The Death Of Arthur Tudor - The Boy Who Should Have Been King

How different would history have been had he lived? No English Deformation?

Henry VIII is remembered today as one of the most savage and brutal Kings that the world has ever seen. The Tudor monarch during his time on the throne had many of his closest friends and even two of his wives executed in barbaric fashion. But Henry should never have been King. He had an older brother, Prince Arthur Tudor however through his early death, Henry then became the heir apparent and successor to his father Henry VII. Prince Arthur it is believed by some was a sickly child, but this was not the case. He was the eldest son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, and there was great hope for the boy who would hopefully go on to rule England. He was showered in titles and gifts, and a high profile marriage to Catherine of Aragon was arranged building an alliance between Spain and England. However shortly after their wedding, at Ludlow Castle Arthur began to become very ill as did Catherine. Catherine eventually recovered, but Prince Arthur Tudor never did and he passed away at a very young age. This devastated Henry VII and it changed the line of succession forever, and his successor was then appointed to be his other son, Henry VIII. Arthur Tudor's sad death led to the face of English History being changed forever.