Anne of Cleaves is my favorite. She not only escaped Henry with her head still attached to her body, but she became an independently wealthy woman who lived life on her own terms. That was so rare in Tudor England. She played it perfectly.
I so agree 👍 Anne of Kleve was so lucky. Nonetheless, she had the German protestant princes backing her. Henry had to treat her gently because her relations were too powerful. If he executed Anne the Protestant league would have been pushed into the arms of the Habsburg emperor
@@rolandrothwell4840 That was also the same reason why Henry did not execute Katherine of Aragon: he didn't want her nephew (the Holy Roman Emperor) declaring war on him. Henry was already at odds with the Church because he had broken away from it. If Spain started something, then every other Roman Catholic nation would pile on (Henry was, by this point, seen as a heretic).
The narrator at 29:53 was wrong about saying Anne of Cleves outlives Henry by 5 years when it's actually 10 years. Henry VIII died in 1547, Anne of Cleves died in 1557. Also towards the end of the video, it says Katherine Parr died in child birth "few years later" after Henry died but it was actually later the following year.
Ikr. And I'm gonna sound picky, but the narrator also says Henry executed a "few" wives even though it's bleeding obvious from the programme's title that he executed a couple, not a few. Nor was Wolsey sentenced to death. Nor was Henry unconscious or brain damaged in the jousting accident, according to the most reliable sources. Katherine Parr didn't survive Henry by a few years. She died the year after his death. It's meant to be a documentary, not historical fiction, where you can play fast and loose with facts.
@@NickMaybrick Exactly but these shorts especially if dealing with history need to have irrefutable facts not inaccurate information. The films and multiple TV series already do it enough with their fantasy/fiction twists to the historical accounts. If you're going to put something on social media it needs to be accurate. Inform and educate people with facts not lies.
@@NickMaybrick, quite a lot of historians mention Henry's jousting accident and unconsciousness, including Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley and even David Starkey.
@@NickMaybrickWolsey was on his way to the Tower on a charge of high treason. This carried a death sentence. Some think that the 1536 jousting accident did something to Henry that affected him during the rest of his reign (I am guessing a concussion).
I love that owen said that there was smelly ugly person in the room and it wasnt anne of cleves. You know what they say when you point the finger there are always 3 pointing back at you!
That's something Henry never understood. To me, he was one of the most obnoxious people from history. One wants to see him cast out of his kingdom in his petticoat. He wouldn't do as well as Elizabeth in those circumstances.
Henry was more influenced by wanting his own way than he was by Anne Boleyn or anyone else. He was a gigantic toddler who died a well-deserved painful miserable death. After all the fighting for Henry to divorce Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn only lived 4 months longer than Catherine did. Anne of Cleves was the luckiest of all Henry's wives. Can not even imagine having to copulate with that ulcerous bulk.
Anne of Cleves for the WIN!! I adore these ladies, all of them, even the shamelessly scandalous ones, but Anne Of Cleves, she is the one I not only adore, but i respect and admire her tenacity and her intellect as well!🥀
@@wlenore8071 No. You introduced yourself as a “psychotherapist”, and your “opinion” under a (likely false) claim of professional credibility like a diagnosis. That is wrong.
@@direfranchement please dont say such foolish things. An annulment is permitted in the Catholic Church, because it is not a divorce, It is saying that there was no valid marriage. A divorce is saying that there was a legal marriage and now for various reasons it has been ended.
It amazes me that people doubt Catherine and Arthur didn't have sex. She admitted it herself, before one of her ladies interviened and claimed she was still a maid. Her lady said the language barrier explained why she said she had lost her virginity when she hadn't. Obviously, Catherine figured out why she had to say she was still a virgin and held onto the claim until her dying breath
Her mother was a warrior and Queen , guess it ran in her blood. What a woman and so beloved by the ppl. The ppl always hated Anne for that reason, damn home wrecker coming in. Idk if you were even allowed to say no to a king.
Disappointed that a channel who uses the most prominent historians in the UK has misinfo. Oh, and caught the scene in "The Other Boleyn Girl" again, i.e. Mary's wedding.
I love reading about the Tudors; and even so the science wasn't up,to par back then to reckonise it's the man's sperm that determines the gender of a child. So many women killed because men took centuries to figure out why they have nipples.
41 years was a grand age in the 16th century. If you remember many peasants died by 25 years. Anne of Cleves was a lucky woman and happy princess. She had got a private fortune and some lovely properties to boot in her settlement
That’s only 3 wives, he had 6. The rhyme was... divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived....but there were no divorces, annulments so would be...annulled beheaded died annulled beheaded survived
Anne of Cleves is definitely the luckiest of all the wives. She was a clever German frau to have got such a good settlement, both in terms of property and monies.
Every show or movie that ever portrayed Queen Catherine of Aragon has her dark haired and dark skinned when she is described as having strawberry blonde hair and pale skin. Go figure Hollywood.
Catherine of Aragon sister Juana The Mad is technically violent, their parents are 2nd cousin and Juana descendants are inbreeding. Like Juana had to see her own grandson marry her own granddaughter or grandson marry great granddaughter (uncle & niece) so that is why King Charles II has a weird, tragic and unstable life
So, basically, divorced/annulled, beheaded, and díed...divorced/annulled, beheaded, survived... he's Henry VIII, he had six sorry wives, many say he ruined their lives... (AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO EVEN KNOWS THE REFERENCE?! LADY-)
Anne of Cleaves is my favorite. She not only escaped Henry with her head still attached to her body, but she became an independently wealthy woman who lived life on her own terms. That was so rare in Tudor England. She played it perfectly.
The independent wealth came with strings attached: Anne had to remain in England.
Also lived the longest
@@gidzmobug2323that may well have worked for her
I so agree 👍 Anne of Kleve was so lucky. Nonetheless, she had the German protestant princes backing her. Henry had to treat her gently because her relations were too powerful. If he executed Anne the Protestant league would have been pushed into the arms of the Habsburg emperor
@@rolandrothwell4840 That was also the same reason why Henry did not execute Katherine of Aragon: he didn't want her nephew (the Holy Roman Emperor) declaring war on him. Henry was already at odds with the Church because he had broken away from it. If Spain started something, then every other Roman Catholic nation would pile on (Henry was, by this point, seen as a heretic).
Ignored, beheaded, died, annulled, beheaded, barely survived and only because he died
Annulled, beheaded, died, annulled, beheaded, survived - because he died ^^
He never divorced anyone.
Oh. But
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Jane just died before she could make Henry mad enough to have her executed about something
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Because Jane gave Henry a son she was safe if she had lived and probably would have had more children.
Well, we will never know, will we 😮
The narrator at 29:53 was wrong about saying Anne of Cleves outlives Henry by 5 years when it's actually 10 years. Henry VIII died in 1547, Anne of Cleves died in 1557. Also towards the end of the video, it says Katherine Parr died in child birth "few years later" after Henry died but it was actually later the following year.
Ikr. And I'm gonna sound picky, but the narrator also says Henry executed a "few" wives even though it's bleeding obvious from the programme's title that he executed a couple, not a few. Nor was Wolsey sentenced to death. Nor was Henry unconscious or brain damaged in the jousting accident, according to the most reliable sources. Katherine Parr didn't survive Henry by a few years. She died the year after his death.
It's meant to be a documentary, not historical fiction, where you can play fast and loose with facts.
@@NickMaybrick Exactly but these shorts especially if dealing with history need to have irrefutable facts not inaccurate information. The films and multiple TV series already do it enough with their fantasy/fiction twists to the historical accounts. If you're going to put something on social media it needs to be accurate. Inform and educate people with facts not lies.
@@NickMaybrick, quite a lot of historians mention Henry's jousting accident and unconsciousness, including Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley and even David Starkey.
@@NickMaybrickWolsey was on his way to the Tower on a charge of high treason. This carried a death sentence.
Some think that the 1536 jousting accident did something to Henry that affected him during the rest of his reign (I am guessing a concussion).
Katherine Parr was not the first protestant queen
I love that owen said that there was smelly ugly person in the room and it wasnt anne of cleves.
You know what they say when you point the finger there are always 3 pointing back at you!
I love it too but Owen totally ripped that quote off from another historian. Can't recall her name off the top of my head.
That's something Henry never understood. To me, he was one of the most obnoxious people from history. One wants to see him cast out of his kingdom in his petticoat. He wouldn't do as well as Elizabeth in those circumstances.
Henry blamed everyone for his failings & never himself!
Henry didn't think consequences applied to him
Sounds like a former (thank heavens) president who-shall-not-be-named.
Don’t we usually refer to that as someone who is “emotionally disturbed”
@@aprilgrant1957 The once and future....take it to the bank.
@@aprilgrant1957My thoughts exactly!0
Henry was more influenced by wanting his own way than he was by Anne Boleyn or anyone else. He was a gigantic toddler who died a well-deserved painful miserable death. After all the fighting for Henry to divorce Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn only lived 4 months longer than Catherine did. Anne of Cleves was the luckiest of all Henry's wives. Can not even imagine having to copulate with that ulcerous bulk.
Anne of Cleves for the WIN!!
I adore these ladies, all of them, even the shamelessly scandalous ones, but Anne Of Cleves, she is the one I not only adore, but i respect and admire her tenacity and her intellect as well!🥀
While wealthy men and women were dying left and right in the castle peasant farmers were chilling in their herb gardens
Jane was the “little nun”. Katherine the Humanist. Ann the Reformer. Catherine Parr the Protestant.
Catherine and Arthur had a final, proper Wedding at St Paul's and moved to Ludlow together.
As a psychotherapist, I find Henry’s narcissism and his wives’ personalities so very interesting!🎉
Henry wasn’t a narcissist. He had a traumatic brain injury. Scary to think that you’re charging people for your services.
@@direfranchementyou’re entitled to your opinion. Sorry you have so much anger over a Henry VIII comment…
@@wlenore8071 As an alleged professional, you should be more responsible in casually labeling people, dead or otherwise.
I think I’m entitled to my
Opinion and you can have yours. Thanks! 😊
@@wlenore8071 No. You introduced yourself as a “psychotherapist”, and your “opinion” under a (likely false) claim of professional credibility like a diagnosis. That is wrong.
“Bedheaded” is a great typo 😂
Hahaha!
I love Tudor history ❤️
same
Me too!!
Me too! It's in our DNA. My family is from Henry VIII's sister, Queen Margaret Tudor of Scotland.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing.
Henry the Eighth was NOT divored; his marriages were ANNULLED.
Same difference.
not at all. an annulment is a declaration that a marriage never existed, a divorce is the ending of valid marriage@@direfranchement
@@glen7318 WRONG.
@@direfranchementNope that’s correct. Google it ass
@@direfranchement please dont say such foolish things. An annulment is permitted in the Catholic Church, because it is not a divorce, It is saying that there was no valid marriage. A divorce is saying that there was a legal marriage and now for various reasons it has been ended.
Wolsley wasnt sentenced to death. He wasnt even tried.
It amazes me that people doubt Catherine and Arthur didn't have sex. She admitted it herself, before one of her ladies interviened and claimed she was still a maid. Her lady said the language barrier explained why she said she had lost her virginity when she hadn't. Obviously, Catherine figured out why she had to say she was still a virgin and held onto the claim until her dying breath
I love Catherine's courage the most. Imagine she was pregnant and lead an army and she freaking won!
Her mother was a warrior and Queen , guess it ran in her blood. What a woman and so beloved by the ppl. The ppl always hated Anne for that reason, damn home wrecker coming in. Idk if you were even allowed to say no to a king.
Crazy to think there have been 3 Tudor kings, and 9 queens.
Glad you're not including Jane Grey.
she was a queen though@@lesleymay8006
@@lesleymay8006Nine days
@@nonbinary6834 not crowned or anointed so not true monarch
Disappointed that a channel who uses the most prominent historians in the UK has misinfo. Oh, and caught the scene in "The Other Boleyn Girl" again, i.e. Mary's wedding.
I love learning about our history, good and bad
Anyone else notice Benedict Cumberbatch at 22:30??
I did a double take
Yep a scene from the Other Boleyn Girl
Yes saw him too
I hit rewind. So cool to see him. Thanks for pointing it out.😎
I love reading about the Tudors; and even so the science wasn't up,to par back then to reckonise it's the man's sperm that determines the gender of a child.
So many women killed because men took centuries to figure out why they have nipples.
This is just a shorter version of your documentary series about Henry. If you're recycling videos it would be nice if you said so.
Good stuff! Thank you!
“Anne of Cleves lives a LONG and happy life after the annulment…” The woman DIED AT 41!!!
Unfortunately, the Tudor life expectancy was about 35 years. 41 is long for the period, sadly
41 years was a grand age in the 16th century. If you remember many peasants died by 25 years. Anne of Cleves was a lucky woman and happy princess. She had got a private fortune and some lovely properties to boot in her settlement
Isn't it hilarious all the karma involved in this story?
Hard to believe that Catherine's parents sponsored Christopher Columbus' trip to the discovery of North America.
Why hard to believe, it makes sense being a Spanish adventurer they would support him.
You mean rape the new world?
Divorced, beheaded, died. Rinse repeat.
And divorced, beheaded, survived- Henry died before Catherine Part,
Jane had a miscarriage also before she gave birth to Edward, why didn’t Henry just get rid of her?
The rhyme I was taught was divorced beheaded survived, because of course, 2 wives outlived him
That’s only 3 wives, he had 6. The rhyme was... divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived....but there were no divorces, annulments so would be...annulled beheaded died annulled beheaded survived
@@hazelpearson7807 yes the sequence happened twice
@lesleymay8006 but the third wife didn't survive, she died. Jane Seymour.
@@ryotterox6652 survived Henry because he didn't get bored and get rid of her. Died in childbirth not executed, fate of a lot of women then and now.
@@ryotterox6652 2 wives who survived AND outlived him, Ann of cleves and Catherine parr
Is there not an episode 2??
She paid the executioner 😩
So sad for these women!
I live near Henry viii home. I was fascinated by his era.
Does someone know the name of the ending song? I could not find it anywhere...
Anne of Cleves is definitely the luckiest of all the wives. She was a clever German frau to have got such a good settlement, both in terms of property and monies.
Just occurred to me: was Henry a virgin himself when he married K of A????
the title says, "Divorced Bedheaded...not beheaded😀
Okay, why is Anne at 13:33 wearing the French hood hanging off the back of her head, held on with 21st century bobby pins😅
Because she was a time traveller perhaps?
Cos it's a pretty crap doco? Getta load of the obviously fake beard Henry in middle age has too!
@@slytheringingerwitch lol, if so she could have brought ovulation and pregnancy tests with her. Not to mention coffee, chocolate and toilet paper 😀
@@sharoncatwomanTotally. She missed a trick there.
Every show or movie that ever portrayed Queen Catherine of Aragon has her dark haired and dark skinned when she is described as having strawberry blonde hair and pale skin. Go figure Hollywood.
The actresses for Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard should have swapped their roles.
Yep. I'm ready to consume this content right..... Meow!
Divorced, beheaded and died.
Divorced, beheaded and survived.
I'm Henry the 8th, i have six sorry wives,
Some might say i ruined their lives....
where can i watch this version of henry viii
Catherine of Aragon sister Juana The Mad is technically violent, their parents are 2nd cousin and Juana descendants are inbreeding. Like Juana had to see her own grandson marry her own granddaughter or grandson marry great granddaughter (uncle & niece) so that is why King Charles II has a weird, tragic and unstable life
So, basically, divorced/annulled, beheaded, and díed...divorced/annulled, beheaded, survived... he's Henry VIII, he had six sorry wives, many say he ruined their lives...
(AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO EVEN KNOWS THE REFERENCE?! LADY-)
We all know why he could not have a son was because he had syphilis
The music is quite annoying. Otherwise it would have been great
Today our Henry is Orangesama bin Chaos.
Sounds More Like Scamala And Dizzy Joe Biden😂
@ you’re drunk!
Henry was such a narc
anachronism at 36:31,..no stick incense in Europe during Tudor times...neither were glass chimney kerosene lamps...
I'm with Henry on that one, no way would I become a protestant they are too boring.
Much overstated and incorrect information
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I love the tudors
Bedheaded?
I don’t woo
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divorced, beheaded, resurrected