Henry VIII (1491-1547) and Wives


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CyrilVladisla said:
In The Other Tudors Philippa Jones wrote:
On September 1, 1532 Anne Boleyn was created Anne Rochford, Marquess of Pembroke, owning her title in her own right.

Why did Anne have to use Rochford?
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After her father was created Viscount Rochford in 1525, Anne sometimes called herself "Anne Rocheford/Rochford."

These source includes a letter she signed as "Anne Rocheford':
https://archive.org/details/livesofqueensofe02striuoft/page/586/mode/2up?view=theater

And this one contains a letter she signed as "Anne Rochford":

Under These Restless Skies: Lady Bridget Wingfield
 
Gawin said:
After her father was created Viscount Rochford in 1525, Anne sometimes called herself "Anne Rocheford/Rochford."

These source includes a letter she signed as "Anne Rocheford':
https://archive.org/details/livesofqueensofe02striuoft/page/586/mode/2up?view=theater

And this one contains a letter she signed as "Anne Rochford":

Under These Restless Skies: Lady Bridget Wingfield
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Thank you for this. Another helpful reminder that the names by which historical figures and families are called posthumously quite often are not reflective of the names they used in actuality.
 
Sir Thomas Boleyn also had the titles of Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond (Irish title) bestowed on him in 1529.
 
In 1546 King Henry VIII made peace with France. Before this when England and France were at war, why did King Henry sell off some monastic lands?
 
CyrilVladisla said:
In 1546 King Henry VIII made peace with France. Before this when England and France were at war, why did King Henry sell off some monastic lands?
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If Henry was at war with France he would need a war chest and he had an abundance of Monastic lands having dissolved the Abbeys and other Religious houses from 1535 onwards.

Selling the monastic lands would raise money for his fruitless wars.
 
Such a waste of money. Some of the Edward VI Grammar Schools founded with the money from the dissolution of the chantries are still going strong today, as are the university colleges founded by Cardinal Wolsey and Lady Margaret Beaufort. That money was a drop in the ocean compared to what Henry got from taking the wealth of the monasteries and then selling off the land - just think what could have been achieved if he'd spent the money on something useful!
 
Did you know that Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon was a mistress of King Henry VIII?
 
I had never heard of Lady Anne being a mistress of Henry VIII before but she was involved in a scandal Sir William Compton and ended up with Lady Anne being sent to a convent for some time.

Lady Anne was the daughter of Lady Catherine Woodville a sister of Queen Elizabeth and a cousin of the King.
 
CyrilVladisla said:
King Henry VIII and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
http://www.maryevans.com/history/10056299
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The rapid rise of Cardinal Wolsey put an end to the careers of two very trusted counsellors,both of whom had also served Henry VII.

Richard Foxe,Bishop of Winchester and Lord Privy Seal until 1516.
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William Warham,Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor until 1515.
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Christina, Dowager Duchess of Milan could have been a possible wife for King Henry VIII.
 
Christina was mentioned after the death of Jane Seymour in 1537 but as the Princess was Catherine of Aragon's great-niece the proposal was rejected by Christina's aunt ,Mary of Hungary who was not a fan of Henry VIII.
 
:previous: Mary of Hungary was the daughter of Queen Joanna (Juana) and King Philip I of Castile.
 
CyrilVladisla said:
:previous: Mary of Hungary was the daughter of Queen Joanna (Juana) and King Philip I of Castile.
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Yes and an aunt of Catherine of Aragon.
Following the death of her aunt,the Archduchess Margaret of Austria,her brother Charles V appointed her the Imperial Regent of Habsburg Netherlands from 1531 until 1555.

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Lord Herbert of Cherbury stated in The Life and Raigne of Henry the Eighth, published in 1649, that Prince Henry, as a younger son, was destined for the Church.
 
An Ard Ri said:
No but she managed to keep her head and outlive Henry.
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Only just. She had a pretty rotten life after H died, a brief happiness with TOm Seymour, and then finding he was betraying her with Elizabeth, and she ended up dying in childbirth within a year.
 
Had Henry lived longer she might not have kept her head given her religious differences with the king.

Along with the first Catherine both are my favourite of the wives.
 
Im not sure the king was likely to execute his wife over her being an ardent Protestant. I think some historians feel that he used her to give a signal to the Catholics that he supported her, by and large. He held a middle course, but he allowed Edward ot have Protestant tutors and it was clear that the Protestant side was winning in the disputes on religion. ANyway, Catherine probalby had looked forward to becoming a widow and having her freedom again, and then found that her new husband was no better than Henry had been and was not in love with her, and was using her. Anne of Cleves was probalby the luckiest wife.
 
In 1546 there was an actual arrest warrant was drawn up for Catherine so there was danger surrounding her Protestant beliefs.
The king at this time was heavily under the influence of ultra conservatives like Bishop Gardiner and Lord Wriothesley (the Lord Chancellor).
 
An Ard Ri said:
Had Henry lived longer she might not have kept her head given her religious differences with the king.

Along with the first Catherine both are my favourite of the wives.
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Catherine of Aragon is hands down my favorite of the wives. I just finished Alison Weir's novel of her life and it was amazing...one of the two best I have read about her.

Did you read/hear where someone out in a field in the English countryside someone found a heart shaped pendant that Henry had given Catherine during their marriage?

It is decorated with roses and pomegranates, her personal emblem.
 
An Ard Ri said:
In 1546 there was an actual arrest warrant was drawn up for Catherine so there was danger surrounding her Protestant beliefs.
The king at this time was heavily under the influence of ultra conservatives like Bishop Gardiner and Lord Wriothesley (the Lord Chancellor).
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True but he did not have Katherine arrested and told off his cousnellors for their attitude to her. He was probalby playing boht sides.
 
A look at the work of Hans Holbein at the Tudor court of Henry VIII.
 
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