King Henry VIII’s Most Hated Queen D
[Music] anbin is known for being the first queen of England to be publicly executed the charges included adultery and accusations of Witchcraft but modern historians have revealed a much more complex story in many ways Anne bin was born to be great her father Thomas bin was a court favorite of the Old King Henry viith and the bins were one of Britain’s top families at the time in fact her father was constantly going on diplomatic missions all around Europe as she grew up and this led Anne to one big date with Destiny in 1513 she took up a position as Made of Honor to Queen Mary of France this was crucial for one simple
reason Queen Mary was none other than King Henry VII’s sister and Anne was moving closer and closer to his inner circle with Mary’s help Anne stayed in France for nearly 7 years cirking in its Cosmopolitan culture and turning herself into a refined young woman when she finally emerged and returned to England courtiers couldn’t believe their eyes French culture at the time was so liberal it was almost scandalous and ellin had certainly taken notes the English were amazed at how exotic and seductive the young woman had become praising the way she moved right down to the way that she dressed in particular Anne had favored the Sleek of French Hood as a head covering instead of the more matronly English Gable hoods
according to almost everyone who met her anbin was excruciatingly attractive slim and dark with long black hair and brown eyes men thought she was utterly captivating but not just for her looks alone her friends knew her as a lively quick witted and Charming girl who was often the smartest person in the room but underneath that perfect facade Anne bin was hiding a dark side beneath her jovial attitude she was Moody sharp tonged and extremely quick to anger when she didn’t get what she wanted at one point during an argument with her Uncle she reportedly spoke to him with words that shouldn’t be used to a dog this temper would eventually get her into deep trouble with Henry VII but for now she was getting into an entirely
different kind of mess her older sister Mary band was making quite a splash in court and proving herself to be quite the Rival to Ann’s Beauty case in point although Henry was currently married to Katherine of Aragon he quickly took Anne’s sister on as his mistress but when Anne got to Henry’s court she brought a secret weapon with her her incredible dancing ability she became famous for her dancing and no one seemed to be able to look away she made a jaw-dropping debut on March the 4th in 1522 she danced with her sister at a public fate at the Royal Palace during the performance Anne Balin vibrated with Magnetic new girl energy and we still have records of how resplendant she looked in a white and
gold gown except this attracted the wrong kind of attention the beautiful Anne got scads of admirers after her legendary dance King Henry included after all the king’s fling with Mary bin was winding down and he had a taste for the fresh meat coming from his favorite family he just couldn’t help himself which is when an delt the king a legendary snub she did not go after him on no she had a much different Suitor in mind at the time and much preferred one of the other gentlemen at court The Dashing Henry Percy who was the heir to the Earl of Northumberland and poured all of her energy into capturing his heart not the Kings and the pear had an intense
romance together over the next days and weeks in fact Anne was so in love with Henry Percy that she made a itic decision a decision which would have disastrous consequences down the line after longing gazes and letter writing Anne and her Bo Henry Percy couldn’t wait anymore and got engaged in secret and sure that sounds extra romantic and intimate but there was a disturbing reason for their secrecy you see Percy was already formally engaged to an entirely different woman as it happened though that was the least of Anne’s problems Anne and Percy were dumb and in love but no one else was on their side his father absolutely refused to support the match
and the young couple also failed to get any marital backing from Cardinal woli who was an important figure at court in other words they were royally screwed rude beaten down they eventually had to give each other up and went their separate ways with his rival Down and Out King Henry started pursuing Anne in Earnest in 1526 over their courtship Henry often sent over precious gemstones like pearls and rubies to Anne as long as he could stash them away from his wife Catherine of course but his initial gift really Takes the Cake his very first letter included An Elegant gold bracelet that was set with his own portrait maybe the narcissism had turned an off because she sure did not react well while Henry was throwing every trick in the book at her she was still not
interested in fact an specifically refused to bet him and even when Henry promised that he would promote her from a regular side piece to his chief Miss mistress she still turned him down an’s rejection of one of the most powerful men in Europe might seem bizarre until you dig a Little Deeper you see Anne wanted to be much more than just a mistress she wanted Henry to anal his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and make her Queen and she was certainly playing her cards right the more hot and bothered Henry was the more he would be putty in her hands as it turned out an’s timing in cting Henry was impeccable when she arrived on the scene Henry’s marriage was majorly on the
rocks for one although Queen Catherine had given birth to Princess Mary the Aging woman hadn’t given Henry his much coveted male air but there was an even bigger issue one Anne would take full advantage of while she was denying Henry in the bedroom he started to get deranged ideas he decided that since Queen Catherine had been briefly married to his older brother Prince Arthur before the prince died God was somehow mad at him for stealing his brother’s wife very logically this was why he didn’t have a son and while while Catherine swore she never consumated the union it was just no good Henry started angling for an analment which was the only way the Catholic Church would condone him remarrying Anne bin when Henry started talking about
chucking Catherine out the door Anne was absolutely thrilled although she still kept Henry away from her bed she happily accepted his proposal of marriage and and while he was you know already married the two of them assumed it would be a snap of the finger to outst Queen Catherine this infamously did not end well surprising exactly zero people the public did not take well to the idea of her becoming Queen after all the common crowds absolutely adored Catherine and blamed Anne for splitting the marriage apart as Anne Rose in power the grum mumblings only got louder with people calling her cruel names and accusing her of beguiling Henry with witchcraft it all climaxed with a terrifying event one evening after an
died near the Tam’s River she got the shock of her life as she was heading outside a mob of angry women attacked her convinced that she was bringing their King and Country to ruin a terrified Anne had to make a narrow escape on a boat to save herself from their rage it was all finally at a fever pitch until King Henry made a fateful decision that would change the country forever after seven long years of fighting with the church the king had had quite enough and his actions ended up changing history he infamously split from the Roman Catholic Church entirely and installed himself as the head of the
brand new Anglican Church in 1533 it finally happened after many minations and even more years anbin became Queen consort of England marrying Henry on January 25th but even after this great victory and couldn’t resist getting that last bit of Revenge and really rubbing it in Catherine’s face she made sure her coronation day outdid the former Queens starting on June 1st in 1533 the event lasted four glorious days with Anne wearing a series of covetable outfits the entire time on the last day Anne W uped herself and wore an unforgettable gown dyed Royal purple and topped with hermine now everyone knew that she had a pretty Twisted sense of humor and when
she became Queen she put it on full display in reaction to the many angry protest against the king choosing her as his Queen She temporarily took this phrase as her motto Grumble all you like this is how it’s going to be by this point an was pregnant Queen of England and more powerful and smug than she had ever been before in other words there was nowhere to go but [Music] down after her coronation an settled into Royal life and prepared to give King Henry his long desired son and indeed all signs pointed to a boy almost all of the king’s astrologers said the Stars mapped out a male air and an and Henry were also confident that they were about to welcome a son instead Anne was
entering into a horrible nightmare in September of 1533 she gave birth to a healthy child but not a boy she had a little girl the future Queen Elizabeth the and the shock sent the royal couple into a tail spin Henry cancelled his celebratory it’s a boy jousting match and the Royal scribes hastily changed Prince to princess in their official announcement and didn’t know it then but it was the beginning of the end when she didn’t immediately give Henry a male air his patience with his testy wife went right down the drain he started to resent her sharp intelligence and even sharp a tongue demanding that she submit to him as a wife not as his equal over the next 3 years Anne became pregnant numerous times but each time it
tragically ended in a miscarriage all the while Henry grew ever more distant and ever more regretful that he had married her in the first place but by then there were even darker problems at Play the king had always had a wondering eye and when his marriage to an started fraying he turned his attentions elsewhere namely to the pretty sweet and comparatively submissive Jane Seymour who would eventually become his third wife oh and here’s an icky detail Jane was also an’s second cousin so clearly Henry was a little still obsessed with their family but despite their family ties Anne and Jane weren’t exactly close more
than that Anne was no dummy she knew that a relationship was growing between Henry and Jane right under her nose Apparently one day at court Jane started brazenly opening and shutting the offending locket right in front of Anne once she realized what was going on an Fury serously tore the chain so violently that she cut her fingers open only Jane wasn’t done shoving the affair into Anne’s face one evening Anne walked into a room only to find her treasonous cousin sitting prety on her husband’s lap her response went down in infamy giving into her notorious temper she reportedly flew into a very public rage at the sight of Jan Seymour lounging at top the king shortly afterwards and miscarried yet again losing the child
she was so desperate to give Henry but that’s not even the most harrowing part when the attendants looked at the infant they saw that it was a boy when Henry VII Turned On anbin At Last his spite was Swift and brutal people say they go the the same way that they came and nothing could be truer when it came to Henry in fact he pulled the exact same move on Anne that he had for Catherine within days of losing his narcissistic love for an Henry had installed Jane in the Royal quarters with this done he worked on the bloodiest phase of his plan the king detained and questioned a series of male courtiers who knew Anne and accused them of sleeping with his wife chillingly Henry even took in Anne’s brother George accusing him of having romantic
relations with his own sister in miday Anne was finally put on trial while she stood there with her brother George suffering through a similar trial on the same day the crown accused her of everything from witchcraft to plotting Henry’s death so that she could remarry by then it was far too wait for autal a jury of 27 people found Anne guilty on all counts and condemned her to execution but one detail of her trial is gut-wrenching as Anne looked into the jury’s eyes she saw a familiar face that of Henry Percy her old love and the man she tried to marry all those years ago you know before King Henry pulled her into his destructive orbit even more
disturbingly the jury’s decision was unanimous which meant that Percy had personally Sent His Old Flame to the block the decision to execute Anne absolutely destroyed him when an aid read out the decree Anne’s ex fiance was so overcome with emotion he collapsed on the floor and was so out of it that attendants needed to haul him out out of the room he never got over the shock either he passed childless and mere 8 months later in her final days in the tower visitors to the Queen of England described her as eerily calm and even happy perhaps this is why she uttered some utterly chilling last words she reportedly was chatting with a guard about her professional executioner and in an attempt to reassure him she said I I hear that he’s quite good and I have a very small neck
on May 19th 1536 andin walked to her own execution even as she awaited the executionist blade she never once put King Henry in a bad light nor did she admit to any guilt she had yet another cunning but selfless reason for this at this point and likely didn’t want any of her family to suffer more or if Henry tried to punish her long after she was gone and as Anne’s last seconds came she maintained this composure andin even died in her own style while her ladies wept around her she got them to tie a blindfold around her eyes and then knelt in front of the block this was a classically French style of execution Anne had prepared every last detail and now it was time to face her her end as it turned out King Henry’s
swordsman was worth his pay rate it took only a single stroke to behead the Queen of England but that didn’t quite mean that she was gone Henry tried his best to forget Anne fully establishing Jane Seymour in the palace just 11 days after the execution but it wasn’t that simple in fact Henry had such a difficult time erasing ambulance memory that he soon had all likeness of her destroyed and there are no contemporary paintings of her in existence so in the end whether he loved her or hated her it wasn’t easy for the king to forget the woman that was Anin thanks for watching history expose if you love uncovering the best stories in history hit like And subscribe to keep exploring with us don’t forget to visit our main page fate for more
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