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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-01-26 17:19:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Catherine of Aragon was married to King Henry VIII’s older brother, Arthur, for a few months before his untimely death in 1502. Because the marriage was never consummated, she was granted a papal dispensation, allowing her to marry Henry in 1509.