The Mistresses of Henry VIII

The Mistresses of Henry VIII

Kelly Hart

Language: English

Pages: 240

ISBN: 0752458523

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


The full story of the "other women" in Henry VIII's life is presented here—everyone knows about the six wives, but this thrilling account of love, lust, and betrayal examines the mistresses
 
From an exciting new voice in Tudor history comes the story of Henry's mistresses—the six mistresses that historians agree upon, and several more possible women who were involved with Henry. Seventeen-year-old Henry VIII was "a youngling, he cares for nothing but girls and hunting," and over the years, this didn't change much. Henry was considered a demi-god by his subjects, so each woman he chose was someone who had managed to stand out in a crowd of stunning ladies. Looking good was not enough, she had to be extra special to keep the king's interest, and Henry's women were every bit as intriguing as the man himself. The 16th century was a time of profound changes in religion and society across Europe, and some of Henry’s lovers were at the forefront of influencing these events. Here, they are finally rescued from obscurity. A must-read for Tudor and Anne Boleyn fans, this volume also includes a useful chronology of Henry’s marriages, liaisons, and children.

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Father’s shoes. Henry’s second marriage had not produced any boys. The earl of Sussex, a close friend of Richmond’s father-in-law, suggested to Henry that as ‘the Princess [both Mary and Elizabeth] was a bastard, as well as the Duke of Richmond, it was advisable to prefer the male to the female, for the succession to the Crown. This opinion [was not] … contradicted by the King.’19 It was the law that bastards could not inherit from their fathers, but an exception to this was made for the bastards.

Subjugated that he does not speak a word except in response to what the King asks him’.1 Unlike many kings, Henry may not have had a mistress before he ascended the throne. Once king, Henry began to make up for lost time, and was ‘never still or quiet’.2 He was now revelling in his new-found freedom, and as his courtiers knew, this was likely to include spending time with beautiful women; many of the nobles would have been competing to find him a mistress. One courtier, George Cavendish,.

Fall, but they must have made Catherine aware of how difficult this had been. The duke of Norfolk had condemned Anne Boleyn – his own niece – to death and there was no doubt that he would do the same for Catherine if he had to. He could do little else; ‘the wrath of the King meant death.’11 She had promised to ‘take thee, Henry, to my wedded husband, to have and to hold, for this day forward, for better or worse, for richer and poorer, in sickness and in health, to be bonair and buxom in bed.

Had been close to Anne Boleyn and had been of an age with Catherine Howard – both were her first cousins and people she spent most days with, and whose deaths must have touched her deeply. She was also a lady-in-waiting to the present queen, Katheryn Parr. Although Mary was not in Katheryn’s closest circle, the two women shared much in common, including their increasingly Protestant views. Mary, perhaps having seen two of her cousins beheaded after marrying the monarch, perhaps out of morality.

Twenty years or so. We are unsure of the cause of death as he had been ill with several ailments for many years. It has been suggested that it was a pulmonary embolism, caused by the thrombosed vein in his leg which he had been suffering from for many years. He was buried, as he had requested, in St George’s Chapel, Windsor, next to ‘our true and loving Wife Queen Jane’.14 Elizabeth I described Sir Thomas Seymour as ‘a man of much wit and very little judgement’.15 When it came to Seymour, it.

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