emotions I felt watching these master pieces you created & blessed us with. We love you!! 💌
A lot of the representations of them in this era are so wild. So many copies and all of them so bad! I wish we could find the real ones. Drives me mad when they refer to Princess Mary as 'Mary Rose Tudor' when middle names were hardly never used in this era. Mary Rose was a ship. Your re-creations are always so amazing. I think the Sittow portrait is her as it is so similar to the one of her and Juana as young girls. Would love to see what you do with portraits of her mother Isabella!
How have I watched so many of these over the years and yet each reveal still gives me goosebumps? Your artistic gift is so so special.
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
This made me cry because you showed her sister..... they called her "Juana, la loca" Juana the crazy... The women's of this family really suffered....
I hear you. And I don't believe Juana was "loca". She just had her own mind and the Church and her parents didn't like that.
Yes, totally agree! I’d never seen the Portrait of a Girl but I think the resemblance between it and the Sittow portrait is strong. When you add in the sister, Joanna, the case seems even stronger.
And, wow, you blew me away with the recreation of that miniature! It made me really happy to see that portrait become a real woman. Across the three portraits, the earliest, the Sittow and the miniature, I feel like I’m actually face to face with Catherine.
I know it’s not accurate, but I absolutely LOVE Maria Kennedy as Katherine in The Tudors. I feel she portrays her character so well.
I agree, she was a great actress for the role, I wish they would have done something else with her hair. However, Tudors is not known for it's historically accuracy and we still enjoy it anyway!
@@RoyaltyNowStudios The "Wolf Hall" version of both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are somewhat less than accurate when it comes to physical appearance. Anne is portrayed as having large blue eyes and Catherine is shown as a brunette. However, the costumes are the most accurate I've seen in a tv or movie production.
I loved her portrayal( Maria Doyle Kennedy) of Catherine of Aragon as well. The only flaw was portraying her w dark hair instead of her golden reddish hair.
When she was young she and Henry loved each other so much. So she DID HAVE THAT WHICH SOME WOMEN NEVER HAVE. It must have been so hard tho to have it all taken away.
I am of the opinion that Henry’s drastic character change was caused by his jousting horseback riding accident where he was unconscious for several hours. Ithink he was diabetic as well. As a person with the same illness, I know and feel the emotional distress it causes.
I, too, would like to see your channel do her parents, Queen
Isabella and King Ferdinand. They were intelligent and amazing people. Henry VIII WAS NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BEAUTIFUL AS A YOUNG MAN , but a true Renaissance Prince. To have Catherine and her parents and Henry 8 in her genealogy, it explains the wonderousness of Queen Elizabeth I. (Plus the White Queen) ( Elizabeth Woodville)Her mother , Anne Boleyn was a very educated and amazing woman.Her command of languages and philosophy and religious studies made her an outstanding woman as well who also loved music and dance.
We must never forget the very real impact the War of the Roses had on Henry vIII . I believe Henry’s strong drive to have a male heir comes from his pride of course- but also the fear and uncertainty for royals during those times of the Wars of the Roses. His own fathers meteoric rise to King. He Henry( 7)who was the only child of a very young child bride.w the uncertainty and peril those Wars had on Henry. Even Elizabeth Woodville in Henry’s genealogy and her husband was an amazing woman who even tho she had many sons they still were not enough to Keep King Edward’s line of succession intact.
Sorry. I’m getting tired. Just the truly AMAZING ROYAL ancestors IN HENRY 8th ‘s line. Elizabeth herself is my favorite Queen ever.
From the way you described her, the most appropriate portrait of Katherine of Aragon, which is also the most beautiful because of the modesty she radiates, is by the painter Michael Sittow!
Katharina, in Greek, means "Queen".
The first portrait, the one at 00:00, 4:00...
Katarina in greek means "pure" from the same root as katharsis. But I am interested in your source where it says it means "queen"
@@suddhadasi You are right, Mrs. Natalia Gurevich, because the image of the Cathar „sect” - those who wanted* to maintain PURE the knowledge - appeared before my eyes as I was looking up the etymology of this word in my German dictionary, where „reine” is translated as „pure”, but, without thinking, I immediately understood it as in French, where it means „queen”, ... which is not quite wrong, because there really is a divine Being, Queen of Purity!**
*They wished, but they also failed to keep PURE the teachings they received, otherwise they could not just "keep", but still perceive NEW revelations from the Heights of Light, always necessary for the further maturation of the human spirit.
No one suffers without making himself guilty by one of his deeds or thoughts, and the stagnation of one element hinders the Movement of the Whole, which is in perpetual evolution. It is a stasis contrary to Divine Will; a sin, as moral decadence is! Otherwise the forces of Darkness would not have succeeded in eliminating them in the end! So not because of some dogma contrary to the „true” faith, but for the MATERIAL wealth, that „gold” they were rumored to have accumulated and which those in power always coveted...
**Which is not the earthly mother of Jesus, as she was intentionally called by the leaders of the human church!
PS: And „Natalia” means „born”... spiritually, not just reincarnated on Earth; more precisely: „reborn” with the recognition of the whole Truth, not censored by human hands, not falsely interpreted by the shrewdness of the intellect born of dust!
@@suddhadasi You are right, Mrs. Natalia Gurevich, because the image of the Cathar „sect” - those who wanted* to maintain PURE the knowledge - appeared before my eyes as I was looking up the etymology of this word in my German dictionary, where „reine” is translated as „pure”, but, without thinking, I immediately understood it as in French, where it means „queen”, ... which is not quite wrong, because there really is a divine Being, Queen of Purity!**
*They wished, but they also failed to keep PURE the teachings they received, otherwise they could not just “keep”, but still perceive NEW revelations from the Heights of Light, always necessary for the further maturation of the human spirit.
No one suffers without making himself guilty by one of his deeds or thoughts, and the stagnation of one element hinders the Movement of the Whole, which is in perpetual evolution. It is a stasis contrary to Divine Will; a sin, as moral decadence is! Otherwise the forces of Darkness would not have succeeded in eliminating them in the end! So not because of some dogma contrary to the „true” faith, but for the MATERIAL wealth, that „gold” they were rumored to have accumulated and which those in power always coveted...
**Which is not the earthly mother of Jesus, as she was intentionally called by the leaders of the human church!
PS: And „Natalia” means „born”... spiritually, not just reincarnated on Earth; more precisely: „reborn” with the recognition of the whole Truth, not censored by human hands, not falsely interpreted by the shrewdness of the intellect born of dust!
❤For your melodious voice!
Uncle Dan.
With the two portraits you’ve recreated, I still feel she was beautiful even in her “old and deformed” state.
Me too :) if the portraits are accurate then that’s a very mean description.
She was losing popularity in court due to the lack of an heir. It's all politics.
@@RoyaltyNowStudiosyes. But I think she wore her grievances of lost babies heavily in her face. Especially when she did give birth to a living son, who died after a month
Yeah, and that’s a BOLD statement coming from a nose like that 😂
I wonder what it was specifically that caused some to refer to her as “deformed”?
Your videos are ALWAYS so incredibly fascinating!! 🔥 … I use your videos when homeschooling my children as you provide great history lessons in addition to your recreations. Thank you!!
Wonderful portrait. Getting married at 15 to someone you didn't or barely knew must have been some kind of experience....Great job and another great video!
The soothing background music and your beautiful voice make the recreation magical!
You have such a lovely, soothing voice. It's comforting to listen to you tell these stories.
This was fantastic! My goodness! Thank you for another wonderful recreation of an iconic English beauty. The real life recreation is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much!
English beauty? Sorry? As far I know she was Spanish!!!
the most underrated channel fr , you guys produce the best vids !!!
Could You please do a recreation & brief explanation of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz & King George III?
Consider, as she aged and her efforts to birth an heir kept failing she may have become quite depressed and much of her face fullness in younger years may have simply melted away due to stress and loss of interest in things such as meals in a depressive state. The thinner faced portrait may actually be a dramatic change of the true facts in her appearance.
Plus it's not uncommon, but rather even natural for us women to lose the softness, fullness or roundness that our faces once had held as we progress through the years, say from from 15 to 25. As a child and teenager, right until the age of around 17-18, my facial shape resembled Catherine's as depicted in the (alleged) painting of her at the age of 16, despite always having been skinny. But then my high cheekbones started to show and my facial features became more defined, and while I, now 24, still have a babyface that makes people assume I'm a minor , the loss of volume has definitely become easily noticeable to my eyes, the roundness and softness that teenage-me spent hours crying over out of self-hatred are now something I'm deeply missing. Plus, I'm pretty sure that having suffered from anorexia nervous and being moderately to almost severely underweight for the majority of these 12 years have taken a toll on my face as well, and it was reported that Catherine was overdoing fasting practices all her life, the consequences of this being pretty much the same as those of a restrictive eating disorder.
The numerous pregnancies and the decades of trauma, stress, pain and, considering how religious she was, probably self-blame for the situation must've had an impact on her appearance too. She didn't just "hit the wall", as those Henry VIII fanboys love to postulate.
Such a beautiful rendition of Catherine of Aragon. Love how your videos are always carefully well documented and presented. Your recreations honoured her beauty and the controversial portrait by Sittow looks more likely to be Catherine of Aragon. Excellent work. Thank you, Becca 💖
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I feel they said mean things as a matter of politics and they could get away with it because they didn't have the technology we have today.
What you said about her often being depicted as having dark features, and hair reminds me of when I asked my grandmother about her Spanish ancestry and she replied that her ancestors in Spain had red hair and blue eyes because they had not mixed with darker cultures at that point. So I found what you pointed out to be very apt.
Yes, Spain was Celt Iberia before the Romans conquered. They brought the dark complexion with them.
By the looks of it, they still pretty much are really pale people, especially my friends from Andalusia although it’s changing since Andalusia is being dominated by Moroccan and other North African populations due to the influx of immigration
@@pauladuncanadams1750 I don’t think that’s the case. Didn’t the Celtics and Visigoths overrun Spain after the Roman Empire failed? That’s why most of them look white like any other typical European country?
One of my favorite RUclips channels!!! Rewatched so many recreations again❤.
Your videos always come out when im having a really hard day with my anxiety. They really help calm me down. Thank you ❤
Catherine of Aragon was easily the most beautiful, strongest and most intelligent of Henry VIII's queens. She was really the only one that openly fought and defied Henry. She could have easily accepted lands, money, etc. and faded quietly away but instead she decided to be true to herself, her faith and the future of her daughter. Rest in Peace, O Mighty Queen!!
Becca, I definitely feel that the second recreation of her older portrait is definitely her! I'm a descendant of the queen of Castile, but through Joanna's line, not Catherine's and I can't believe how much the older recreation looks like me! Genetics is such a crazy thing!! I wish you would do one of Joanna too! ♥️ Would be nice to have her next to Philip the handsome.
Do love that Catherine's father declined King Henry VII. It gives me the impression that he did love her and wanted what was best for her rather than just seeing her as a political bargaining chip
You made beautiful recreations of a woman that was said to be very pretty in her youth. I do believe that the portrait as a teenager and the miniature could be of the same person. But I am not surprised that the French king called Catalina ‘ugly and deformed’, it was just an insult to her country of origin, given that France and Spain were not in good terms at the time.
Okay I've binged your videos all morning and no matter what the recreation, I swear people always look 10x more attractive when they smile.
Kudos to you Becca and Andre this is such a marvelous video! Catherine of Aragon is my fave among Henry's wives. She is strong, resilient and inspiring. And she is beautiful! I love the recreations! They all look like Catherine and not Mary Tudor, i agree with you.
But she is Catholic.....not the true faith. I am a descendant of Mary Boleyn and Henry VIII. And of Pilgrims. The country went through hell to come to a Protestant faith, but thank God it happened.
Lovely Katharine of Aragon! 💐The flower of Trastámara... 🌹🌼🌻🌸🌺🪷🌷🪻🏵
I have been watching old and new movies about the Tudor court and I’m shocked at the way most of them portray her. Beautiful vid, as always - thank you and much love from New Orleans ♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️⚜️♥️
It’s the smile! The smile gets me every time. So moving! ❤
I am always so impressed by your impressions of each portrait you do. I feel this impression of Catherine is a lot more accurate.
Thank you for your beautiful portraits. I enjoy each of your episodes
By far my favorite videos on YT. Your talents are amazing. Love the music too.
Its not surprising Katherine was fair. She and Henry VIII were both descendants of John of Gaunt, 4th son of King Edward III, thus distant cousins. Queen Isabella, her mother, had beautiful red hair.
I am blown away. Every single time. I believe you are correct. She is stunning. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THIS!
It feels like a mix of The Spanish Princess version of Catherine and the Tudors Catherine would be the perfect combination in terms of accuracy. Also, that Surf Shark placement was perfection lol.
idk why but I always tear up a little seeing your recreations for the first time
I think the young Catherine portrait is authentic. Lovely work! Thank you so much for your historic information and beautiful portraits and updated lifelike versions of these famous people in history.
Same gal in all those paintings and this is one of your sweetest and best recreations imo.
I am stunned by her nature beauty and I agree it is her. Thank you for sharing with us
Totally agree with your re creation. You’ve really shown her personality as we understand it. Love love this . Thank you
In the modern version you really would assume she was a Scottish or Irish girl. Red hair is fabulous.
I absolutely love your Channel & the recreations actually feel right. History has always been a passion of mine. I truly cannot thank you enough for bringing this historic past to life for us, not to mention the time and your remarkable talent you share.
I love your channel! You are so talented.
I wish you would have used a template from Juana's portrait because siblings tend to resemble each other. I think Catherine would have looked like her sister.
Catalina!
You're spot on with your recreations (beautiful!) and your assessment of the portraits. The Lambeth isn't a good representation, so I'm glad you nixed that one and used the Hornebout miniature. It was a better and likely much more accurate likeness of her. As for Francois I and his cruel opinion of Katherine, that might have been a bit of projection. His poor wife Claude was known to walk with a limp and had a hip deformity. I think he was just being petty and wanted to take a dig at Henry any way he could.
I love watching your recreations. In this instance I keep on focusing on the nose. The young portrait from the painter Sedow has a beautiful upturned nose. Other older paintings I see the nose as totally different. So interesting!
Thanks!
I could have a hundred things on my to-do list, but when I watch your videos, I lose myself in the subjects, and forget about everything else.
I definitely agree with you on your conclusion, especially when you compared Catherine's portrait with her sister's. I find it interesting that Henry VIII was red-headed, also.
Aw this is so nice. Thank you.
I think you have done an amazing analysis and excellent recreations. ❤❤❤
I love how Cardinal Wosely describes her as a young girl in the show “Wold Hall” how her red hair slipped over her shoulder as she danced and every man in the room stopped breathing.
Your comparison analysis is astute.
How about a similar analysis of Catherine's older sister Juana?
I love these. The modern images always make me think of how many descendants they may have walking around with us now.
I agree that those are of Catherine. Beautiful work, as always!
My guess would be that you are right in your thesis. But even it wasn't, your recreations and research are remarkable! Thanks ❤
I just love your recreations, they are stunning, it's fascinating to watch the recreations grow, but on this one Catherine of Aragon, I just can't see a resemblance between the young Catherine and the older one, and that's not a criticism of your wonderful work at all, just a comment. This girl looks beautiful and I love to think she looked like this, being an absolute history nut, reading history books for recreation! So all in all yet another wonderful recreation, you're a talented lady!
she's just lovely and i really like your interpretation. love your channel!
Love your videos, thank you for the amazing effort you put into your videos 🥰💕✨
Thank you, we hope you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed this very much as I enjoy all your videos. Her end was tragic. Great work and I have to say, I love your voice. Thank you 🙏
The first portrait you show reminds me very much of Anne of Cleves, although I suppose it really couldn’t be her. I read your article on Anne. Even with the possible too large nose I’ve never understood why Henry VIII rejected her as being ugly given that Holbein had painted her and she couldn’t have looked that much different in real life. What you say about Henry’s ego as the reason she was pushed away makes a lot of sense as does her ready acceptance of the conditions of the divorce. A nice palace and a generous lifelong stipend is far better than having your head on the floor. Thank you for this fascinating video.
You should do a side by side reconstruction of Catherine of Aragon and her daughter, Mary I. That might help in figuring out which is the true face of Catherine. :)
WOW, she was so beautiful!! Very well done! I also think that your assumption is correct and the first portrait is her as a younger woman. Also it looks very similar to the little girl from the beginning and since the portrait of Juana is confirmed, we can be pretty sure that it is her. ❤
The first portrait is really wonderful! She looks just like my daughter Desirae!
beautiful! both your work and presentation!
The final reveal is always a dopamine explosion in my head...
0:37 in... I do believe she was born in 1485 - not 1585 as shown but my gosh I love your videos so much! I hit the notification bell!! 💥
Omg how did we not noticing this in editing 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️sorry for that error
@@RoyaltyNowStudios No worries it happens - Trust me, I know! Love your content!!
In the older recreation she probably looks like her mother, Isabel. Catalina looked like her mother side of the family, the Trastamaras, whom were of blond/reddish hair and blue eyes. And as someone else's mentioned, not all Spanish people are dark haired.
I love these portraits. It gives us glimpses of these characters through history when true accuracy was ephemeral. The portraits leave us with a "fill in the blanks" puzzle that can never be the same between observers.
Thank you!!❤ She looks lovely in these recreations. People were unkind to call her unattractive in her later years. Grief and stress over her miscarriages surely made their mark. Alsoo, people don't generally become more attractive as they age.🤷
This one made me ball like a baby. So beautiful. She wasnt treated right yet was so strong through it all.
I have always thought Red/Gold or Strawberry Blonde hair is the most beautiful of all colors!! With her fair skin and eyes she had to be STUNNING!!!! It was said Henry and Catherine were very much in love in the beginning of their marriage. I believe he truly loved her in his youth.
I absolutely love these. I really enjoy learning about the history of these people, but the modern recreations are the ones that always get me. It makes me wonder what they would have been like had they been born today. Would she have taken up boxing? Horseback riding? Rock climbing? Would she have been a stand-up comedian? Therapist? Musician? Engineer? It makes me so grateful to have grown up in a time when I have choices about what I want to do with my life.
I've always believed the Michael Sittow paintings were of Katherine. They resemble the portraits by Juan de Flanders a lot. Both in colouring and in features. The Michael Sittow painting also shows a resemblance to Juana of Castile's portraits by the Master of Affligem.
I love the reconstruction. She would have been very beautiful, and it's so easy to see why Henry was smitten with her in the early years of their marriage.
Agree with your analysis, RN team. I think the features that seem to confirm your conclusion is the shape of the face and the nose. As always, so enjoy your videos.
I always felt so terrible for Catherine. Her first husband died, she suffered dozens of miscarriages, only for her second husband to throw her over for a mistress
You’re so incredibly talented!
I believe you have chosen correctly. I would love to see young Catherine and Young Henry side by side!
I was so sure you were going to conclude that the Sittow portrait we thought was young Catherine, had to be Mary Rose Tudor, but then it took a different direction😅
I suppose the Sittow portrait could be the same woman as the miniature, and then the one of the 11-year-old girl could be Catherine as well. Catherine and Juana clearly looked similar to each other.
However, if so, I don't get why the museum in actual posession of the Sittow portrait thinks it is Mary Rose Tudor.
Gosh darn it, couldn't they have invented photography a few centuries earlier??
I agree with your conclusion. The younger and older versions could absolutely be the same person. Especially the shape of the chin. Bravo!
I always enjoy your depictions of these historical personages as moderns. This is one is good, though capturing Marie Antoinette's German flavor and Louis XIV as a modern executive are my favorites.