There and Back Again: The English Journeys of Catherine of Aragon

[Awkwardvulture]

Aww I hope Catalina and Manuel have many happy years together!

Oh, they may, but we'll see just how things go for the two of them. They thank you for your good wishes!

Oh that's sweet!!

Why thank you, I was hoping it would be...

 

[Ogrebear]

Good luck Catalina and Manuel, hope yours is a long and happy reign.

 

[Awkwardvulture]

A little cheesy perhaps, but I love it.

To be honest I'm not the greatest at writing romance and stuff as I don't exactly have a ton of experience with it myself , but I'm glad that you liked it!

 

[Awkwardvulture]

Manuel really has a thing for Trastámara girls, eh?

Oh yes he does. 😏

Yes, he certainly does love his Trastámara Queens...

 

[Awkwardvulture]

Good luck Catalina and Manuel, hope yours is a long and happy reign.

Thank you very much, things certainly look good for them at the moment!

 

[pandizzy]

i think manuel's youngest child is currently three so... catalina is gonna be the only mother duarte knows </3

 

[HortenseMancini]

i think manuel's youngest child is currently three so... catalina is gonna be the only mother duarte knows </3

Duarte's mãe (hopefully to be joined by some half siblings!)

 

[HortenseMancini]

Manuel really has a thing for Trastámara girls, eh?

Oh yes he does. 😏

not surprising considered that isabella and ferdinand's girls were considered quite beautiful in their youth... (and catalina likely has her looks for a little longer here without constant pregnancy throughout the 1510s)

 

[pandizzy]

Duarte's mãe (hopefully to be joined by some half siblings!)

mamãe do duarte <3

 

[Awkwardvulture]

And in celebration of Catalina and Manuel's marriage enjoy a casting post!

La vida y la época de Catalina: infanta, regente y reina, Segunda tem porada, Portugal
(The life and Times of Catalina: Infanta, Regent and Queen c. 2008-2011. Season two, Portugal)
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Audrey Fleurot as Catalina of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

Ray Stevenson as Manuel I of Portugal

Eduardo Noriega as Ferdinand VI of Spain

Kim Whalen as Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Spain

 

[HortenseMancini]

Love it!

 

[Awkwardvulture]

i think manuel's youngest child is currently three so... catalina is gonna be the only mother duarte knows </3

Awww how sweet....

 

[Awkwardvulture]

Love it!

I'm happy that you do!

 

[pandizzy]

wow i love the casting for isabella!!!

 

[Awkwardvulture]

wow i love the casting for isabella!!!

Thank you, I thought Whalen would be perfect for her!

 

[HortenseMancini]

Thank you, I thought Whalen would be perfect for her!

And she is. Worthy of portraying a woman considered one of the most beautiful princesses in europe.

 

[pandizzy]

i just realized kim whalen is becky barnes

 

[Awkwardvulture]

"Der junge Kaiser"
(The Young Emperor, c.2016)
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Jeremy Irons as Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Sophie Skelton as Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (a slightly older actress was used to avoid the controversy of having an actual fourteen-year-old play her)

Jessica Lange as Margaret of Austria, Dowager Duchess of Savoy

Richard Madden as Charles, Duke of Burgundy (later Holy Roman Emperor)

Anna Popplewell as Catherine Tudor, Duchess of Burgundy (would later become Holy Roman Empress)

 

[HortenseMancini]

Well shit Margaret looks as old as her dad...

 

[Kennedy Forever]

Great casting especially Jeremy Irons, Richard Madden and Anna Popplewell