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Jun 2021
10m 56s

Enrique VIII, Amor y venganza en la cort...

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De sus seis esposas, Enrique VIII se divorció de una, ejecutó a la segunda, lloró a una tercera, repudió a la siguiente... Pero el caso más trágico fue quizás el de Catalina Howard, una joven de apenas 18 años a la que el rey hizo decapitar por supuesto adulterio. Te contamos su historia. 
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