I read an interesting article about Anne, Henry and Jane Seymour in a reknown German Biographical dictionary of the Church. There they claimed that Henry was in his last stages of marriage to Anne trying to heal the break with the Catholics and while Anne opposed it, Jane came from a powerful Catholic family and was used by her family who tried to bring Henry back to their religious side through his affection for her.
When Anne's lastborn son was not only stillborn but deformed, the Seymours used the king's superstitiousness and his fear that the people might see this occurance as proof that he was not by the grace of God king of England to make him search for proof that this deformed child was not his.
Don't know if this is reliable information, though.
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Last edited by Warren; 08-21-2008 at 08:13 AM.
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