Katherine Was a True Leader
When Henry named Katherine as regent in 1513, Scotland tried to exploit Henry’s absence and invade England from the north. They didn’t understand Katherine was thoroughly Isabella’s daughter, raised on horseback leading armies into battle. Katherine raised and supplied an army and built a system of allies. She donned armor and rallied the men, sending them to defeat the Scots, with a major victory at the Battle of Flodden. As a trophy, Katherine sent Henry the bloodied coat of Scottish King James IV, telling Henry to use it as a banner in his own battles. All this while seven months pregnant.