April 11 - Victory for Anne Boleyn, finally!
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Step back into Tudor England on April 11th, 1533. Discover the intrigue, power plays, and political manoeuvres behind Henry VIII's bold proclamation that Anne is his rightful wife and queen.
From secret marriages to coronation celebrations, delve into the gripping tale of Anne Boleyn's ascent to royalty and the seismic impact it had on the course of history.
Explore the fascinating details captured in Hans Holbein the Younger's iconic painting, "The Ambassadors," and unravel the symbolism behind this masterpiece. Join me on a journey through Tudor history, where love, ambition, and power collide. Subscribe for more riveting insights into the lives of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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So excellent and enjoyable! Thank you. I began my fascinating and enlightening journey through English Royal History with Anne Boleyn, and upon graduation from college, I made my first of many trips to The British Isles concentrating on England. At that time I became an American Anglophile, a huge supporter of Anne Boleyn, who, I believe, is a very important figure in English royal history/English history, and a person who is continually amazed and appalled at the injustices Queen Anne Boleyn faced and so pleased by her regal bearing plus the love for her daughter through those horrific April/May 1536! Unforgettable!
You are a really good teacher of history!
Interesting as always. As an American, I truly enjoy British history, complicated as it was and is today. You're a joy to watch and listen to during our isolation period. Thanks Claire..stay well!
Thank you! We're all safe and well here, and hope you are too.
Homegrown 101 Agreed! I’m in California and I am so grateful to Claire for her content.
The Tudors and all of this actually plays a HUGE part in American history. Since Elizabeth I sent English explorers to America, which pretty much was the beginning of America being settled, which set our history! Had it not played out like it did, we may not be where we are today!
I'm glad I come from French descent but I do enjoy learning English History.
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 My heritage is Irish, Dutch & English so I guess I'm from the same neighborhood.
Of all the wives the two I feel the most for are Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Catherine had to suffer through multiple miscarriages, stillbirths, and enduring King Henry the 8th’s infidelity and him doting on his illegitimate son. Then as she hit menopause and couldn’t have more children, she had to watch as Henry the 8th chased after Anne Boleyn. Anne refused him for years and didn’t want to be known as his whore like her sister and have her reputation slandered to the point that no one would marry her, but eventually gave in. Then Catherine had to suffer through a humiliating divorce on the grounds that their marriage was invalid, even though the marriage truly was valid, and was separated from Mary. When Anne finally became his wife and Queen, she was hated from the start by nearly everyone at court and only had a handful of supporters. After disappointing Henry the 8th with Elizabeth and having a miscarriage after the jousting accident that nearly killed him and crippled him for life, when she was pregnant for the third time she knew it was her last chance. But then she had a miscarriage when she found out about Henry the 8th and Jane Seymour, and everything went downhill from there. I believe that the baby was said to be a boy, but I’m not completely sure. Anyway, her priority was securing Elizabeth’s safety and future even though she was heartbroken and angry about her crumbling relationship with Henry. Her enemies saw an opportunity and went to Henry with bogus charges of her infidelity and incest, which at the time was considered high treason and worthy of death. And Henry used the opportunity to get rid of Anne so he could be with Jane and hope for the son he wanted. She sadly stood no chance of getting out of her situation alive, but she never lost her composure and carried herself with the grace and dignity of the Queen she was.
Yes Anne’s last baby was a boy. It was said to be deformed as well which could mean a few things in Tudor times. For instance she was a witch, or she was unfaithful. This second reason helped put another nail in her coffin.
It didn’t much matter at that point as her fate was already sealed.
Sam Stephen
Exactly. Henry was determined to get rid of Anne and he didn’t care what reason he used, or whether the reason was legitimate and true.
Sam, there is no suggestion from any source of the time that Anne's miscarriage was anything but normal and witchcraft was not mentioned in any of the charges against her. The idea that the foetus was a shapeless mass of flesh is from a hostile source from 1585, and that person, Nicholas Sander, also described Anne as having a wen, a projecting tooth and extra finger. He was a Catholic recusant who was hostile to Henry, Anne and Elizabeth.
I never said she was accused of witchcraft, so don’t twist my comment
Wish Holbein had done a portrait of Anne hersef, we'd know what she truly looked like.
He may have, and it has since been lost or wrongly idenyified.
@@daver8521 Once Henry decided that he hated her, anyone with any sense destroyed their evidence of having ever supported her.
I'm sure She looked alot like Her Daughter.
He did do a sketch.
He might have. There's a sketch portrait that looks very much like a Holbein and that says "Anna Bollein Queen." David Starkey, for one, considers it to be genuine given the state of undress of the sitter (meaning a high state of intimacy and formality was involved). Plus, the figure has an apparent swollen neck indicative of scrofula, which Anne Boleyn had(?), if I remember.
I often wonder if Anne really knew when you play the game of thrones you win or you die. I'm guessing she thought she was a little invincible.
Ann Stillwell I think Anne didn’t understand that if he will cheat with you, then he will cheat on you. It’s too bad. Catherine and Anne were victims of the cheater’s game. There were no real winners, just an obnoxious wealthy and powerful man who ended up, centuries later, with a bad reputation.
Well she didn't choose to play the game and I don't think she felt invincible either. She was in a position to see people who Henry VIII had loved being banished, treated cruelly and even executed.
Henry chased after Anne, who had NO choice or say in the matter. No one told the King "no" and lived to see the next day. I think from the moment she decided to say yes, Anne knew that her days were numbered, but I don't think she ever dreamt it would end the way it did. No one did.
still stuck in 3D huh,
@@katemaloney4296 she could've refused him; there were women who did (then).
Poor Anne. She surely never imagine her fate. I felt bad for both Catherine and her daughter Mary. I also felt bad for Anne and her daughter Elizabeth. RIP Queens. 😥
That was great. Thanks Claire 😊. It really helped me to understand how the mechanics of the situation worked.
I have also, always loved that painting with it's hidden skull.
Great stuff!
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I can imagine how life must have been a series of ups and downs in those times. I guess we have them too but no one will ever know about them until it becomes history. Thank you as always Claire! Take care!
You too!
Thank goodness for these videos. Apart from loving them they are reminding me what day it is 😂
Very interesting, Claire! I didn't know that Anne Boleyn commissioned Hans Holbein the Younger to do works for her. Thank you for that fact. :)
Love your blouse! Very springlike for Easter!
Lovely blouse today! I’m not usually into floral prints, but this is wonderful!
Thank you!
Thats a nice thing to say to somebody !
How happy she must have been! How quickly things changed for her and the others. Thank you, Ms. Claire!💜
Absolutely!!
Great video, Claire. Beautiful blouse. Currently reading your book on George Boleyn and thoroughly enjoying it!
The Pope and Catherine should just have accepted the inevitable. How many lives would have been spared!
daver8521 If Emperor Charles V had not taken the pope prisoner things might have gone differently.
Catherine clearly felt that she'd made vows in front of God and that was that, but it's a shame she didn't take the pope's advice and take the veil, it would have been far better for her and for her daughter.
The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society I think she may have IF Henry didn’t declare Mary illegitimate. After all their years together she deserved much more than that. If the papacy didn’t play fast and loose with their authority, all would be different.
I don't think she should just give up her place to the "other". She has been a devoted wife to the king all these years, as well as a good queen consort and a mother who obviously would never accept seeing his daughter being treated like a bastard when she was not.
It was not easy to give up what was rightfully hers, especially after what she went through before marrying Henry VIII. So, she chose to fight to the end, to no avail ... Well, in the end she tried to do what was right for her.
@@a.s.3610 But ultimately Catherine was full of pride. Which is a cardinal sin. Just because we feel something is right, doesn't mean it is either. Look what it did to her daughter. She was only thinking of herself not her daughter.
Love todays podcast Claire, and I love your top. The colors go together very nicely and really compliment you. Thanks for bringing some joy & knowledge to my day🐱
I love your top Claire!
It’s cold, windy and rainy here in Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Anne and Henry VIII must have been so happy on this day. The future must have seemed bright and full of promise.
I’ll check out the timeline and look up the painting! It sounds fascinating
Thank you for all of your hard work and I can’t wait to see what tomorrow’s video brings.
The articles on 'The Ambassadors' are fascinating. It was good to read about the meaning of all the objects surrounding the two men. Some of them I had hardly noticed before and yet they turned out to be important.
Love Tudor era! Always enjoy your vids... Thank you for all the work you do to bring us such amazing history...
'The Ambassadors' always fascinated me. There is so much symbolism there.
Happy easter from Oregon USA I’m a tudorphile and love your channel Claire ! Thanks so much for all the research
Very interesting as usual. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge.
My pleasure!
Love your top. Happy Easter Claire & Tim!🐰🐤
Same to you!
Loving your videos. Hope your doing ok. Anne Boleyn is my favourite of Henry’s wives.
You look very gorgeous today! I listen to you and feel sad knowing Anne had such a short time left to her!
Thank you so much!
Lovely blouse, Claire. Happy Easter!
Thank you! 😊
I got confused by the year of Wyatt’s execution in the description box, before you spoke of it in the video. It didn’t add up 😂😂😂 surprised that I even noticed.
Gregpry Hallet Anne survived,they just got her hair and another headless body was in the casket..Victory for Anne again
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Margery Franko this will be interesting.
This could be said to be the beginning of the end. I sometimes wonder what Anne’s life would have been like if Elizabeth had been a boy or the son she miscarried had gone to term and lived. It could have had great impact on history as we know it! 🐰🐣
Yes, a living son would have made Anne safe whatever Henry's feelings for her.
Teresa Cooper If only Henry had not rode in that tournament where he fell from his horse history might have been so different.
Thank you Claire I really enjoyed the video. Your hair looks really cute and I love your top really pretty. Stay safe .🐣
🇭🇲🦘 (viewed 5/04/2021) .. So, by Good Friday 1533, a pregnant Anne Boleyn 'publically' proclaimed as the Queen by King Henry VIII. Thank you Claire 🔔👑👍
Most fascinating! I love it!!
I have utmost respect for Anne Boleyn and have nothing against her , but my sympathies do lie with Katherine of Aargon as I believe she was his natural wife . Just a personal thing. Thanks for the book on Kindle Unlimited. I am enjoying it and definitely want to purchase more after I am finished with this one. :) I enjoy your videos and research. You are a lovely person. xXx
Very interesting, but is there any way you can stop references to bloody Greg Hallet appearing here....probably not. Never mind.
@OG DuBB as a matter of fact Henry VI, as a direct descendant of Edward III himself, and as the last representative of the House of Lancaster, did have a claim to the throne too....but in any case, since 18th Century Parliament have selected the monarch on the basis of their religion
@OG DuBB I know, but was saying that Henry VII was actually king in his own right. He married Elizabeth of York, who was Edward IV daughter, but he and his children were all in direct line from Edward III anyway. The bit about Edward IV being illigitimate is irrelevent, as the male York line were all dead by the time Henry ascended the throne. Tony Robinson probably knew this, but a documentary called, "the True King of England, if Henry Tudor hadn't won the Battle of Bosworth and taken the crown for the House of Lancaster" wouldnt have sounded very interesting. LOLS
@OG DuBB yes I know. But it is something to fire back at these wankers that keep going on about King John III....who also claims to be descended from Jesus AND converse with ancient Egyptian gods
If your King Henry VIII, married to your brothers widow as a gesture of charity, you figure out that Anne Boleyn was a direct decendant of Christ... what would you do?
The Pope knew of this SMALL detail while he continues to deny the annulment. Since the church would loose ALL AUTHORITY in the process of creating a "christ lineage" within the royal blood line, this could not happen or the church would vanish from the earth. Woolsey was also aware, but had less selfish goals than the Pope. After all having a literal living pharaoh on the thrown would be better than a flawed church.
Great video as usualx
What do you think about king john III claim that Anne's death was faked?
I Claire what does your tattoo say on your arm.
Happy Easter everyone ✝️🐇🐇
Thanks for the information on Louis VII and Louis XII divorces. The Pope, Clement VII, really had no choice but to adjourn the Court at the time when Queen Catherine commended her case to Rome. I wonder what would have been English or, for that matter, European history today had the Pope granted Henry VIII the divorce he desired? Can you please enlighten us on this point? Your opinion, of course. Thanks.
Yes, all the pope could do was stall.
I think the Reformation would have happened eventually, but not in Henry's reign, and Anne may well have had chance to give the king a son.
Henry was never shy about fobbing off blame that should have been assigned to him.
Somebody has been writing on your arm.
hang on in another video you claimed that and I quote "Anne B, was not a queen but his queen by consort", this now means she was queen regnant or regina, meaning any heir was by blood and would have rightful claim to the throne of england
Did the Boleyn line continue? Not through Anne of course, but other family members?
Yes it did,Ann sister Mary had two children. I cannot not tell you what happened to the Boleyn line but it’s still alive and kicking in the the English people here and there.
I also have an additional explanation for the refusal of the Pope. The Pope also refused to grant Henry VIII an annulment to his marriage with Catherine of Aragon because another Pope had already annulled HER marriage with Arthur, Henry's elder brother, when Arthur died after an unconsumated marriage to Catherine. Thus, as a Pope had already legalised the union of Henry and Catherine, he could not contradict the other Pope a few years later. If he had done this, he would have weakened the authority of Rome. I don't know if my explanation is clear :) By the way, thank you very much for your videos !! :)
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I don't understand why they wanted to make Princess Mary illegitimate. If a marriage had a child, the child should not become a bastard, just because the parents move on. This makes no sense to me to have demoted Mary. Why would they want to risk that she make a good marriage? If she had been married before the divorce or annulment: it'd not have mattered.
Annulment means that the Marriage never existed in which Mary would've been considered born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
Making Mary illegitimate meant that she didn't have a claim ahead of Henry and Anne's children. An annulment meant that the marriage was never valid, but usually a child would be kept as legitimate as s/he was conceived in good faith, but then this would affect the claim of a daughter born from Henry and Anne's union.
Happy Easter Claire 🐣 What does your tattoo says? Greatings from Norway 😊
"Le temps viendra. Je, Anne Boleyn" An inscription of anne in her book of hours.
I did visit england when I was 14 a long time agp
Little did poor Ann know
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Anne knew her fate was whatever her father wished for the family's future. Women of noble birth had a "duty" to keep their families from being cast out of society and for their fortunes.
I have always felt a little sorry for Pope Clement, as his position caught between the strong wills of two powerful monarchs was unenviable to say the least. I do believe, however, that his sending Cardinal Compeggio to England with a supposed commission to try the case together with Wolsey at the Blackfriars Court in 1529 was a deliberate fakeout----Clement certainly must have realized that Katherine of Aragon and her nephew Charles V would never have accepted the verdict of such a court, only that of the Pope himself, which is exactly what happened when Katherine walked out of the court, refusing its validity to render a lawful verdict and appealing her case directly to Rome. Campeggio then immediately ---and unilaterally ---adjourned the court to comply with her demand, revealing that the whole thing had been an elaborate charade, designed to be a further delaying tactic to give the Pope more time to prevaricate. Campeggio almost certainly had secret instructions to refer the case back to Rome, after there had already been months of delay that included the excruciating length of time it had taken him just to travel from Rome to England, pleading the excuse of crippling gout for his extremely slow progress. The unfortunate Wolsey was not in on this plan, but his many enemies accused him of being complicit with the abrupt adjournment of the court and therefore working against the Kong's interests, thus bringing about his immediate fall----a consequence the Pope must also have foreseen. Clement was desperately trying not to render a verdict, to put it off as long as possible. I think that all during these years he was hoping that some factor in the equation would change, so that he never would have to make this difficult and dangerous decision that, either way, could imperil the Church. Something might happen to one of the main parties involved that would let him off the hook----perhaps one of them might conveniently die from illness or accident; Katherine wasn't young or in the best of health, and we know that Anne came very close to death from sweating sickness just a year before the court convened. Also, the King might break up with Anne, might get tired of waiting for her, or tire of her should she actually become his mistress and he started looking for a new conquest. Or the King himself could be taken out by sweating sickness, or suffer a fatal injury from one of the extreme sports he constantly indulged in-----an event which, again, later came close to happening in the famous jousting disaster of January 1536. Unfortunately for Clement, however, none of these things happened at the right time, and Henry VIII eventually forced his hand by secretly marrying Anne and then proclaiming her queen, having his new Archbishop, Cranmer, give him the annulment he wanted, and declaring himself the Supreme Head of the English Church. An eternally fascinating drama, with a truly extraordinary cast of characters!
Anybody know anything about Joseph Gregory hallett? I see some stuff about him being Anne Bolyns decendant and the true king of england! Anyone know if there's truth to this or is he crazy? I just don't know enough
THE JURY IS STILL OUT BUT CLAIRE WOULD BE THE PERFECT PERSON WOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION...HE SOUNDS LEGIT WITH ALL HIS SO CALLED DOCUMENTS BUT EXPERTS NEED TO ARGUE AGAINST THIS. CHEERS
Supposedly ann
was not executed sir William Raleigh was her grandson
William ?
New King of England Joesph Gregory Hallet. Don’t know if their is any truth to it, but TH-camr Charles Ward seems to have some interesting insight.
@@rebeccahoesli6317 he is as big a fake as Greg Hallet
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Greg Hallett says Ann’s execution never took place.
Which would make Henry VIII a polygamist.
If Henry had accepted his wife Catherine as legitimate he wouldn't have destroyed his daughters life. He could have helped arrange a great marriage between her and an acceptable suitor and the Tudor line might have survived until this day. He was a torltal asshole and deserves the fate he got. He tried to delegitimize his perfectly legitimate wife and bastardize his daughter and ended up with a daughter heir anyway who actually turned out to be a great ruler. Don't try to fight what fate has given you. There is a reason for everything. He should have accepted what God gave him, which was a Queen to succeed him. It should have been Mary instead of the barren Elizabeth who was the end of his line. Just desserts.
Is it possible that Anne’s death was in fact faked?
They're all monsters....
How mad/insane was Henry VIII? If he was as mad as people say, would it be possible that Anne had gotten away from the guillotine whilst pregnant with child (possibly a son?) Far fetched I know, just throwing it out there!!
Curiously, I can't find any references on your channel to Greg Hallett who claims to be a descendant of Anne Boleyn. A camera crew is now being shown all his documentation, history may need to be rewritten.
The fact that Liz is no-where to be found and not wearing her crown anymore and the pop has dropped the Vicar of Chris Title plus seemingly a recognition of Greg...makes it somewhat plausible already...
th-cam.com/video/ASh2TtVKjI8/w-d-xo.html
i'm sure you have heard but the American Military have recognised his claim and are opening his bank accounts , how exciting
@OG DuBB pmsl oh i see, so he's a liar but your the real deal haha , you came back with a story and no evidence , he's got evidence, you need to step your game up Mr Tilney
@OG DuBB stop being ridiculous, your LYAS in capitals, to something that most people have heard of, how can he have made a website called the common law court ? are you deranged ? do you even know what common law is? do you know your rights? have you read the bill of rights ? have you read common law ? have you read the constitution ? have you even read the corona bill ? i'm common law , and can tell you Mr Hallett didn't make the website up nor ever claim to have , i mean why even comment at all, you know everything you wrote is tosh , your commenting without fact checking anything , so there's no point saying anything , go do something useful with your time, like educate yourself from from the list above
You look beautiful claire I have always loved England and the the tudurs
Didn’t she escape her death now?
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could you please do a video om queens of England who died in childbirth and the she-wolf of England? she-wolf were known as queens who overthrew their husbands just like Matilda the empress....
I focus on Tudor history, but thank you for the suggestions. In the Tudor period, queen consorts Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr died of complications following childbirth, and I've done videos about them. The only woman known as a "she wolf" in the Tudor period was Lettice Knollys, who was called that by Elizabeth I.
@@anneboleynfiles I,well could you maybe do a video on women like why were men were important than them and the scolds bridle....also maybe why were women not allow to fight back even if they were abused by there husbands?
What's your tatoo? I can see the name Anne Boleyn.
Yes, it's Anne's inscription from her Book of Hours. th-cam.com/video/fKuEcLSNAEo/w-d-xo.html
@@anneboleynfiles well that's amazing 🤗
Joan of France - is she the same as Joan of ark
I’m so early!!!
she lost her head his wrightfull was Catheran of Arogan by this wangle he lost his chance of eternalsalvation and he is still hanging around atHamptonCourtPalace as a ghost,so he did not do very well.
Anne's short happiness leading to such tragedy. Hard to find a winner throughout this saga. Elizabeth, in the end, I suppose. Thank you, Claire.
p.s. Your cat needs oiling again. I heard her squeaking.
Ari and Oreo don't meow, they squeak, they're so funny.
@@anneboleynfiles Hahah!
So the pope was actually the boss
Bull! Only Stuart’s count!
She was evil and ended the Eucharistic presence of the Lord in england...sorry.
Dear friend, years ago I would have agreed with your line of thinking. However, if you really think about the political benefit of having a ritual that can only be performed by a priest, you can start to see where the doctrine of transubstantiation comes from. Spiritual monopoly would have been the ultimate political tool.
We can know that our Lord was speaking about the bread being his body and the wine being his blood metaphorically because he was still alive when he was offering them. Why would any communion be different than this first one? I personally think he wants us to eat and drink in remembrance of him whenever we eat and drink at all. After all, He says, “whenever” we eat of them.
We need only acknowledge our sinful nature, and our need for Jesus’ atoning sacrifice and resurrection. The thief on the cross did not receive any sacraments, and wasn’t even baptized. Like the book of Hebrews tells us, we are justified by faith. Abraham wasn’t even Jewish, much less Christian, but was credited as righteous before God simply by faith.
Yeah, I'm staying with the old faith, not the henry viii 1530 religion. But good luck with that.
Peter Krauss you’re not understanding how politicized the faith had become. That’s why it’s called the reformation. People tried to get back to the Bible. If you stick with worldly identity over the prompting of the Holy Spirit you will be lost. The Pope was installed by the Obama administration. These people don’t care about us friend. Please pray about this.
Hello ! IF/when you Listen to J.Greg Hallett's, probably, more accurate information about
Anne Boleyn, you will be pleasantly surprised by what he has to say. Check it out !
Get a real job and stop making profit off of the dead...we have scholars for this.
Henry 8th was illegitimate also, Lady Margaret was true heir as Edward 4th was 10 month overdue, his father was in France. Hastings family are the true heirs.
But in the end she got what she deserved!I didn't really like Ann at all!