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by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on December 27th, 2007
by Kitty on October 27th, 2007
How would you react if Henry VIII arrived at your house before you've had time for a bath?
by Kenz the Frenz on April 16th, 2012
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Who was your fav wife of henry the 8th catherine of aragon, anne boyeln, jane seymore(soz for d spelling), anne of cleeves,katherine howard or katherine parr?
by TisMee on September 8th, 2008
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How did King Henry VIII represent absolutism in England?
by margheritacarpenzano on May 2nd, 2010
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Can you speak my language?
by pearloaf is not yelling and dreams of bal on November 8th, 2011
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How might history have went differently if England's King Henry VIII had had a legitimate male heir with one of his first two wives?
by MvL on August 12th, 2010
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Apologies, I did not rate you down, and have only just read this great answer. I do not have the power to give negative 3.
by Time Lord on December 28th, 2007
No, I didn't think you did. Thanks. And thanks for asking some great questions on this topic :)
by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on December 28th, 2007
No problem.
by Time Lord on December 28th, 2007
Of course giving him another son (a la Jane Seymour) may have worked too.
by LynfromNM on December 28th, 2007
Lyn, true, but given the uncertainty of being able to do so. . . .perhaps buying a male baby from a peasant family would have been another option. There are some that say this was frequently the case whether the purchaser be a noble or monarch. I personally doubt that it happened with any frequency or at all.
by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on December 29th, 2007
I don't see how it could be firmly documented either way at this point, unless we have DNA from all of the dead kings available! But the concept of paying off a peasant for a baby son sure makes for some great ideas for novels, doesn't it?
by LynfromNM on December 29th, 2007
Thank God for good questions (finally!). An interesting concept indeed :) I am in awe of how much did NOT go unnoticed and documented in the 15th century. Court records, correspondence, chronicles, letters of amazing detail all thankfully strung together by some excellent historians. On DNA. . .this is an interesting article (note the sources dated 1965).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_de_Mowbray,_8th_Countess_of_Norfolk
by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on December 29th, 2007
Yes, it's an excellent question. Great article, thanks for sharing it. I'm going to read up on those sources now!
by LynfromNM on December 29th, 2007