| ISABELLA | --- of Castile, wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon and mother of Henry VIII's first wife Catherine of Aragon (8) |
| ELEANOR | — of Castile, wife of Edward I |
| MARRS | 1987 one-hit wonder group formed by the collaboration of AR Kane and Colourbox (1-1-1-1-1) |
| ARAGON | The marriage of Ferdinand II of ___ to Isabella I of Castile helped unite 15th-century Spain (6) |
| ARCH | Piece of ar-chi-tec-ture, literally |
| MATILDA | A 12th-century empress; daughter and heir of Henry I and mother of Henry II (7) |
| REY | Ferdinand II of Aragon, por ejemplo |
| INFANTA | Title held by Catherine of Aragon and Catherine of Braganza before marriage |
| BLOUNT | Elizabeth ('Bessie') ___, mother of Henry VIII's son, Henry Fitzroy (6) |
| ALFONSO | ___ I, 'the Battler', 12th-century king of Aragon and Navarre (7) |
| FERDINAND | --- II of Aragon, father of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife (9) |
| MARYI | The daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon who became the first queen to rule England in her own right (4,1) |
| ISABELLAI | Queen of Castile 1474-1504 who, with her husband Ferdinand II, instituted the Spanish Inquisition and backed Columbus's expedition of 1492 (8,1) |
| BOOTH | William -; founder with his wife Catherine of a mission which later became the Salvation Army (5) |
| JELLYROLL | Professional first names of Ferdinand Joseph LaMenthe Morton, d. 1941 (5,4) |
| NIECES | Two of Ferdinand VII's wives, to Ferdinand VII |
| BOLEYN | Henry VIII's first Anne (6) |
| LINACRE | Thomas ____ was Henry VIII's first king's physician |
| CATHERINE | Henry VIII's first queen |
| MARYTUDOR | Henry VIII's first child (4,5) |
