Anne Boleyn was famously executed by a French swordsman in 1536 after being arrested for adultery and incest. Historian Elizabeth Norton reveals some surprising and lesser-known facts about her...
Catherine was the daughter of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second queen. She was born during Mary Boleyn’s marriage to William Carey — a man of good birth but not high in the Tudor hierarchy who closely served Henry VIII in his private chambers. The years put...
The birth was also reputed to almost have killed both mother and child, but with some miracle and lovely deliverance that both mother and son came through after several hours of child labour. It is little wonder that Henry was later called the Son of Prophecy; and his mother had grand ...
Anne Boleyn sent George Brooke 9th Lord Cobham (1497-1558) a letter telling him about the birth of Elizabeth in September 1533 but he was also one of the judges that tried the queen just three years later. The following year at the christening of young Prince Edward it was Lord Cobham ...
He was also made warden-general of the marches toward Scotland, i.e. head of the council of the north, and then a month later, he was made Lord Admiral of England. Due to his northern appointment, he was set up in a ducal household in Yorkshire, residing at Sheriff Hutton and ...
Anne gave birth nine months after the wedding. The child, a daughter, was named Claude, who became Anne's heir to the title of Duchess of Brittany. As a daughter, Claude could not inherit the crown of France because France followedSalic Law, but Brittany did not. ...
The family links with Elizabeth are in themselves interesting. Clearly being a Kent family the Boleyn equation and Kent gentry affinity comes into play. Anne Boleyn sent George Brooke 9thLord Cobham (1497-1558) a letter telling him about the birth of Elizabeth in September 1533 but he was also...
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, served as queen of England in the 1530s. She was executed on charges of incest, witchcraft, adultery and conspiracy against the king.
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Arthur’s Birth David Starkey2writes of how the court arrived at Winchester in early September and wonders if it was the 60+ mile journey on bad roads that caused Elizabeth to go into labour and give birth a month early. Despite being about a month premature, little Arthur was healthy. ...