Английская Википедия:Catalina of Motril
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Catalina of Motril (fl. 1501–1531), was an enslaved Moorish royal bedchamber servant.[1]
Life
Catalina of Motril was born in Motril in Granada. Sometime before 1501 she was enslaved, likely during the Spanish reconquista. She was given the Christian name Catalina, after Catherine of Aragon, when she converted to Christianity, as was the custom practised by both Christian and Muslim slave owners at the time. There were two anonymous 'esclavas' (slaves) listed in Catherine's entourage when she travelled to England in 1501 to marry Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catalina is likely to have been one of these two. She was referred to as 'Catalina, once the Queen's slave' over 30 years later, after she had left Catherine's service. Catalina's exact status in the service of Catherine of Aragon is unknown. As slavery was illegal in England at that time, her enslavement would in effect no longer have been considered legal after her arrival to England.[2]
Catalina was still a part of Catherine's household in 1509, as the Spanish Ambassador noted that she witnessed the first intercourse between Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII after their marriage that year. In 1531, when Henry VIII issued an investigation to obtain a divorce from Catherine, Catalina was called to testify that Catherine had not been a virgin on her wedding night. It was stated that at some point, she had returned to Spain, where she had married the bow maker Oviedo, with whom she had two daughters, and lived with him in Málaga, and that in 1531, she was a widow living in Motril. It is unknown whether she attended the court to testify.[3]
References
- ↑ Johnson, L. (2019, October 10). Catalina of Motril (fl. 1501–1531), royal bedchamber servant. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 15 Jan. 2021, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-369157.
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