Anne was far more gracious on the day of her execution than Henry ever was.
@steppy3736 Жыл бұрын
Of course she was. It was her final act to protect her child.
@lolamontez7782 Жыл бұрын
@@steppy3736great point.
@marydewitt9623 Жыл бұрын
He still had the perfect hostage, Elizabeth. Anne knew he was ruthless enough to make sure the tot died an unfortunate death from neglect if she dared say an unkind word at her execution. Also, it was a way to prove, hey, I am a rational, sane and good woman… unlike how I have been presented to the public.
@anandmorris Жыл бұрын
@marydewitt9623 absolutely none of that is true! What school did you go to?! Or, what books have you read that illustrate this narrative. It is pure speculation from feelings. History is about facts, unfortunately for yourself.
@cf34439 ай бұрын
@ carolynpurser7469....tell that to his first wife.
@mariayeomans8654 Жыл бұрын
What a beast Henry was. He could have exiled her with Elizabeth and spared her life. He was an evil man.
@chocolatesouljah Жыл бұрын
Although I agree he was a beast, didn't her (unjust) death allow him more freedom as a "widower" to marry?
@terintiaflavius3349 Жыл бұрын
He didn't even let Mary visit Catherine of Aragon when she was on her death bed. He was a hard hearted man.
@RBv195 Жыл бұрын
It was a different time. Many of the things that we today as horrible were just run of the mill back then.
@tonyausten2168 Жыл бұрын
He was a capital Narcissist!
@chocolatesouljah Жыл бұрын
@@tonyausten2168 Makes sense. I would add malignant narcissist
@mrfearsmom885711 ай бұрын
THE ultimate FU AND slap in his face was that Elizabeth, out of all his children, was the greatest monarch. Elizabeth's name is more celebrated than Henry's ever was. I am happy she was a strong leader that proved a woman could rein
@dianeashworth23114 ай бұрын
A rein is a leather band used to control a horse. Elizabeth I reigned
@stevenkaskus617313 күн бұрын
Untill Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth I had been the longest ruling monarch and she was known as the Warrior Queen.
@StephenGRodenbough18 сағат бұрын
Queen Elizabeth was Queen Anne's Revenge, the name of Blackbeard's infamous ship. She officiated over the end of the Tudor dynasty.
@ld9044 Жыл бұрын
I can not help but wonder how great a queen Mary may have been if only her father had been kind and loving and supportive of her.
@briansullivan5908 Жыл бұрын
There would have still been the issues with the churches. That caused derision and Catholics back then were not understanding or very accepting of other religions.
@kuceracm Жыл бұрын
Plus he treated Elizabeth even worse than Mary, if possible, and Elizabeth seemed to come into adulthood with a kinder and more open minded outlook on others.
@akaLaBrujaRoja Жыл бұрын
@@kuceracmbut Elizabeth was too young to have anything to compare her life with, unlike Mary who was old enough to feel discarded and suffer the cruelty of being kept from her mother after being so close to her.
@stereohype1 Жыл бұрын
Nah, Mary was too extreme in her religious beliefs so was always going to rub many people the wrong way. Elizabeth however, was moderate in her convictions which allowed her the fluidity to navigate conflicts more effectively
@cam4636 Жыл бұрын
@@stereohype1 Except Mary's religious extremism was almost certainly the backlash of her father's religious extremism--Mary wasn't any unusually extreme Catholic prior to being imprisoned and threatened with execution unless she recognized Anglicanism, which simultaneously had her mother exiled, herself declared illegitimate, and several members of her household executed. She likely would've been as 'normal' a religious ruler as the previous generations. 'Bloody' Mary gets a reputation that applied just as easily to Henry, but because Henry's religion stuck and Mary's didn't, she's the "extremist."
@joejanczak3014 Жыл бұрын
No wondering why Henry viii has no remarkable tomb nor monument in St George's chapel at Windsor Castle. His successors Mary I and Elizabeth I were not pleased with how Henry mistreated their mothers.
@crisjapopcris1564 Жыл бұрын
I believe she had to say that anyway. She was a woman in a man's job during men ruling times.
@ayiza8511 Жыл бұрын
It’s disgusting that Henry did not make arrangements for his daughter. Even if he did not want to see her the least he could do was make sure she had money set assume for her and make sure she had living conditions befitting the daughter of a king
@axemangang1584 Жыл бұрын
He did The samè to mary
@crisjapopcris1564 Жыл бұрын
He was a mysoginist.
@briansullivan5908 Жыл бұрын
Could it be that Henry took it out on Elizabeth because he knew Anne was innocent and Elizabeth was a constant reminder.
@rhiannon.de.rohan-thomas Жыл бұрын
Probably. I tend to agree with the theory that Henry VIII (or his inner circle) got the skilled swordsman to make Anne's death as quick & clean as possible (& least likely to be botched with multiple agonising attempts, à la Margaret Pole), because he (they) knew Anne was not guilty, but he (they) still had to get rid of her. So, yeah, Elizabeth probably reminded Henry and made him feel guilty (or angry with the people who convinced him), thus she was kept away or the guilt was shifted back to Anne & taken out on Elizabeth. 🤔
@kelrogers8480 Жыл бұрын
Henry was a narcissist. He would never have accepted any responsibility for her death, nor had remorse. In a narc's eyes, she would have remained guilty.
@papi8659 Жыл бұрын
She wasn't innocent - she was guilty as charged
@v.j447 Жыл бұрын
@@papi8659and how do you know that? Do you have access to primary sources that history scholars don't have?
@Nikaroooo Жыл бұрын
@@papi8659she could not have possibly been guilty of all she was accused of. She would have been found out much sooner. Way too many courtiers, along with how large her household was would have made it very difficult to sneak around. She was not as young and naive as Kathryn Howard, nor was Anne stupid. Henry needed to dispose of her as he feared Anne would not produce a male heir.
@Leelz247 Жыл бұрын
It's amazing that records of Elizabeth's governess begging Cromwell for clothes for young Elizabeth survived.
@trevorroberts-o7q8 ай бұрын
Sometimes the truth comes out in spite of every attempt to suppress it.
@Caramelpop86 Жыл бұрын
In the 1970s movie "Anne of a 1000 days", Queen Anne said "Elizabeth will be the greatest ruler that England has ever seen and you won't be alive to see it". I wish the real Anne had said that to Henry
@nonchalantmuse1 Жыл бұрын
The real Anne would never have said this at all. In reality, she was terrified of what her daughter's fate might turn out to be. So terrified she was that she implored her chaplain, Matthew Parker, to look after Elizabeth should anything happen. Anne had good reason to worry: she knew Henry already had his sights set on Jane Seymour and marriage to her was all but certain. Anne had witnessed firsthand Henry's poor treatment of his daughter with Katherine, Mary, after ditching Katherine for Anne. It wouldn't be a stretch to presume that Elizabeth would soon receive the same poor treatment. Anne could never have dreamed that Elizabeth would one day be reinstated to the line of succession, much less eventually become Queen of England. For all Anne knew, Elizabeth would remain an illegitimate bastard (as Henry had declared his marriage to Anne invalid) tossed to the side and forgotten about, her marriage prospects not great due to her bastard status.
@wordforger Жыл бұрын
@@nonchalantmuse1Indeed. Fortunately for the girls, later stepmothers were kind and did treat them as daughters/friends.
@KL-ki8db Жыл бұрын
@@wordforgerI love you added friends because Mary was very close in age to all the latter 3. Katherine Howard was so young that Elizabeth referred to her as a playmate instead a stepmother. This is also why Elizabeth stated that she had a feeling that she wouldn’t marry since 8 because that was the age she had witnessed poor Katherine Howard being dragged away and wailing for mercy.
@ellymay14557 ай бұрын
If she had she would have been Signing her daughters down fall.
@emilypresleysee6 ай бұрын
It breaks my heart to think of Anne being completely powerless, knowing she was going to die and leave her defenseless toddler all alone with almost zero protection. She had to know her daughter would not be told stories about her, would rarely see her likeness, and the legacy she was leaving behind was tainted. I could not imagine.
@CosmicMomDove Жыл бұрын
Ann Boleyn was a brave mother. She held her tongue in order to protect her daughter.
@SherryJo777Ай бұрын
I read her letter the morning of her death- she was quite versed in the bible - her letter was articulate and so humble!
@Weeeewriter Жыл бұрын
Henry was a serial killer who doesn't deserve to be acknowledged. The sad part of poor Anne Boleyn was, it wasn't her fault she didn't give Henry a son, it was his fault. It's the gender of the essence of a man that determines the sex of the baby, not the woman. Queen Anne and Queen Elizabeth were both strong women,.
@IndigoBellyDance Жыл бұрын
Anne originally wanted to marry another man, But Henry pursued her And Anne's family was greedy & power Hungry AF
@rathertiredofthemess2841 Жыл бұрын
He was no better nor worse than any other King.
@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Жыл бұрын
@@rathertiredofthemess2841 That’s rather debatable. I wouldn't compare George VI to Henry VIII in terms of their humanity, compassion & morals. George VI is a *FAR* better man by a thousand miles compared to Henry VIII.
@Verityization Жыл бұрын
Worse, historians speculate that Henry probably had syphilis, which is why so many of his children died as stillbirths or shortly after birth.
@Weeeewriter Жыл бұрын
@@Verityization That wouldn't surprise me, he was a sex maniac. Ironic that he killed a few of his wives over infidelity, but he did the same thing lol
@Ad_Astra2023 Жыл бұрын
Elizabeth I perhaps didn’t marry to keep her absolute power but learning the fact that her father killed her mother probably helped her to make that decision, too.
@brigitteryan2863 Жыл бұрын
This has been in debate for centuries.
@steppy3736 Жыл бұрын
Elizabeth has been quoted as saying, "my dogs will wear my collars." She knew if she married, she may be the face of the monarchy, but her husband would rule.
@kerim.peardon5551 Жыл бұрын
Mary and Lady Jane Gray were also examples for her. Mary had a husband who married her only for politics, and while she loved him dearly, he couldn't have cared less about her and stopped doing his marital duty so she could not have a child (which, honestly, she was probably too old for by the time she married). Lady Jane's husband and in-laws (and her parents, to a slightly lesser degree) got her beheaded. Add in her mother and father's tumultuous relationship and you have a young woman who was wise to second-guess marriage.
@doctor_gibbo13928 ай бұрын
I think it boils down to two possibilities: A) she could very well have been a lesbian. B) There wouldn't have been many protestant men around the European courts (Or english courts for that matter) of the sufficient status to be eligible to marry a Queen. Monarchs generally didn't marry for love, they married for politics.
@jamiemohan20494 ай бұрын
I dunno man. She got on well with her father and was very like him. She viewed the sovereigns' decision as just, and she herself executed 83,000 people. She was very vain about her appearance, too. I think she was just a mini Henry, if im honest. Not like she herself didn't execute men she had emotional affairs with. The apple didn't fall too far from the tree. She Henry's daughter, besides her skin and hair colour she even looked more like a Tudor too. I believe her main reason not to marry was not to share power. That was it. She entertained the idea of marriage and clearly had strong emotional connections and crushes on men. She didn't know Anne at all, Henry was her only parent. It's nice she treated her maternal family well ... Well, she didn't like Lettice ....
@procastination_is_my_passi4182 Жыл бұрын
Now that we know through science that a baby's gender is based on their father's genes, it makes me so sad that women were blamed for not being able to conceive a son. Anne bore the burden of Henry's inability to produce an heir and lost her life for it
@Ptls6826 күн бұрын
Lots of places women are still blamed .
@aimeefriedman822 Жыл бұрын
I'll never comprehend the psychi behind Jane not being freaked out that Henry killed Anne. How does a human being not become effected by such a thing, EVEN IF SHE HATED ANNE'S story in history. It's hard to understand how ANY of the people of this time period accepted all of these murders...but a woman, I can't.
@savinaking8637 Жыл бұрын
She could have been petrified, but her family strong armed her into obeying their will.
@catherine-eggallergyinmd Жыл бұрын
Sadly women were the property of their father (or guardian) then their husband. You weren't allowed to say no ever as marital rape wasn't considered a thing back then.
@cam4636 Жыл бұрын
Sure, but the king (any king, not just Henry VIII) had courtiers and political enemies executed on a fairly regular basis. As far as Jane Seymour was concerned, this wasn't much different than business as usual in the royal court.
@Elizabeth-hc3mi Жыл бұрын
Jane probably didn't think Henry was going to EDUCATE Anne, there was no precedent for a QUEEN being executed in Europe before the Tudors executed four. Hec, the entire Tudor line was a result of a Queen's affair and she was simply put on house arrest, not executed. Jane probably just thought Anne was going to be put away like Catherine of Aragon. Besides a man willing to execute his wife, father figure (Thomas Wosley), best friend (Thomas Moore), and threatening to kill his daughter is not the man to suddenly break up with. Besides, Catherine Parr tried to refuse Henry's proposal, but got her rejection rejected. Could have been the same for Jane for all we know. EDIT: I am just now releasing I put Educate instead of Execute, I am leaving it for comedies sake
@steppy3736 Жыл бұрын
Seriously you think women had a choice?
@helpinyerdasellavon Жыл бұрын
Wonderful in-depth content. There's no doubt that all what happened made Elizabeth I to become a formidable fearless ruler in a world dominated by men. Remarkable video.
@pbohearn Жыл бұрын
And someone who could never get her self to marry anyone, and therefore lead the Tudor dynasty to its demise
@helpinyerdasellavon Жыл бұрын
@@pbohearn well aye, that was her own choice. She decided to remain unmarried as she didn't want to share her power in the first place. It's perfectly understandable.
@christyleduc6132 Жыл бұрын
@@pbohearn So for you all of Elizabeth I great achievements meant meant nothing because she didn’t produce an heir.
@cam4636 Жыл бұрын
@@helpinyerdasellavon Not only that, she could promise the possibility of a political marriage whenever she needed leverage to negotiate.
@helpinyerdasellavon Жыл бұрын
@@cam4636 indeed but men were head of the household especially back then. If she married her husband was hence seen and considered the main figure running the kingdom. See what happened to Mary Queen of Scots as her 2nd husband Lord Darnley wanted more power for himself.
@William-Marshall Жыл бұрын
It could not been all Anne’s Fault. Henry has most of the fault, wicked man that he was.
@AnnaAnderson-p6m Жыл бұрын
Facts!!
@Grace-tc1lq Жыл бұрын
I agree. The documentation of the trial showed how the verdict was preplanned and that it was a complete farce.
@lq8242 Жыл бұрын
Anne was a victim of powerful men, much like Catherine Howard
@alixena9340 Жыл бұрын
I have always felt that Anne would have given Henry a son if he had just waited allowed her to have more children.
@industrialover Жыл бұрын
No, I don't think she would have. I suspect she could have been Rh negative, meaning after her successful pregnancy with Elizabeth, her body would have built up antibodies to destroy other fetuses
@alixena9340 Жыл бұрын
fair call@@industrialover
@hazeieris4478 Жыл бұрын
I agree… she had a miscarriage a few days after a Henry had an accident which turned out to be a boy
@knitwit7082 Жыл бұрын
alixena9340 • I read years ago that she got pregnant with a second child, a male. Her enemies at court feared that, so they sent a messenger to tell her the king "had fallen at jousting." She jumped to her feet and fainted. Falling on the stone floor caused a miscarriage. Henry was of course fine, but he never gave her a chance to have another child after the miscarriage. Imagine how different history would have been if she had given birth to that little prince.
@glen7318 Жыл бұрын
where did you read this. Its nonsense. She had had oher miscarriages prior to the last one@@knitwit7082
@eddiebradham5201 Жыл бұрын
It always amazes me that she would say such nice things about the man ordering her death. At no other time would it be possible to say what a terrible person henry was.
@oceanfive5 Жыл бұрын
I think she knew whatever she said would reflect on how her daughter was treated, if she trashed talked him god knows what henry would’ve done to Elizabeth, she had to play along so her daughter would live a somewhat decent life.
@avidreader1527 Жыл бұрын
Henry was more rabid dog than man , not only in his dealings with his wives , but also his officials suffered . He murdered Cardinal Wolsey , then Cromwell and many more actually . He had more than 50 000 people murdered .
@karengilliland2439 Жыл бұрын
I believe it was more like over 70,000 people he had killed. Henry was a medieval serial killer.
@lauratude5132 Жыл бұрын
The movie "Anne of a Thousand Days" shows how he had anyone who was remotely incovenient executed.
@glen7318 Жыл бұрын
stop being silly@@lauratude5132
@furgerechtigkeit6207 Жыл бұрын
Wolsey wasn't murdered by Henry, he died a natural death before Henry could do it.
@shonamcwilliam2842 Жыл бұрын
Ive always wondered why Elizabeth didnt live with Anne of Cleves after Catherine Parr sent her away. Elizabeth and Anne were close.
@moogdome25629 ай бұрын
What a Lady, who died with dignity, and unbelievable courage. So sad. and horrific. Henry executed more people than he changed his socks. He looked like a bouncer working in the door, you wouldn't mess with him. I just wondered, after making her forgiving but dramatic speech, if she had time to feel the pain of her beheading if she would have thought differently about what she had said?. Thank you for an excellent video. Never knew Anne' was Elizabeth's mother.
@pshaw8406 Жыл бұрын
It's a shame Henry never knew what amazing daughters and wives he had.
@Catalina-Winemixer4 ай бұрын
I don’t find that a shame. He didn’t deserve to know it.
@jl-vk8kd Жыл бұрын
Love how there’s no Henry the 9th after the 8th. Guess no one after him wanted to recycle a name after a wife killer
@karensimpson4869 Жыл бұрын
Prince Harry apparently is up for the job .
@knitwit7082 Жыл бұрын
@@karensimpson4869 Just about as hedonistic, selfish, and evil.
@oceanfive5 Жыл бұрын
Prince harry brith name is Henry but he’s not an heir so he’d never be Henry the 9th
@lovelyandsmartcommentator51309 ай бұрын
There is a HENRY the 9th.....Prince Harry....2nd son of Diana and that turd....Charles.
@SusieAnderson-ds7dq8 ай бұрын
@jl-vk8kd...Prince Harry's name is Henry...he's just known as Harry...if anything had happened to William, in their younger days, Harry would inherit the crown; but now that William has offspring, that won't happen.
@thomasmiles9068 Жыл бұрын
there was no such thing as a 'commoner's axe". Commoners were hanged - only members of the nobility were beheaded
@milanamughal Жыл бұрын
In Tudor times the top secular class of the society was nobility. Nobility was divided into royalty and commoners. Unless one belonged to the royal lineage, they were commoners. The Boleyn family were commoners. Another famous commoner queen of England was Elizabeth Woodville, Henry’s grandmother in his mother’s side. Unless they were from a royal family and had royal blood, they were considered commoners. Royalty and commoners were to be executed by an axe. Everyone else was to be hung.
@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Жыл бұрын
There's absolutely no evidence that Anne was guilty of the crimes she's accused of. Her only 'crime' - if you can call it that - was not giving Henry VIII a son & heir. Its impossible for her to have slept any of the men she is accused of. As a Queen she was *NEVER* left alone at any time. Even when she was going to the toilet or asleep someone was with her. It was protocol for a Queen to be accompanied by at least 1 attendant at any given time. The *ONLY* time she wouldn't have had an attendant with her. Is if she was in bed with the King. & if she had gone around behind the Kings back with other men. Then some of her attendants would have known about it. & they too would have been accused & executed for their complicity in the affair(s). Just like Katherine Howard's Lady in waiting was for helping her mistress. Go around behind the Kings back with another man. & most of the times Anne is accused of being with the men is impossible. As they weren't even in the same places at the same time. & there's documentary evidence for this timetable. The whole thing is a load of malicious BS made up so. That Henry VIII could quickly get rid of Anne Boleyn & marry Jane Seymour.
@Luciel.680 Жыл бұрын
I was taught that her flirtatious behaviour was reason for her downfall as it made the adultery claims more plausible but honestly? It’s a whole lotta bull. Anne didn’t deserve any of the accusations against her- just more a victim of Henry and powerful men at the time. Even the thing that sparked the need for her to be out of Henry’s life was out of her control- she couldn’t control Henry meeting Jane, nor could she control miscarrying and having a daughter instead of a son. Honestly horrible how she was treated when she was Queen
@glen7318 Жыл бұрын
She was too flirtatious,. Her jokes to henry Norris about his looking for dead men's shoes, frigthened Norris and he ended up swearing to her almoner that she was a good woman@@Luciel.680
@elainehardman16835 ай бұрын
Anne Boleyn was responsible for the deaths of many men. She didn't care and she regretted none of it. She wanted to be Queen. She conspired with and encouraged Henry to treat Katherine of Aragon in an appalling way. Don't waste your pity on her. She just got treated in the same way she treated others.
@savinaking8637 Жыл бұрын
She could have told people who would listen that the king was the one who had the fertility problem. He would never have allowed that. Syphilis was prevalent in the early century and it's symptoms were not widely known. This is one of the complications that could have caused problems. The king didn't want anyone to find out this as he loved the image of himself he had created.
@cam4636 Жыл бұрын
I really doubt she would've done that, even if it were true and she knew it. Anne Boleyn was many things, but stupid wasn't one of them; spreading rumors indicating that she'd never be able to have his child while simultaneously insulting his ego and masculinity would've been incredibly stupid of her.
@helene4397 Жыл бұрын
Henry's medical team would have been able to identify syphilis, not successfully to treat it, mind you, but identify.
@Latte00000 Жыл бұрын
When she would have done this, Henry would have killed Anne's whole family, including Elizabeth. Anne wasn't dumb, she protected them.
@suran3969 ай бұрын
They were very aware of the symptoms of syphilis in his time and the syphilis rumor has been debunked. Check out a book called "Blood Will Tell" by, I think Kyra C. Kramer to find out a more reasonable alternative. d
@susandelongis885 Жыл бұрын
Did I miss the way Elizabeth learned of her mother’s execution, as the video is titled?
@Ragdollcatlover Жыл бұрын
It is said that nobody knows but that it would have been when she was older.
@oceanfive5 Жыл бұрын
I’m sure Henry made everyone get rid of anything that belonged to Anne including portraits and no one was allowed to mention her, so Elizabeth didn’t have coincident reminders of her mother, I heard that Elizabeth found out about her mothers death when she was older, probably a couple of yrs before Catherine Howard’s murder
@pjef19569 ай бұрын
I know ! That's the reason I've watched this. Click bait, obviously.
@laurenharris45918 ай бұрын
I agree, that's why I watched it.
@nicholasleonardbookedits-si9ng Жыл бұрын
Some nebulas our eyes remind me of, but did someone have your eye color once? Cobwebs have gone too long without our touch where princess-phantoms pray their genes prolong. Her phantom sees you pay to see a film, and sees you pay for fruit she used to plant. Those tangerines that hang are free to steal! because they’ll recognize her in your hand. How could our senses face this many tolls? How could they charge our sense of taste and sight? Behind thy shoulder stands a lovely ghost who established the color of your eyes. Her jaw is dropped. Her heart revives to break, because her kin are less human, more slave.
@muddywitch9016 Жыл бұрын
The best thing Henry could do for his daughter he did. That thing was, to give her an excellent education.
@elbradavid533 Жыл бұрын
Normally I think it's just nature- but in Henry's case, I truly believe god/universe was punishing him by denying, then killing off the only male heir he had. All they did back then was kill (so called heretics) and carry out ego wishes.
@JalaKamal Жыл бұрын
He abandoned his wife, his daughter, his faith for his obsesión for a mail heir. The Tudor dynasty was a frail one. In the British history there was never a Queen that reign by her own right. Only Matilda and she wasn’t allowed. She had ti share her crown. Mary was not the heir wanted. It must be a boy. Anne promised him that boy. And he destroy Catherine and the Catholic Church for that promise. In January finally Catherine died. Anne was pregnant with the promised heir. They dressed in yellow and dance all night long. Then, he had bad fall in a jousting game that was unconscious for two hours. And Anne thinking him dead, had a miscarriage. That was the end of Anne. Now, with the same passion he pursued her, he wanted to vanquish her. So she was to be executed, but for some inexplicable reason, not by the awful axe, but for the merciful sword. One last token of love? Or a guilty conscience knowing her to be innocent. This great woman, mother of a Queen was put in an arrow box and taken from the scaffold to the Chapel just a hundred meters away. And she is in there still. Elizabeth never mention her in public, but she always wore a ring with both her face and her mother engraved in it.
@TheSeptemberSapphire2 ай бұрын
What I think is hilarious is how Henry always remarked that women did not have the intelligence to rule when it was WOMEN WHO PUT THE TUDORS ON THR THRONE. It was Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth of York, and to a smaller degree Jacquetta of Luxembourg who played the game of thrones during the wars of the roses. Quite frankly, all Henry 7th did was run until his mother gave him the perfect opportunity to take out Richard 3rd. Not to mention what Catherine of Aragon did during the war with Scotland while Henry was playing at war in France.
@brooke7464 Жыл бұрын
What a monster, his wife wasn't giving him a son he so desired. Like women are able to choose the gender before birth😡 So he spews crap and has his wife executed who is forced to not shame him publicly while she who is going to be exacuted, instead she tries to make sure her daughter is cared and clothed for. I honestly hope Elizabeth hated her father for all he had done to both of them. Ann truely loved her daughter and cared for her even under the strict conditions set by royal court
@helene4397 Жыл бұрын
Sorry to dissapoint you, but from what I have read Elizabeth loved her father.
@brooke7464 Жыл бұрын
@@helene4397 poor girl, that time period was really twisted
@helene4397 Жыл бұрын
@@brooke7464 it was for quite long time like that.
@slight1699 Жыл бұрын
The ring she wore until her death had the portrait of her mother - not her father.
@RACHAELannett-clarke Жыл бұрын
Tyranny never wins but justice will, I'm in agreement with even if she did commit adultery then divorce would of been more kind and merciful than being a sadistic pig
@steppy3736 Жыл бұрын
Not for a queen. Adultery meant ruining the blood line which was important for the line of succession.
@RACHAELannett-clarke Жыл бұрын
@@steppy3736 I don't care if she did committ adultery he should of divorced her simple as that I don't give a f##k about bloodlines he stepped out more than she did so if you ask me his death was well deserved
@roxanemarquez78259 ай бұрын
The lack of a male heir did not “force” Henry to look elsewhere. He was a selfish psycho - and the only reason (some) people give him a pass is because he was “royal”. Unbelievable!
@worldadventuretravel Жыл бұрын
This is a pretty misleading title. I clicked to hear how Elizabeth heard about her mother's death, and instead this is a recap of the whole Anne Boleyn story. Three-fourths of the way through and the video still hasn't answered that. Clicking off.
@commentatorofstuff5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the warning
@southernsunshine1149 Жыл бұрын
Great example of absolute power corrupting absolutely. Henry was a monster
@flygirlfly Жыл бұрын
Thank you for eliminating the extraneous backround music. Your excellent diction & pacing needs no intrusive additions. It's so much easier to hang on to your every word❣️
@andreameeuwsen6060 Жыл бұрын
Lovely and very sad story and well told. Thank you for this video!
@GayleTate Жыл бұрын
Parr was fortunate enough to outlive Henry but she was not an angel either if she knew Thomas her 2nd husband was abusing the 14 years old Elizabeth 😢
@glen7318 Жыл бұрын
when she realised that things were geting out of hand, she sent Elizabeth away. what more could she have done?
@charlottescott717 Жыл бұрын
She out lived Henry by 18 months.
@elizabethmcnamara65485 ай бұрын
Well now Anne knows how catherine of Aragon felt.
@morrigansraven5 ай бұрын
Except Katherine wasn't killed; she died of cancer.
@The84336 Жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on Elizabeth’s relationship with Katherine Howard? Is it true that after Katherine’s execution Elizabeth swore she would never marry?
@gloriamontgomery6900 Жыл бұрын
Elizabeth swore she would never marry at the age of 8
@tracylalonde4972 Жыл бұрын
Im Canadian that has never been to Europe but if I could pick and choose i would definitely go to England. I find that your history is fascinating.
@charlottescott717 Жыл бұрын
It's history that should NEVER have happened.
@laurasmith14 Жыл бұрын
Thank you - truly, THANK YOU for not adding the words “HORRIFIC DEATH” in caps to the title. This is a great video. Well done you! :)
@carmaela2689 Жыл бұрын
A good halloween costume (no disrespect meant) would be to go as Ann, with head sewn back on, pulling behind her a sad and repentant looking Henry on a leash lol
@civillady13 Жыл бұрын
I’ve never understood why the condemned women never denounced their fate at least and Henry specifically. Could it have been fear for her child’s future?
@SunnyJoinAZ5 ай бұрын
It’s ironic that Elizabeth I was a great Queen and remembered more than HenryVIII ever was.
@sandradahl67704 ай бұрын
Anne's last words were customary as a plea for mercy on her daughter and remaining family members. And it left a legacy of bravery and humility that her daughter could be proud of. If she had not become petulent when Henry lost interest in her for not giving him a son, she might have lived. Ambition had brought her to the throne at the expense of poor Queen Catherine. And Anne treated her terribly. Upon Henry's orders to Cromwell to help him get rid of Anne, Cromwell set about framing her for adultery and for lying about not being pure when she married Henry. Cromwell's tears at her execution were for himself. If Anne had played it smart like the future Queen Anne of Cleves and granted Henry a divorce before Cromwell investigated her, she might have lived. These were brutal times and Henry was exceptionally brutal. It's a cautionary tale of how to survive a brutal absolute monarch.
@GayleTate Жыл бұрын
I'm going even farther to say Henry did not truly care about Edward he was simply a tool to Henry to further the dynasty or whatever it was called back then.
@ericmoore571 Жыл бұрын
England has been blessed to have had two Great Queen Elizabeths in the past.
@crisjapopcris1564 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately after Elizabeth I's passing fights for power resumed and even a republican government was declared during chaotic years. Will that happen again?...
@ericmoore571 Жыл бұрын
@@crisjapopcris1564 I hope not! It won't be long and William will be King and things will return to normal
@glen7318 Жыл бұрын
what do you mean? What is abnormal about the Queen's son succeeding her and becoming King? @@ericmoore571
@marloncuison1282 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P to elizabeths mom. (Lost her Head).
@DaveTheWraith Жыл бұрын
Edward, Henry's son, WAS healthy and strong, it wasn't until he was 15 that he became ill.
@briansullivan5908 Жыл бұрын
Edward wasn't born until well after Anne's execution. Henry Fitzroy was Henry's son, but he was illegitimate and died a few months after Anne.
@georgiabelle5176 Жыл бұрын
@@briansullivan5908Edward was born barely a year after Anne’s execution…that means Jane was pregnant with him barely 3 months after Anne was executed. Not a long time
@briansullivan5908 Жыл бұрын
@@georgiabelle5176 by well after I meant not the next day
@symon33047 ай бұрын
Anne Boleyne was not a victim nor an adultress but a ruthless and effective poltician who was feared and respected by her peers and foreign powers as such. She ruled in a high-risk and violent society, and many others in her position before her died in war, coup or assination. It was the risk every monarch took.
@NinjaGrrrl7734 Жыл бұрын
You sound a little rough, friend, hope you are feeling well today. As always, a beautiful video. I'm so proud of how well you've done. But I knew you would. 😊 Looking forward to your conituing growth!!!
@tru2harris99810 күн бұрын
ALL ANNE WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT WAS ALSO HER DAUGHTER. AS ANY MUM WOULD. PEOPLE FORGET THAT.
@ItsLunaRegina Жыл бұрын
A shame that the Tudor dynasty had to end. For all of Elizabeth 1st's achievements, she failed to continue the dynasty. Still, my favorite monarch in English history for sure!
@CordsZ Жыл бұрын
This video didn’t address what was in the title 😅
@SusieAnderson-ds7dq8 ай бұрын
It's too bad that Mary was so mean to Elizabeth...it wasn't her fault that Henry divorced her mother to marry Anne😢
@jamistardust5181 Жыл бұрын
Anne didn't lose her. It was cut off. It was murder.
@kaarlimakela3413 Жыл бұрын
Egad. The range of artistic ability in these portraits is frightening. First of all, every historical program will struggle to find enough when it comes to portraits. Understandable. Not all the art is labeled, and not all Roman busts of a balding guy are Caesar. Many artists just suck, especially compared to Holbein. It's very likely the best paintings of Anne Boleyn and many others were duly burned in fireplaces throughout the kingdom. *'sigh'*
@paranormalchannelx1307 Жыл бұрын
i love the style of history briefs you produce 🦁✊✊💃✝️
@cf34439 ай бұрын
Her mother didn't " lose her head"... It's not like It was her purse...she knew where her head was ..she was executed by beheading.
@sarahdon3165 Жыл бұрын
I can’t express to you how much I love these videos, your attention to detail and the videos showing the portraits and things just make your videos so good there truly my favourite history videos xxx ❤
@AnnMarie-mw4pn10 ай бұрын
Well done.
@tracymorgan5386 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know why no one had the backbone to call Henry what he was a true life Bluebeard.
@joeg3741 Жыл бұрын
Really makes me wonder why anyone would support a monarchy
@MichelleBruce-lo4oc Жыл бұрын
Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. How are you doing? I'm doing well. Your history videos are always enjoyable. Have a great day see you next video
@suellensheppard973410 ай бұрын
What would Henry think if he knew he determined the sex of his children
@steblair Жыл бұрын
Henry has such a harsh reputation. A lot of it is justified due to his actions, however people fail to understand what caused him to be who he was and what motivated him to make the choices he had. Severe head trauma that modern medicine has proved would alter someone’s personality. He was also programmed as a young boy that to be a successful king he needs a male successor to carry on his name. He obsessed over that thought. He was also lied to and manipulated by his court for their selfish gain and getting more powerful. Which was common practice back then, and still happens today. Henry had such potential. However I truly believe Queen Elizabeth 1st wouldn’t have been such a strong, powerful woman she was if Henry wasn’t who he was.
@roseg1333 Жыл бұрын
He was also a diabetic a monster of a disease
@Rev4mpz Жыл бұрын
Elizabeth was also awful. The only okay today was Henry VII.
@cassiefriedman1446 Жыл бұрын
ANNE WAS AN AMAZING STRONG WOMAN AND I HOPE YOU RIP 🙏
@thebarefootwitch5564 Жыл бұрын
I wish Ann had spilled the tea in her final words, rather than sing Henry’s praises. What would they have done? Executed her twice?
@ccasey1904 Жыл бұрын
@thebarefootwitch5564: no, she could not say what she wanted. She wanted to protect her daughter.
@thebarefootwitch5564 Жыл бұрын
@@ccasey1904 oh ffs what was henry gonna do to his infant daughter that was worse than what he did to her described in this video? I also don’t recall asking for your opinion
@glen7318 Жыл бұрын
He could have exiled her to the far north, given her neglectful carers, and made a bad marriage for her@@thebarefootwitch5564
@StephenGRodenbough18 сағат бұрын
He coulda had Bess killed as well, especially after Cat Howard got her head whacked off a few years later. Two queens executed for adultery and treason from the same clan woulda been cause to exterminate the entire Howard clan. Bye bye Bessie!
@mdragon129 ай бұрын
Idk if it’s just me but if I were Ann, I might have went out calling Henry a tyrant and who can trust a man who would kill their own wife and toss aside so easily their first. She had to be thinking about her daughter so I understand why she didn’t.
@ΜικαέλαΤουλιατου8 ай бұрын
perhaps Elizabeth did not really want to continue the Tudor's line...Subconsciously it could have been a kind of "revenge" ending the bloodline of the person who murdered her mother and had been so keen to "continue" the Tudor's reign, craving for a male heir.
@ixchelsmith30254 ай бұрын
Totally agree and many historians also agree. QE was a brilliant woman and would have known the end justified the means.
@simplycallmejing Жыл бұрын
Did you catch a cold? Get better soon x
@Bethelaine1 Жыл бұрын
Anne didn’t want to marry Henry, he wanted to get rid of Katherine and try to father a son so he claimed. He Tom catted around during his marriage to Katherine and ever after.
@ttp436 Жыл бұрын
So sad. Life can deal one a very hard hand indeed
@bl72406 ай бұрын
So this video was supposed to be all about how Elizabeth I reacted to her mother's death and the conclusion is "we dont really know how she reacted or when she was told." Kind of a waste of 10 minutes. Thanks.
@moonlightdancer5495 Жыл бұрын
I believe that when Anne gave to a son, the son was murdered by those who hated her. They made sure with their lies that Anne's fate was sealed
@fuzzyx2face Жыл бұрын
Great video, get well soon :( I can hear that you are congested. Take care 😊
@GraceAdams-gj1ef6 ай бұрын
When I watched the Tudors and it was Anne’s execution I couldn’t stop crying she wasn’t her fault all the accusations were false and made up to get rid of her
@StephenGRodenbough18 сағат бұрын
Elizabeth could be referred to as Queen Anne's Revenge, the name of Blackbeard's infamous ship.
@CrossroadsDemon Жыл бұрын
Where’s your background ambience gone that you use to have in all your videos?
@OffWithOurHead Жыл бұрын
Hello. Thank you for your comment! Thank you for your question 😊 Some of my listeners are hard of hearing and they have said that the background music interrupts with the ease of listening and the narration. As such I decided to stop with this to make my content more accessible. 😊
@luxste Жыл бұрын
@@OffWithOurHead I think it's better this way. Background music is unnecessary.
@CrossroadsDemon Жыл бұрын
That’s a shame, I think it use to bring a gilded atmosphere to the story. Really enjoyed it.
@fordhouse8b Жыл бұрын
@@OffWithOurHead Thank you for that. I am not hard of hearing, but I generally dislike distracting ambient music in these kind of videos.
@aaliyahrodgers8866 ай бұрын
Title: “How Elizabeth I Found Out Her Mother Had Lost Her Head!” .. 7:46 “we don’t really know how Elizabeth reacted when she was told” LIKE WHAT LMFAOO😂
@revgurley Жыл бұрын
At 1:52, there's a pictures of Anne Boleyn, but her eyes look crossed. Is this a copy of a previous image of her? I remember seeing the painting, but don't remember her eyes looking - not right.
@tricivenola8164 Жыл бұрын
True! I think that's just a terrible painting. There's another one looks like the artist was visually impaired and working with a prosthetic hand.
@saritamullins82948 ай бұрын
It's my understanding that all the portraits of Anne were destroyed after her beheading. Henry ordered this and the only painted images there are now were done after her death from memory I suppose. There was an original image done before her death on a coin I think.
@maisondusuave Жыл бұрын
At under 3 years old, how could she tell any difference?
@ceeeboleyn Жыл бұрын
by knowing her mother had been replaced with a complete stranger
@nokuthuladlamini5288 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ma lady for another great video. I have a request to make. May u pliz make a video about if Ann deserved, or not deserved to be beaded, judging from what happed to Henry's first wife. Thank you
@nokuthuladlamini5288 Жыл бұрын
@@user-el8nz4yu4t Thank you. I do agree with you, that Ann's family wud have persuaded her into being with Henry even if she wud have been relactent to do so, because the Boleyn's were an ambitious family. However, I feel like Ann was also not innocent coz she led Henry on. Henry just wanted Ann as his mistress at first, just like her sister Mary, but because of her ambitiousness, she insisted Henry to marry her, which left him with no choice but to divorce his wife, coz of his desires for her. Am not saying Henry was right for what he did, but the point is, had Ann just went along with being a mistress and enjoyed the expensive gifts that Henry showed her with, her life wud have been spared. At the same time, her fate was not in vein coz she produced one of the greatest mornaches during the Tudor era, her daughter.
@jaapvander3787Ай бұрын
Henry VIII was a monster. hell is too good for that beast.
@zedmarlen8 ай бұрын
It takes a special kind of hypocrisy and double standard to be a serial adulterer yourself but accuse, condemn and kill your lawfully wedded spouse for the same (even when she's innocent..)
@kristynasirova64839 ай бұрын
Her sister Mary didn't treat her harshly. You should read some credible sources.
@sharonjones54205 ай бұрын
Actually I wonder how much choice Anne, Jane, and Catherine Howard really had. Henry "said" and that's the way it was. They all did what Henry said
@mickymantle32336 күн бұрын
I don't think Henry ever felt real Love. Desire & Infatuation maybe...but not Love.
@Melissa-b5z6w7 күн бұрын
I partially named my daughter after 2 women who inspired me growing up I named my ONLY daughter: serenity Elizabeth rose. Serenity after my fav. Character off sailor moon Elizabeth after my fav. Childhood author Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder and queen Elizabeth I because she proved time and time again you don't need a man for everything and rose well it was tradition to name the granddaughter after the grandma (which I kick myself in the arse for if you knew and understand my reasons why)
@venganzamujer354 Жыл бұрын
bummer....things have not changed
@lizsmith3132 Жыл бұрын
Her father probably told her.
@oleggeraschenko49329 ай бұрын
I can't believe Anne was bullied into saying that the King who ordered her execution, killing his wife and leaving a 2-year old an orphan, was 'merciful'. A classic example of propaganda, which even on the death block Anne was forced to repeat
@ahanadiri5330 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if Henry could see into the future and watch Elizabeth l become such an incredible monarch, he could have relaxed and enjoyed the rest of his peaceful reign
@jwilliams3269 Жыл бұрын
Funny how Henry was the one who could not create a male heir, we now know how human biology works. He had weak sperm. But the women were to blame. Poor little little man.
@glen7318 Жыл бұрын
nonsense. he fathered several male children, they did not survive. There's no such thing as weak sperm
@ixchelsmith30254 ай бұрын
Why is having more female chromosomes weak? He, as an individual, was prone to dominant female chromosomes. Also back then when they smeared dung on wounds and bled people til they died, they didn't know about blood types and rho gam shots for RH negative blood. My Italian aunts had many miscarriages in the early 1900s because of that. It was like every other pregnancy was a miscarriage or they would have 2 kids and then two miscarriages, rinse and repeat until they would have 5-6-8 kids😢
@zero_bs_tolerance8646 Жыл бұрын
Please tell me what the art work is @01:14. Thank you. Enjoyed.
@imahumanperson36111 ай бұрын
Can you imagine being that French swordsman being recruited for the job? Like, “Heeey, buddy! You’re good with a sword. *WANNA BE THE ONE TO EXECUTE THE ENEMY QUEEN?” :D*
@brigitteryan2863 Жыл бұрын
I personally believe Henry was effected by that jousting match. He was never the same again. I do want to add something. How in the world can you not understand that it a DIFFERENT century, they did things much differently and the King HAD the ultimate power. You can’t judge history by todays ideals and morals. This was over 700 years ago.
@dianafarmer54458 ай бұрын
No it wasn't. It was 500 years ago, still a long time ago by Human standards.
@dulciemidwinter1925 Жыл бұрын
Henry was an ogre. I dont understand how a so-called 'handsome young prince' ended up as a disgusting tub of lard whose cruelty knew no bounds. He was desperate for a son, but Elizabeth was a stronger monarch than he could ever have envisaged.