Which Queen Did Henry VIII NOT Sleep With? | The Six Queens Of Henry VIII | Channel 5

Henry VIII's advisor Thomas Cromwell convinced the king to marry Anne of Cleves despite not having any attraction to her. Henry VIII didn't sleep with Anne of Cleves. Watch The Six Queens Of Henry VIII and see how Henry VIII fall for Anne's maid Catherine Howard and ankle his marriage with Anne.
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[@channel5]

Did you know about Henry VIII’s sexual problem?

[@Culture_Journey]

No 🤣

[@noviawardhani6421]

Maybe he is a nymphomania 😂😂😂

[@ketreenawilliams1320]

His pride was too wounded to be with her. She embarrass him in front of his court so he had to spin it to embarrass her to be rid of her.

[@grassfedmilkmomma]

Impotence?

[@Saucyakld]

Syphilis

[@literatouristin]

Anne of Cleve was the most lucky one and maybe the most clever one. She didn't fight Henry and maybe even never slept with him, and therefore she survived. Got a fine house, money, servants - no stillbirths, no beheading.

[@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

Richest women in England, was allowed back to court where she became popular and friends with Henry and a party girl. Given the freedom to marry whoever she wanted or return to Germany, chose to be single in England. When Mary took the throne this Lutheran converted to Catholicism drop of a hat, kept her status and wealth, and was favoured by Mary as an example. When Elizabeth took the throne converted to Protestantism at the drop of a hat kept her wealth and status. Definitely a sly mover and a life million times better than being Henry's wife. To think she's the one historians look at as the poor cast off one.

[@jelena1172]

Yes she didn't fight him, but everything would have been different if they had a child, that is the main reason Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn fought so much, they wanted for their daughters what was their birth right.

[@aileen694]

Literatouristin, Right!, no stillbirths, no beheading and No Syphilis! Lucky Anne :)

[@alisonbryant5799]

@@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns Anne of Cleves died in 1557, the year before Elizabeth acceded to the throne.

[@Elly3981]

@@aileen694 Henry couldn't have Anne executed for the same reason he couldn't have Catherine of Aragon executed, he would have started a war with their respective countries.

[@william_the_conqueror_fan1564]

“Anne of Cleves came at four. I fell for the portrait I saw. Laid eyes on her face and cried ‘She’s a horse!’ I must have another divorce”

[@s0m3on3e]

Yay horrible histories

[@ruthannemackinnon588]

Anne of Cleeves really was the most fortunate of all his wives

[@trawlins396]

Agree

[@kimma508]

Agreed.

[@Ash-pc5tg]

Yeah and they stayed close friends after they got divorced

[@7lein]

@@aleasyah3032 ikr anne of cleves was underestimated

[@trevonte3723]

She really was. It was a blessing that she was able to divorce and survive Henry’s reign

[@alexlefay]

Goals in live: be as witty as Anne of Cleves. She truly is goals: she got the house, the money and the statues, with no annoying husband. Actual Queen.

[@clairdeloona7411]

Thanks for the complements!

[@EK-gt2xf]

I mean out of his 6 wives, her portrait was the best.. So he was either very very very insecure, or had terrible taste in looks...

[@maxwellsmart6487]

Why is the painting of Anne of Cleeves in the Louvre? It has nothing to do with France in any way. Should be in England.

[@moodylittleowl]

@@maxwellsmart6487 do you know how empty would be british museums if the same logic was applied to their contents? :D

[@isobelduncan]

@@maxwellsmart6487 It's still counted priceless historic art. Nationality doesn't really matter.

[@tsarina24honolulu87]

British art is in Italy and America 🤷

[@7lein]

Anne of Cleves never argued nor refused to be anulled or divorced she simply and wisely said YES and kept her head

[@trevonte3723]

I wouldn’t fight back either if I were getting a whole lot of money out of my divorce LOL

[@zay4401]

Lol

[@abigailmurphy535]

I just feel like Henry was projecting his own insecurities onto Anne...

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

Aka doing the worst online dating experience to cope with your insecurity of being single

[@beekay9607]

Finally a King Henry that isn’t young and too fit during Anne’s time as Queen

[@Angie2343]

He actually LOOKS like the real deal!

[@Jemma785]

King Henry VIII was very handsome and athletic during his youth. It astounds me how many people do not know this.

[@feackshow5250]

Let's be honest out of all his wives she's the one with the fairy book ending I mean she ended up as a wealthy influential woman in a powerful country at a time when there weren't very many wealthy powerful women in the world

[@LiveAsDiva]

Sitting here all alone... On a throne, in the palace that I happened to own ...

[@Rat_Queen86]

Anne of Cleves is my favourite of Henry’s queens. She got more out of her marriage to him then any of the others. She was classy, dignified and just epic

[@irawilliams343]

If you ask me she was the ultimate survivor among the six wives

[@sarahjames927]

Ann and Catherine Parr lucked out.

[@nannybebe74]

Catherine only lived for a year after Henry’s death sadly. She died after the birth of her daughter, Mary.

[@reythejediladyviajakku6078]

You’d think someone would have warned her about this

[@blacksparrow9636]

I agree!

[@gidzmobug2323]

And if someone had? Her father and brother arranged the marriage, not Anne.

[@isobelduncan]

Or that Henry would've learned from Henry VI's meeting with Margaret of Anjou.

[@justintime3656]

Hans Holbein goes around the world Painting all of the beautiful girls

[@mhmyeet3508]

Six 🤣👌

[@emelyzavala8284]

From Spain to France and Germany The king chooses one but which one will it be

[@williamegler8771]

@@emelyzavala8284 Germany didn't exist. Ann was from Cleves .

[@emelyzavala8284]

William Egler that’s what the lyrics says, I just wanted to say the next line sorry 🥺😂

[@waterbottle1067]

@@williamegler8771 they we're typing the lyrics of a song

[@ketreenawilliams1320]

Anne got the best deal out of all his wives.

[@einezcrespo2107]

There's another painting of Anne of Cleves by Barthel Bruyn the Elder that may be a closer represantation of her and it's a sideways portrait. She looked plainer there than in Holbein'. Holbein escaped Henry's wrath because he was an artist. He understood that.

[@caroledickerson5616]

Annie was the luckiest of the wives. 🌺🌷🥀💐 .

[@RoseSharon7777]

I believe Henry had syphilis and that's why his previous wives miscarried so much. Plus he had the tell tale signs. Open ulcers and upon death his testicles were in bad shape. Pretty disgusting actually.

[@meganbagwell-johnston7810]

The cure for syphilis was Mercury which would caused him to be out of court for long periods of time, which he wasnt and we have his doctors records and mercury treatment was not there, unlike the French king Francies, it may have been in his gentics with a blood issue

[@JessCausey]

He probably had diabetes in addition to whatever STIs he had.

[@199019852007]

@@JessCausey the clap

[@noviawardhani6421]

I think it's Kell syndrome

[@MsJubjubbird]

Being overweight gives you fertility issues too. Plus he was probably diabetic which doesn't help. Maybe he didn't have syphilis but he slept around so much he would have had some form of STI. Plus he may have had some fertility disorder to start with. Add to that nutrition for pregnant women wasn't great and the babies were compressed in those clothes and hygiene was shocking so not a surprise.

[@Elly3981]

I think its possible that Henry didn't sleep with Catherine Howard and Parr either since he was already very sick and weak when he married them. It might also explain why he didn't have any children with them as well as with Anne.

[@annamillan2903]

Lucky girl. She survived the monster.

[@nuclearbriefcase7259]

honestly speaking she was most lucky she got money , castle , servents and also yearly allowence for her and live a long life even more then his 6 wife

[@vickiecraddock9872]

Anne of Cleeves was the most clever of the Queens to accept the offer and keep her head.

[@isobelduncan]

Anne did actually speak some English since Henry sent a tutor over to Germany to give her lessons. And there are actually some accounts describing her as pretty.

[@vkarlix]

guys catherine howard was anne boleyns cousin I-

[@isobelduncan]

Jane Seymour was also Anne's second cousin.

[@helloitsme255]

Catherine of Aragon was Katherine Parr’s Godmother

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

@@isobelduncan *shudders* And yes Henry is also biologically related to Jane Seymour

[@STYLESBYLIFEBEAUTYNMORE]

She could smell him before he showed up lol

[@barbarablue2571]

Anne de Cleves after Catherine of Aragon, the two best Henry´s wives. He didn´t deserve wives like them.

[@reb-px5gg]

Or my girl Anne Boleyn. Frankly, he didn’t deserve any of them. But Anne’s my favorite.

[@kybug4life879]

Her real name was Anna Von Kleve

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Nor Jane Seymour.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Anne of Cleves was better than them.

[@roradye]

You, you said that I tricked ya' 'Cause I, I didn't look like my profile picture

[@aestheticideasvideos84]

Too bad I don’t agree...

[@amaliasilva7518]

So I’m gonna hang it up for everyone to see And you can’t stop me cause

[@avar3458]

@Nicole Herrick get down… get down you dirty rascal

[@kybug4life879]

Get Down cause I’m the queen of the castle

[@aye_payal1329]

A wife turns into a sis 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@purdycat15]

Anne of cleaves is the smartest wife of all agreeing to the divorce and becoming Henry viii sister .. she kept her life and got looked after ..

[@siriuslyginnychase3100]

1:09 - big shocker there

[@Hola-8693]

The fashion sense was a LOT different than what it is today. So Anne probably looked fine in today’s standards.

[@isobelduncan]

It's very possible since beauty standards are very flexible and change over time. Interestingly Tudor/medieval fashion was very different to each other in different parts of Europe and England.

[@svitlanasalo1179]

She was the luckiest one among his vives

[@anneofcleveswithinternet]

I was the most modern looking among the wives, I guess the standard of beauty was different then

[@kkandsims4612]

Honestly I also think Catharine of Aragon was the only one that could have got away with refusing to not be queen honestly she should have been buried a queen it’s an embarrassment. That she’s not but I don’t think Henry would have actually killed his wife of 24 years or his only child till Elisabeth was born mary was it

[@garyjohnson4778]

He didn't divorce any of his wives. Henry had his marriage to Katherine of Aragon declared as being invalid and Anne of Cleves' marriage was annulled. annulled.

[@allianceforalternativeacti9078]

Sitting here all alone on a throne

[@vergarafamily3167]

Can’t make me stop I wanna go hunting, any takers? I’m not fake ‘cause I’ve got acres and acres

[@TiaHauserNYC]

I just realized most of his wives are named Anne or C/Katherine

[@kevinbergin9971]

The man would not spring for new bath towels apparently.

[@nomfundomdluli1544]

It was anne's idea to become his sister and rewardedher with Hevor(sp) castle for being so compliant and not contesting the divorce😒

[@cassie-bv9sn]

Catherine Howard’s face honestly...

[@ihateyouall4641]

Divorce, be headed n died. Divorce be headed, survived

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Saying King Henry the 8th was lame was an.understatement

[@Duszka]

Henry was shallow as heck....

[@tery_freak2101]

Ich bin Anna of Cleves...

[@sophiaerinnmape1678]

when he saw my portrait he was like

[@svitlanasalo1179]

Ich bin ganz sicher, dass du bist nicht :)

[@that_geek_bean9076]

Ya~

[@melieflynn-hayes7996]

She was the most lucky one wife because she still stayed close with king and his children after he divorced her she was like a sister to him

[@HuongPham-hk9xm]

I think Henry was not really attracted to Anne of Cleeves.. some people can only sleep with the one they feel attracted to.

[@muchofas]

Catherine Parr and always referred to as the "lucky one" or the one that survived but really she died in child birth a year after Henry so in the end Anne of Cleve's got the last laugh ! 🤭

[@M3D34_2]

What did Anne of cleves say?

[@antheiheiant]

"No stop, leave me alone, please!"

[@grazielaalmeida8438]

This german actress is so cute.

[@pueblotronic7094]

Anne Cleves, aka "The lucky one"

[@MagdaleneDivine]

How much you want to bet that if he had stayed married to Anne she would've born multiple sons lol

[@kevinbergin9971]

Breeder hips?

[@MagdaleneDivine]

@@kevinbergin9971 no just he should have been more flexible with the breeders appearance if he wanted a son. I mean these delicate little roses he favored obviously weren't gonna live through giving birth. So I guess yeah. Needed a sturdier and more hearty constitution if you want strapping lads to abound

[@MagdaleneDivine]

@@kevinbergin9971 and that's just how karma works. He was so focused on obtaining something completely arbitrary that he was actually probably energetically repelling what he fixated on. If that makes sense. It's the law of attraction only in reverse

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

@@MagdaleneDivine My mom is 5 feet tall and has a slim to medium build. Her sister is taller by about 6 inches, with wider hips and a heavier build. My mom naturally birthed 2 kids while her sister had both of her kids by c-section. Roomy hips on the outside doesn't always mean a wide pelvic outlet on the inside. My aunt looks like the one who could've delivered several kids vaginally. I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out that breeder's hips are a myth. 🙂

[@bridgetbarba4170]

Interesting series, it's history, but fascinating

[@wakh9647]

I wonder what Henry felt calling her Anne..does he remember Anne Boleyn whom he executed?

[@isobelduncan]

Anne was a common name back then, I doubt he would've thought much about it.

[@kevinbergin9971]

He did okay with all the K/Catherines out there.

[@cbird.27]

He audacity he has to be worried if other people are attractive when he himself wasn’t even attractive. Was he ever attractive?

[@megsmysteries8968]

At least she escaped the ax.

[@arleneweiss4676]

Ann of Cleves

[@PopPop-ms4vl]

Lol

[@kevinbergin9971]

Anne of Cleves was the only wife he did not see BEFORE the marriage agreement.

[@sharmishthach685]

Well his first wife was alive .. not that she had died. Only she was sent away . Edit : @0:40

[@XC21ALiSoN]

Catherine of Aragon died while Henry VIII was married to Anne Boleyn. They wore yellow to celebrate her passing.

[@isobelduncan]

​@@XC21ALiSoN Historians actually dispute whether Anne celebrating or paying respect, as in Spanish culture yellow is the colour of mourning whereas black is associated with celebration.

[@john-fy6jk]

12 versions of every single STORY.????

[@allim.5941]

The lucky one.

[@tessareynolds8377]

He was such a horrible person.

[@scott6828]

I would've married Henry VIII if i were given that sweet deal! Never had to sleep w/ him and literally given kings ransom!! Sign me up stat!!

[@ciaranmurren]

Why isnt this on My5?

[@trungduong4040]

Not too bad for her as 'sister' of the king. I like the performance of the actress.

[@beheadedtheaterqueen1756]

I’m the queen of the castle GET DOWN YOU DIRTY RASCAL GGGG GET DOWN

[@ardenalexa94]

It sounds less like she was unattractive and more like he was angry she rejected him since she didn’t know who he was when she first met him.

[@justanothergoogler6436]

Why does this pick up in the middle?

[@AriadnaPulido-kj7mh]

Did Ann speak English well at this point? Maybe she didn't understand him, and besides how would you feel in a large man inside a hood made weird advances faking his voice?

[@justinwakeling2966]

Anne eneded up with the last laugh she was one of the richest women in England & did not have to put up with Henry

[@lillyess385]

Henry was the epitome of fragile masculinity.

[@Beth20043]

Poor Anne.

[@nomdeplume2213]

Did she know why she was being painted?? Must have been some nerve-wracking hours lol

[@whitneysmith9314]

Is that Bert Kreisher or Henry VIII?

[@velocitygirl8551]

Anne of Cleves!

[@linaburon5672]

Anne of Cleve

[@12from121]

No No, don't lie! Cromwell wasn't brought down because of Anne

[@kevinbergin9971]

Well, that rebellion in the north country was part of it but I believe this marriage and the court members talking smack about him were all part of his troubles.

[@12from121]

@@kevinbergin9971 He was brought down for 2 reasons 1) The French: as part of their alliance they wanted crumb gone. 2) He had no power base outside of the king.

[@clairdeloona7411]

It was MEEEEEEEEE! I didn’t like him any way.

[@mochamatcha25]

Uh...

[@juliakavanagh3400]

Is Anne of Cleves beautiful or different

[@michaelowino228]

Hello

[@chykim1]

They made Anne unattractive, she was actually an attractive woman.

[@StephenDBurge-in5qi]

Lucky Lady 😏

[@mayaharrison3138]

cool