divorce england history

Name a Catholic king who has had a divorce/annullment, and stayed within the church – not been excommunicated?
Alright, I was watching “The Tudors” yesterday – I know, not the best place to learn about history… – and, when trying to convince Wallsley to take him getting a divorce seriously, King Henry VIII says that “it” – kings having a divorce – has happened before?
I thought that it hadn’t and that the only reason he set up the Church of England was so he could get a divorce – because the Catholic Church would NEVER allow a king to get a divorce/annullment – especially after having kids???
So, am I reading too much into it and the line was just “artistic licence”, or had kings gotten divorces before??
It is not a sin to get a divorce- so it is likely a king had been divorced.
The sin is in remarrying without an annullment.
Katherine of Aragon- Queen of England
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