The DISTURBING Postmortem Of Henry VIII's Second Wife

Queen Anne Boleyn was the Second Wife of Henry VIII and she is best remembered for being the executed wife who lost her head within the walls of the Tower of London. She was a prisoner of the former place where she awaited for her coronation as Queen, but she had been the victim of the schemes of Henry VIII and his chief minister Thomas Cromwell. Anne was accused of treason, adultery and incest however it is known obviously that her cause of death was beheading by sword. The sword of the French executioner came crashing onto her neck, but there was much more to her execution that just this, as her real cause of death was the lies of the other men that collaborated to bring her downfall to allow the King to marry his third wife Jane Seymour. In this video we look at the specific execution blow to Anne Boleyn and what the effects of this would be as her body was later discovered under the floors of the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula where she was buried following the swing of the sword. But what is the postmortem of Anne Boleyn.

[@jlongino51823]

Anne got even. Her daughter went on to be a great queen for a very long time without being under any man!

[@pfranks75]

King Henry was a strange and contradictory man. A renaissance prince but turned into a tyrant. His desire to have a male heir who reigned briefly but one of his daughters, Elizabeth is considered one of the greatest monarchs of English History.

[@Gamble661]

His and Anne's daughter Elizabeth, talk about irony.

[@sharonmcandrew5046]

Anne Boleyn and five men convicted of adultry were executed because Anne didn’t give Henry male heir he was so obsessed with and couldn’t get from Anne and he couldn’t keep 5 men alive as they were supporters of Anne and he feared a retaliation so they had to die , Henry turned out to be a monster after his accident in fatal joust in Jan 1536 which damaged his head and his moods and personality were unpredictable after this , Henry was a big instigator in the alleged crimes with Cromwell ,Anne was brave right until the end of her execution. Henry was a tyrant executing a lot of his friends during his reign hope you rest in peace now Anne with your brother and other gentleman

[@aprilgosa5779]

Henry was a monster before the accident remember how he treated his first wife and daughter the man was a Narcissistic Psycho

[@eileenhuss7566]

I believe this story

[@user-lh3gp2gm1p]

I don't believe Queen Anne Boleyn was a cheater or an unfaithful wife. She must have been a great lady, because she gave birth to Quuen Elizabeth I, the greatest female ruler of England. Henry VIII was a madman and cruelly treated many innocent people.

[@user-lh3gp2gm1p]

Oops! I meant Queen Elizabeth I. She, too, had to deal with her crazy sister's atrocities and her father's I'll will and indifference and political intrigues and conspiracies against her. But fortunately, she survived and proved her mettle.

[@carolewynn9407]

Totally ignoring the times they lived, of course he was obsessed with having a male heir, that was how it was. Please don't look at history from today's perspective.

[@tonireacts4103]

Women still don’t get it. If he will cheat WITH you…he will cheat ON you!

[@littlemouse7066]

really? We are talking about an absolute monarch not about a common modern man. Nobody could say no to him and he was free to do what ever he wanted have all the concubines he wanted most monarchs of the time had dozens of illegittimate children who couldn't become king (the males obviously) because they were illegittimate. So what you said is frankly ridicolous and it's obvious you don't understand history at all. The problem was simply that for their customs he needed a male heir and he did everything (including killing his previous wives with false accusations) to have one but karma hit since in the end it was a woman who succeeded him who would become a great monarch Elisabeth I.

[@glen7318]

@@littlemouse7066 he didnt kill his previous wives, stop making up silly stories.

[@littlemouse7066]

@@glen7318 Really? this video is about the exsecution of one of his wives falsely accused because she didn't give him a male heir and since the catholic church didn't allow him to divorce he killed her. Then since he didn't have a male heir with the next wife too he created the Anglican confession and confiscated all church assets in England but obviously he did it for a political reason too to liberate himself from the power and influence of the Pope. So you're calling silly an historical fact you should study history instead of saying bs here.

[@harryzero1566]

​@@littlemouse7066this video is supposed to be a postmortem, read the clickbait thumbnail header. In short, Henry's 2nd wife died because her head and neck got permanently separated by a sharp instrument, wielded by a paid foreign person.

[@brendaleverick3655]

True.

[@lindsaydrewe8219]

Surely she was the 1st executed wife, not THE executed wife

[@onagaali2024]

Your videos are informative, interesting,yet very macabre and melancholy. Yet I do believe personally that Anne Boleyn was a victim malicious lies, gaslighting, and intrigue that got her wrongfully convicted and railroaded.

[@kathrynmast916]

Poor Anne, she was a victim of the diabolical Henry and his unhinged pursue of a male heir. She had been mean and unkind to Queen Katherine, Princess Mary, and others that she viewed as her enemies, but did she deserve beheading? All those people executed by a crazed man.

[@charlesgantz5865]

Why do you think that Henry's persute of a male heir was unhinged. He had very logical reasons for wanting a male heir, mainly fear of England falling into chaos while a slew of nobles pursued the crown. This wasn't an unfounded fear, since his predecessors had multiple attempts by others to take the throne. In our modern view of things, the beheadings were unjust, but at the time there may not have been a lot of options. Also, remember that his first try to get rid of a wife that wasn't providing him with a male heir was before the accident that may have left him brain damaged. And Henry had started to lose interest in Anne before that accident also.

[@valkyriesardo278]

For all we know Boleyn did commit adultery. A queen who commits adultery is guilty of treason. That is because her adultery casts doubt upon the legitimacy of the line of succession and therefore jeopardizes the peace of the realm. Henry may or may not have believed it, but it could scarcely matter to him. Execution was the most efficient means to end his marriage with Boleyn. Nobody would complain. She made enemies at court and the British people still called her whore. Henry was fed up with Anne's defiance which persisted after marriage. He'd had more reason to remain wed to Catherine than remain with Anne. The years were passing by and he needed to secure an heir. Seymour was his best alternative.

[@Lilita971]

​@valkyriesardo278 but I thought she was probably innocent of adultery?

[@sharonmcandrew5046]

@@valkyriesardo278 I thought she was innocent too where did u receive information that she committed adultry

[@sheliarangel3828]

And I thought King John was known as the most vile king No one could shine a candle on Henry viii

[@jacky3580]

Henry VIII was a sociopath. I’d think the stress of having to birth a son would’ve interfered in conception and successful delivery.

[@patriciapayne1274]

Well, the real fault lies with the male as he is the one who determines the sex of the baby. Of course, they didn't know that in those days.

[@glen7318]

nonsense

[@davidjohnson3890]

You present a very simplistic view of Tudor politics. The Boleyn family were also engaged in ruthless politics and despatched many of those who opposed them by manipulating royal favours. They were also prominent leaders of the protestant reformation in England, Ann was no shrinking violet when it came to dispatching her supposed enemies from the old catholic nobility and those who supported them.

[@lindsaywarden1746]

Henry was compassionate in that he arranged for a French swordsman to dispatch Ann... only it took a while for the swordsman to travel to England... so Henry arranged for this... some time before the execution date... and several days before the execution was to take place. Ann, the most wronged woman in English history.

[@valkyriesardo278]

Nonsense. If any woman was wronged that would be Catherine of Aragon. If anything, Boleyn's fate was poetic justice for she replaced Catherine on the promise of producing a male heir for Henry. Boleyn failed to fill that promise so she was replaced with Seymour. Henry would have remained wed to Catherine had their marriage produced a son.

[@hnb1113]

If Henry were truly compassionate he would have let her live and not deprived his daughter of her mother.

[@hnb1113]

@@valkyriesardo278 Yes, Catherine was definitely wronged, but the disgusting lies (incest, adultery, etc.) told about Anne during her arrest and trial, coupled with the fact that she was judicially murdered, make her situation worse.

[@joeliza4047]

​@@hnb1113exactly

[@alanellaway5489]

Lot of silly and stupid remarks bad mouthing Anne and supporting Catherine. Henry was the villain..not Anne. As for Catherine well yes she had a rotten last few years. But she livedv onger than any of Henry's other wives. Both were victims of a monster. Anne was brave and she and the 5 men were murdered.

[@elanabethfariss117]

I'm curious as to whether despite Henry's cruel tyrannical nature, he arranged that Anne's death be quick, she would not see it coming, and to take her by surprise. I say that because neither of the two other executed wives of Henry received the same treatment. Henry knew what he had done to win her, including forcing the division between Anne and the man she had planned to marry and was reportedly in love with. Just a thought.

[@sweetdreams1794]

He only executed 2 wives, Anne and Catherine Howard, but I agree with your point. It’s been proved he had planned a quicker death way in advance of her arrest. They have shown that the time it took for the French swordsman to be hired from France and then travel over meant that he had to have hired him before she was charged with treason. It may have been guilt that he knew she was innocent, or even just the fact that she was the first Queen to be executed that gave her this small mercy, but he cared much more about her than Catherine Howard who admitted her guilt.

[@valkyriesardo278]

@@sweetdreams1794 Or it may have been the case that Boleyn got the sword from no particular regard but Howard got the axe from a particular disdain. He was older and more repulsive at that point so Howard's adultery could have stung him more severely, made him look ridiculous to himself and his subjects. He did not have another Jane Seymour waiting in the wings to make him feel magnanimous.

[@CherokeeBird]

I can't imagine. I watched a show about how people that are beheaded stay aware for at least 30 seconds after decapitation 😮

[@ProudKansan08]

There’s a story that after her head was cut off her lips were still moving perhaps still in prayer. Don’t know if it really happened but I’ve seen it in several websites, articles and one or two books.

[@aileenmccarthy8660]

Well yea, only restricted blood flow to the brain causes unconsciousness and a quick hack wouldn’t drain the blood from the head immediately, so yes you would probably be aware for a couple seconds until the rest of the blood drained out. Whether or not there would be pain felt would be unknown. Being aware would be strange but before the hack you know what’s going to happen anyway. I wouldn’t be concerned with awareness, but more with whether there would be pain while aware. 😬

[@onlyonekate2011]

Thank you! I love your videos!

[@user-ik7zi5jj2t]

what he did to her was gross

[@margaretbrazear6229]

I see Anne as a victim rather than a schemer. I don't think she ever wanted to be Queen. She was in love with Harry Percy; she wanted to marry him and he her, until the King caught sight of her. I think she fought him off for all those years hoping he would give up and go away.

[@christinestudley3982]

It’s interesting most of Henry’s wife’s were petite, 1 of the reasons he didn’t like Anne of cleves was because she was tall, I’m 5 ft 7 inches I’d be screwed! 😂

[@annagrass4619]

Probably not...

[@patriciapayne1274]

@@annagrass4619 Haha!!!

[@patriciapayne1274]

Ha!

[@Gamble661]

And then there's the rumor that's been around forever that when her head was held up to the crowd her lips were moving and her eyes were open and for a few moments had life in them.... No idea if that's true or not but it adds just the right bit of horror to this travesty.

[@TheLadyhawk11862]

I would love to see the remains actually now investigated because there's some controversy Anne Boleyn did not have a square jaw.Although portraits of Catherine Howard do show her having.A square jaw so I have a feeling that this may be catherine howard and not Anne Boleyn

[@Bildgesmythe]

Howard would have been younger and her body was treated with quick lime to dissolve her

[@Tlyna1952]

Maybe, maybe not as they were closely related.

[@suellensheppard9734]

Her parents used her for a pawn.

[@tamekaswindle3473]

He did all of that just to marry another woman.

[@lildee2626]

Whoever painted the picture (2nd from last) of Anne Boleyn should have been fired. 😮

[@janettekooter595]

And yet it is women again during history with their lives valued at zero. Or in Royal courts as a commodities and breeding machines.😢 She was probably to out spoken as well as not producing an heir.

[@agogleuser7619]

The men had to go to wars and get killed or injured. It wasn't a bed of roses for them also.

[@shaynetazelaar1702]

Men, its so sad they only had a voice, Anne gave birth to a true leader.

[@ArtbyKatina]

OMG She wasn’t that ugly,she was quite beautiful actually. 0:20

[@ammielake]

Henry got people to lie, Anne was dead and within 16 hours he was engaged and married within two weeks..... Karma came for Jane.......

[@valkyriesardo278]

Just as karma had come for Boleyn

[@A_Borden_History]

@@valkyriesardo278I don’t think either women are innocent but the only reason Henry wanted Anne dead was because she couldn’t provide him with a male heir and his eyes began to wander to other women so he brought false charges against her that resulted in her execution As for Jane, I understand she didn’t like Anne Boleyn but there was no reason to he so horrible to the little Princess Elizabeth when she did nothing to her, Jane was one of the reasons Elizabeth lost her mother So while its horrible and i don’t wish it upon anyone death was her punishment for Anne’s execution and the mistreatment of Elizabeth. because she was so horrible to Elizabeth, She never got a chance to be a mother to Edward That was Karma

[@faydalton5375]

She didn't have much of a choice.

[@tdecker2937]

Eww….gruesome indeed.

[@helennewell9932]

"The hands and feet bones indicate delicate and well shaped hand and feet bones" ???????

[@arnolddalby5552]

Henry the eight was a man of very poor judgement who should have taken his own wife of his own free will not his brothers wife. Poor fool.

[@charlesgantz5865]

My understanding on this is that Henry and Catherine were actually very fond of one another, having spent several years in the same household before getting married. And Henry definitely trusted Catherine, before trying to dump her, even leaving her to run England while he was on the continent. Also, if Henry did not marry Catherine, he would have had to return the dowry that she brought with her, a considerable amount of money. Politically not marrying her would have been difficult. Remember that Catherine was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, of Columbus fame.

[@glen7318]

what are you talking about? Henry wanted to marry C of Aragon very muhch

[@cherylk.2474]

@@glen7318 He divorced her, but kept her money.

[@edgreen4645]

Did anyone else notice that the captions repeatedly referred to Henry as the ‘VII’, not the ‘VIII’?

[@TheBramptonValleyRunner]

I wouldn’t say it was that much of a disturbing postmortem really.

[@agogleuser7619]

So what was disturbing about the postmortem? Nothing. I thought she might have been pregnant or something like that. Deceitful clickbait.

[@jacquelinegreen3775]

He was certainly one of a kind .

[@sheilabloom6735]

Why was her grave opened? She had already been degraded.

[@DanW-nk7sn]

The Chapel was becoming structurally unsound during Victoria's reign and had to be repaired This involved work on the floor where the graves are. Others were open too. Although part of the reason was curiosity, the autopsy was also to confirm that the graves had bee marked correctly. Some of the people had originally been buried haphazardly and there were (still are) some questions about who is actually buried in some spots.

[@joycegibbs5267]

it was awful. She was probably a bit of a flirt but she would never have cheated. Henry was a bad man but he needed a male heir I suppose !

[@jacquelinegreen3775]

Even though I was a lot of history programmes still can't watch executions .I'm a coward I know .

[@Adrian-bt4nf]

She was quite a small women then

[@micktully7228]

There was no mention if the body having six digits. Didn’t Bolyn have six fingers?

[@rachelw1076]

No, that was a myth invented to potray her as a witch.

[@anneoflynn1389]

Evil......

[@jacquelinegreen3775]

Watch a lot

[@Semper_Iratus]

Play with fire….

[@redemptivepete]

"Play" suggests that there was an element of choice that simply didn't exist when Henry viii took an interest in her!

[@elanabethfariss117]

Bollocks

[@nancygarrett0000]

she did ALOT of crappy things which led to her beheading.....PERIOD

[@nancygarrett0000]

and the biggest one was marrying a tryrant

[@davehooper5115]

What was the crappy things she did?

[@gladams55]

So did Henry but she didn’t deserve to be beheaded anymore than Katherine Howard. Just because he was King doesn’t mean 2:33 she deserved that treatment.

[@elanabethfariss117]

You mean try to avoid him after seeing how Henry used her sister and cast her aside? You mean finally give in after 7 years of trying to steer clear of him and becoming angry that he had forbid her to associate with the man she originally intended to marry and was in love with? Tell me all about THOSE crappy things.

[@nancygarrett0000]

Hell.ya With a butter kmife

[@Maltravers2011]

Please practice your presentation !

[@janettekooter595]

😮Why ??Its a not meant to be a professional presrntation for some like an university, but just someone sharing het with an interest.