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Noun: Catherine  kath-rin
  1. First wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
    - Catherine of Aragon
     
  2. Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
    - Catherine II, Catherine the Great

Type of: empress, married woman, wife

Encyclopedia: Catherine, Called Birdy Catherine Catherine, Countess of Foix Catherine, Lady Walpole Catherine, Duchess of Braganza

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