Editing Arthur, Prince of Wales (section)

== Legacy ==
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Shortly after Arthur's death, the idea of betrothing the widowed Catherine to the new heir apparent, Henry, had arisen; Henry VII and Isabella I were keen on moving forward with the betrothal and the pope granted a dispensation towards that end.{{sfn|Loades|2009|p=22}} Henry VIII ascended the throne on 22 April 1509{{sfn|Loades|2009|p=24}} and married Arthur's widow on 11 June.{{sfn|Wagner|Schmid|2011|p=226}} They had six children; their three sons died before reaching three months of age, one daughter was stillborn, and another lived for only a week. The couple's surviving child was [[Mary I]] (b. 1516).{{sfn|Weir|2008a|p=154}} In 1526, Henry started to pursue the affections of [[Anne Boleyn]]. At the same time, he became troubled by what became known as the [[Catherine of Aragon#The King's great matter|King's "great matter"]], that is, finding an appropriate solution for his lack of male descendants. It soon became the King's wish to dissolve his marriage{{sfn|Brigden|2000|p=114}} and marry Anne, who was more likely to bear children.{{sfn|Loades|2009|pp=88–89}}

Henry believed that his marriage was cursed, and believed he found confirmation in the Bible, in {{Bibleverse||Leviticus|20:21|KJV}}.{{sfn|MacCulloch|1995|p=139}}{{refn|Although Henry would have read the verse in Latin, the translation provided by the 1604 [[King James Version]] states that "and if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless."|group=note}} Although in the morning following his wedding, Arthur had claimed that he was thirsty "''for I have been in the midst of Spain last night''" and that "''having a wife is a good pastime''", these claims are generally dismissed by modern historians as mere boasts of a boy who did not want others to know of his failure.<ref name="odnb" />{{sfn|Weir|2007|p=34}} Until the day she died, Catherine maintained that she had married Henry while still a virgin.{{sfn|Whitelock|2010|p=14}} After Henry's constant support of the claim that Catherine's first marriage had been consummated, an annulment was issued on 23 May 1533,{{sfn|Weir|2008b|pp=337–338}} while the King had already married Anne on 25 January.{{sfn|Williams|1971|p=124}} Anne was [[Decapitation|beheaded]] for [[high treason]] in 1536, after which Henry proceeded to marry [[List of wives of King Henry VIII|four more times]]. At the time of his death in 1547, Henry only had three living children; the only son, [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], succeeded but died six years later. His successors were Henry's daughters by Catherine and Anne, Mary I and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. Upon Elizabeth's death in 1603, the House of Tudor came to an end.

In 2002, following the initiative of [[canon (priest)|canon]] Ian MacKenzie, Arthur's funeral was reenacted with a requiem mass at Worcester Cathedral, on occasion of the [[Anniversary|quincentenary]] of his death. Despite his role in English history, Arthur has remained largely forgotten since his death.{{sfn|Gunn|Monckton|2009|p=5}}

Henry VIII owned a portrait of Arthur wearing a "red cap with a brooch upon it, and a collar of red and white roses".<ref>[[Maria Hayward]], ''The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall Palace'', 2 (Illuminata Publishers, 2004), p. 94 no. 763: David Starkey, ''Inventory of Henry VIII'', 1 (London: Harvey Miller, 1998), p. 239 no. 10666: [https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/4/collection/403444/arthur-prince-of-wales-1486-1502 Arthur, Prince of Wales: RCIN 403444]</ref> A portrait of Arthur was rediscovered by English art dealer [[Philip Mould]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Trail-Lot-163-Search-Lost-Art-Treasures/1857025237|title=The Trail of Lot 163: In Search of Lost Art Treasures|last=Mould|first=Philip|date=1997|publisher=Fourth Estate|isbn=978-1857025231|location=London|language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Mould|1995|p=121}}

The stained-glass image of Arthur Tudor praying is in the west window of the nave in St Laurence's Church in Ludlow, Shropshire where he died at the castle in 1502.<ref>Lloyd, David ''Historic Ludlow: the Parish Church of Saint Laurence, a History and a Guide'', [[Birmingham]], England: SP Print, 1980, p. 7.</ref> Arthur's bowels (called euphemistically "the heart") had been buried in a lead box in the church's choir but were noted in 1723 as having been ''taken up not long since''.<ref>Lloyd, David ''Historic Ludlow: the Parish Church of Saint Laurence, a History and a Guide'', p. 13.</ref>