Prince Arthur, eldest son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, was born at Winchester and christened after the mythic Hero-King of Britain. His tutor, from his tenth year, was Bernard Andreas and the Prince gave early signs of high intellectual attainments. Negotiations for his marriage with a Spanish princess began when he was two, but the marriage with Catherine of Aragon only took place in November 1501, when he was just fifteen. The young couple went to Ludlow Castle, but Arthur died in the following April, supposedly leaving Catherine a virgin bride to be betrothed to his younger brother, Prince Henry.