Ahhh.. the lovely Anne Boleyn. She
‘s always bothered me a bit- seducing a married man already seduced by her sister, and proven political pawn. She dressed in yellow to celebrate the death of Catherine of Aragorn (Henry’s first wife.) Evil!
Interesting little tidbit about her death… Henry, in an act of mercy (whatever), had her sentence for treason commuted from burning to beheading. Also- he couldn’t have her beheaded with a commoner’s axe but brought in Jean Rombaud, an expert swordsman to perform the execution. She was beheaded while kneeling upright, and Jean said “where is my sword?” to distract her as he swiftly took her head off with one clean blow. There was no proper burial or even a coffin. Pretty horrible ending for the mother of Elizabeth I.
Two weeks later, fatso married Jane Seymour.
Love, love, love this blog and I love this woman, researching into her yes, she had negative traits but hey, given the choice of being a mistress then once used being shipped off to convent or trying to improve your life by whatever opportunities were given, I know what I would choose…And reading into how she came about at court, I don’t think she was given many choices about the matter at all. Also Catherine was being divorced prior to Henry meeting Anne due to her hitting menopause and there being no male heir but it wasn’t requested from the pope until Henry was with Anne but there is evidence that this was being discussed months before he met Anne. She also prevented through her religious and Martin Tynsdale sympathies, a major religious revolution occurring in Britain through her connection with Henry…we got COE which is much better than what happened to poor France and St Bartholomews …
Thank you!!! Over the past year, I’ve read and learned quite a bit more about Anne. My opinion of her has changed drastically since I first posted this. I direct my anger more at her father than anyone else!!!! Great info- thank you so much for the comment!!!!