The Mistresses of Henry VIII - Part 1

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    King Henry VIII is most famous for going through 6 wives. But the king was by no means a serial monogamist. Here are the stories of the women known to have warmed the thoughts and the bed of Henry VIII.
    A note on imagery: As these women are not as well known, though just as fascinating, as Henry's wives they have fewer and in some cases no known portraits. As this is a visual medium I have taken creative liberty and used similar images in some cases.
    Sources:
    en.wikipedia.org
    www.britannica.com
    Herman, Eleanor. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.

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  • @xingqiufart
    @xingqiufart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1287

    Henry: cheats
    Wife: cheats back
    Henry: *suprised pikachu face*

    • @hirahiro2331
      @hirahiro2331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Henry: GOODNESS, I SAY! A WHORE BE ITH LIVED WITHIN THE PALACE IS NO WIFE TO THE ROYAL WE!
      *meanwhile all mistress are hiding behind the curtains*

    • @saltisgreat1522
      @saltisgreat1522 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yani_uwu
      OFF WITH YOUR HEAD

    • @metricallyreducedworm
      @metricallyreducedworm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      KATHERINE AND ANNE NEVER EVEN CHEATED-

    • @hirahiro2331
      @hirahiro2331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@metricallyreducedworm yeah they did
      *They looked in the mirror and said "DAMN YOU'RE HOT!"*
      Then rumors spread and they lost their head.

    • @TheMoonflwr671
      @TheMoonflwr671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vanilla But he was the KING and right there next to GOD being chosen as king. How dare she?

  • @crimsonilla6550
    @crimsonilla6550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2486

    Henry: *cheats on his wives*
    His wives: *get accused of cheating/cheats*
    Henry: *”Off with her head.”*

    • @crimsonilla6550
      @crimsonilla6550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Memcha Laishram Oh my g-

    • @Mmmmyown
      @Mmmmyown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      just gotta love that double standard... smh

    • @sen.m7832
      @sen.m7832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Totally understandable by modern standards but you also have to comprehend the context. If one of the King's wives were cheating on him, no-one could be sure that a child she gave birth to was actually fathered by the King. So the whole point of a hereditary rule would go out the window. It was an incredibly misogynistic time, double standards were everywhere, in both the nobility and the peasantry.

    • @redjirachi1
      @redjirachi1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Hypocritical, but not without reason. If a queen were to commit adultery, it would threaten the legitimacy of potential heirs. Remember, Henry's father was the final winner in a bitter civil war over arguments of legitimacy and who should be the reigning monarch. There is also an important social element regarding the king's power. The king is supposed to be the most powerful man in the country, a representation of the nation's might. For a king to be cuckolded is socially a great blow to their perceived power, and a weakness that can hurt him and by extension the nation. It is a double standard, but it does have it's importance. In fact, one could argue that some of why misogyny is a thing in the first place is the paranoia over the paternity of a child being threatened, back when inheritance and lineage was a vital matter of politics

    • @hayleychang9484
      @hayleychang9484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s just the way it was those days.

  • @katherinehoward4653
    @katherinehoward4653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2279

    How dare he behead me while he is having other mistresses

    • @hobily2400
      @hobily2400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Katherine Howard :/

    • @TrueCrimeTalkWithTaves
      @TrueCrimeTalkWithTaves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      You should’ve whooped his ass sis

    • @l_zzie.
      @l_zzie. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Katherine Howard yasss queeen!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @zoeyap1708
      @zoeyap1708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      [screams in Six the musical fan]

    • @halfbloodwitch8545
      @halfbloodwitch8545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@zoeyap1708 🎵All you wanna do🎵

  • @anneboleyn1763
    @anneboleyn1763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    How dare he behead me while he has other mistresses, to quote my cousin Katherine Howard who is also in this comment section.

    • @pikachukaiden1914
      @pikachukaiden1914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hows the head BoBo?

    • @carlosmarcial6201
      @carlosmarcial6201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Well... You played dirty with Katherine of Aragon...
      Karma baby...

    • @celine-faedankworth9686
      @celine-faedankworth9686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@carlosmarcial6201 well, he was hollaing at her, and katherine of Aragon helped her avoid him. So Henry is the bad one here.

    • @celine-faedankworth9686
      @celine-faedankworth9686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hope you okay, beautiful soul❤

    • @catherineofaragon3768
      @catherineofaragon3768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Anne even tho I wanted to snatch your weave wanna meet up with Katherine and the rest of the wives and also I feel bad for you.

  • @sallyshoaf9505
    @sallyshoaf9505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    There are only five women's names in the 15th century: Anne, Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth, and Jane

    • @miwazzz
      @miwazzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yessss ikr

    • @wolf-vc3id
      @wolf-vc3id 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And Henry married most of them lol

    • @chelseah6110
      @chelseah6110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don’t forget Mary

    • @arianator7825
      @arianator7825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@chelseah6110 there is already a mary on the comment

    • @chelseah6110
      @chelseah6110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@arianator7825 oh my bad

  • @aishbbyz3926
    @aishbbyz3926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Henry :has 12 mistresses
    Anne:kisses her brother on cheek
    Henry:TREASON!

  • @walahiimnotwhite385
    @walahiimnotwhite385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    The only reason Henry really is famous is because of his wives, and plus there way better than Henry himself and more interesting

    • @idontgiveafaboutyou
      @idontgiveafaboutyou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      CatherineXOXO yep

    • @653j521
      @653j521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      CatherineXOXO Of course he did do one or two other little things, such as starting a religion and a religious war, including dissolution of the monasteries, and carrying on wars and diplomacy with his enemies on the continent, uniting England and Wales, and taking the title of King of Ireland, and being intellectual, athletic, charismatic, and interested in music and art, a real all-rounder in his youth. Among other things. If he had had surviving sons as heirs it might have ended well instead of hideously badly.

    • @walahiimnotwhite385
      @walahiimnotwhite385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      K Kr, yea I know but I said the wives are the main reason he’s famous and that’s what he gets the most attention for

    • @jcaylalove8713
      @jcaylalove8713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@walahiimnotwhite385 you said "the ONLY reason", not "the MAIN reason". Which is bullshit. The reason he was famous was because he was the king of England!

    • @jeremeycollins1903
      @jeremeycollins1903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Establishing himself the head of his own church and telling the pope to fuck off made him pretty famous to lol

  • @sandrablanchette2239
    @sandrablanchette2239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +632

    And Boleyn went out of her way to get away from Henry. She left court. She did not encourage him at all. She didn't want him. She was in love with another man. But She had no choice because he was the king. Jane Seymour, on the contrary, did everything that Anne was accused of doing.

    • @TheBeetress
      @TheBeetress 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Yes. Ann didnt sleep with him because she wanted to be queen. She had no idea that Henry would go to such lengths to divorce his first wife so he could marry her. She left the court, didnt respond to his letters in the hope that his interest in her would soon stop. But for some reason (maybe the first woman to do so) thses actions only increased his interest in her.

    • @amasion2882
      @amasion2882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      It’s amazing that Anne was reviled as a whore because she REFUSED to have an adulterous affair with the King.

    • @vilwarin5635
      @vilwarin5635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Even Anne´s father was against the union. Contemporary letters writte about the father complaining about the king interest in Anne. He already ruined Mary´s reputation, and broke Anne´s engagement (also impeding her marriage with other men). Is so mad that history remembers them in completelly oposite ways.

    • @amasion2882
      @amasion2882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Nesseire : Sadly, Anne was in a no win situation. No one dared to criticize the King (whose behavior really was terrible) but no one defended Anne. If she slept with Henry out of wedlock she was “soiled goods” and if she didn’t she was still a witch and a whore because Henry was willing to divorce his wife to marry her.

    • @vilwarin5635
      @vilwarin5635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@amasion2882 And after all the trouble he lost no time on cheating on her :(

  • @art1st1cly
    @art1st1cly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    so Henry basically has a thing for: Catherines, Annes, Janes, Marys and Elizabeths

    • @lillianmurphy1973
      @lillianmurphy1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah

    • @caileypangburn8920
      @caileypangburn8920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      but like we're there any other names in Tudor england? like his daughters were Mary and Elizabeth. also Catherine of Aragon's real name was Katerina it was anglicized though

    • @bulstrode1882
      @bulstrode1882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@caileypangburn8920 other names would be Margaret, Cecily, millicent and agnes

    • @clairefordzetterstrom9973
      @clairefordzetterstrom9973 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@caileypangburn8920 Catalina not Katerina

    • @darbioakley4517
      @darbioakley4517 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thomas, George, Edward, William, and Henry concur lol

  • @Igxana
    @Igxana 4 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    Henry VIII: Has 6 Wives with 1 unhealthy son
    Also Henry VIII: Has a mistress and has a healthy son
    Henry VIII: ;-;

    • @rebeccasoto5333
      @rebeccasoto5333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      FaintIguana Your kind of wrong and kind of right

    • @lisalou5737
      @lisalou5737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yeah, fitzroy died at 17

    • @rebeccaartemisia96
      @rebeccaartemisia96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Kay2472 ;3 and Edward at 15, all of their sons died so young

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Edward was in fact quite healthy until
      the last year of his life

    • @joshbrescia4139
      @joshbrescia4139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rebeccaartemisia96 not all of them died there are several of who survived

  • @catherineofaragon3768
    @catherineofaragon3768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    We can all agree I was the best one 💋💅

  • @introvert211
    @introvert211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Anne Hastings was the daughter of Katherine Woodville, who was the sister of Elizabeth Woodville, who was the mother of Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII's mother, which means that Henry VIII screwed his cousin

    • @TawnyC_
      @TawnyC_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      They married their cousins all the time.

    • @susannebemis3311
      @susannebemis3311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TawnyC_ ew when did medieval England turn into Kentucky?

    • @Rhaenarys
      @Rhaenarys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@susannebemis3311 always...

    • @qassandraable
      @qassandraable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Seems everybody was named Anne, Mary, Catherine or Elizabeth.

    • @Char1ynn
      @Char1ynn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They often did this and ment to believing it kept their blood pure and would cause less wars or simply because they thought only a princess can marry a prince that will eventually lead 2 incest

  • @sassymessmess9110
    @sassymessmess9110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +788

    They all look similar, guess Henry had a type.

    • @sab-nm9di
      @sab-nm9di 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      Or portraits back in the days just weren’t accurate

    • @candicehoneycutt4318
      @candicehoneycutt4318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Ackerman They were and they weren't. The likeness was probably pretty close to the real thing, but portraits were often about the equivalent of a filter. Slightly exaggerated to make them look better, but not entirely unrealistic.

    • @amasion2882
      @amasion2882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Mary and Anne were sisters.

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @Ber P. Which one looks sweet and pretty to you? I think the fourth wife, Anne of Cleaves, the one Henry didn't like from the start, is the most attractive of all of his wives. Interestingly, I find his third wife, Jane Seymoore, Henrys favorite wife, and the one he chose to be buried with, the most unattractive of them all! I guess it's true, what they say, there's no accounting for taste!
      So, who is pretty, and who is ugly to you? Please, do share! 😊

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Ber P. Lol! Retired Greek priests? LMBO! That cracked me up! But, I tend to agree!

  • @adityas3587
    @adityas3587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Henry has hundreds of mistresses:
    Henry's wife: *cheats*.
    Henry: Off with her head!

    • @miwazzz
      @miwazzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Katheryn didn't even cheat!!! She was raped by her cousin Thomas Culpeper and when she protested about it, he (Thomas) told the king that SHE was the one who forced him to sleep with her which got the both beheaded

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@miwazzz yeah Kath didn't cheat she was abused by Culpeper and when she tried to tell people about it they didn't believe her bc she was a woman poor girl she was only a child when she was killed

    • @sucrolesbian
      @sucrolesbian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miwazzz mhn

  • @ladydamiana6841
    @ladydamiana6841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    Henry Fitzroy wasn't the "firstborn son" of Henry VIII. That was Prince Henry, the second child Katharine of Aragon had by the King. He was by all accounts a strong, healthy child, but he died suddenly at almost two months of age. Henry Fitzroy came along later.

    • @tonibauer2949
      @tonibauer2949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Tilly Divine you are incorrect. Her pronunciations were fine. I listened closely, expecting to hear atrocities, but none were forthcoming.

    • @greekre
      @greekre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Tilly Divine hahahaha

    • @delete.2542
      @delete.2542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Tilly Divine Wow being rude about it huh?. 🤔😑.

    • @sweetspicy7880
      @sweetspicy7880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Prince Henry died in 2 months , Fitz lived for years . Do the maths
      He do you count him as a son if he died as an infant not even as a child

    • @erinlee5936
      @erinlee5936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@delete.2542 It's not rude. It's a perfectly valid complaint by the OP. This isn't the first time that the narrator has done this and it won't be the last time. Clearly putting in the effort isn't a priority for the narrator.

  • @gweniveretoliver3257
    @gweniveretoliver3257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    Must be terrible not to have a choice in romantic matters.Often times it meant life ,death or imprisonment.

  • @51Saffron
    @51Saffron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    He did have a son with Katherine of Aragon, he died as a baby.

    • @gidzmobug2323
      @gidzmobug2323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Katherine was pregnant six times. Two children died young. Mary was the only one who survived to adulthood.

  • @badger292
    @badger292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Six fans: *See, we're pulling what you call a power move.*

    • @victoriabell1398
      @victoriabell1398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alex what are you doing here

    • @chaiwriter1531
      @chaiwriter1531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think Alex was as six fan before it was cool

  • @imaginesimplicity5484
    @imaginesimplicity5484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Them: *Mentions Bessie (on the bass) Blount*
    Me: AND EVEN THOUGH YOU’VE HAD ONE SON WITH SOMEONE WHO DON’T OWN A WEDDING RING-

    • @ElinorMahoney
      @ElinorMahoney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YES! Six!!

    • @redmwah
      @redmwah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YASSSSSSS! (Also, I hate how some people mistake that line as Anne)

    • @milzvigar7742
      @milzvigar7742 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO MATTER WHAT I HEARD
      (keep it going)

    • @legitme7572
      @legitme7572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      no

    • @milzvigar7742
      @milzvigar7742 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      legit me r/madlads

  • @cellarebel2076
    @cellarebel2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    I knew Henry got around but man! He got around like gossip

    • @susannebemis3311
      @susannebemis3311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      he was such a ho!

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@susannebemis3311 he was a f#@k boy! His motto was, don't hate the player, hate the game! No, not really. But, it could've been!! 😂

    • @ashalon8729
      @ashalon8729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And these are the ones who are known! No telling how many one night stands he had over those years

    • @kathypetersen4694
      @kathypetersen4694 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @frencheyfries9454
      @frencheyfries9454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He was build like a bag of potato
      chips
      When he got older

  • @IceDarkEmber
    @IceDarkEmber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    You’ll probably not believe me, but I found that undated portrait of Katherine Woodville and added it to her Wikipedia page.

    • @MalteseKat
      @MalteseKat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Congratulations on a good job.

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Why wouldn't we believe you? Do people really lie about such things?

    • @kathypetersen4694
      @kathypetersen4694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Um somehow someway I am related to Henry the 8th. dna contribitors on Wiki genealogy page per my great grandfather showed related to the guy. now curious and will order the ancestry dna test.

    • @luisa_bgt372
      @luisa_bgt372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@kathypetersen4694 i think almost every person with european ancestry is somewhat related to english royalty

    • @kathypetersen4694
      @kathypetersen4694 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      game_of_reign game_of_reign mailed back ancestry dna test yesterday didn't do it to see that kind of thing but thought huh! Interesting. Shall maybe see that little piece of info if Ancestry provides that. Did the test to see relatives on bio fathers side. I only have a name. Want to hopefully see a photo of him. No interest in meeting.

  • @FerrariCarr
    @FerrariCarr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Whoever painted Anne Hastings’ portrait is pretty talented; I feel like I’ve met lots of women who resemble her, so it’s not hard to picture what she most likely would’ve looked like in real life from the portrait.

    • @darkangelw8472
      @darkangelw8472 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't Hans Holbein paint all those portraits?

  • @shimonaspancake
    @shimonaspancake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Elizabeth Woodville is Henry's maternal grandmother, so does this mean that Henry's first mistress is his own great-aunt? Awkward. 😬

    • @turnip8749
      @turnip8749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shimonas not great aunt, but first cousins once removed

    • @miwazzz
      @miwazzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His mother's cousin

  • @emroman1108
    @emroman1108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    he beheaded 2 of his wives even though he had 13 side mistresses and both of them were side mistresses like wtf

    • @wickedb0y
      @wickedb0y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Emily's Way his wives didn’t give him good enough head so he took theirs 😔

    • @emroman1108
      @emroman1108 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Someone 333 thank you! it’s me as a purple Howard but I didn’t draw it, a friend of mine did, she doesn’t have social media but she has a Pinterest, it’s in my bio

  • @norml6874
    @norml6874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    That’s an extremely unfortunate name.. poopincourt 😂 I’m dying

    • @Shan_Dalamani
      @Shan_Dalamani 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's not the correct pronunciation. The host of this video has no idea how to pronounce French names.

    • @joysauce619
      @joysauce619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Susan Stenson yes, but maybe it was a mistake! I understand you are trying to help explain as nice as possible! And I applaud you for that! (Pls Dont bully me for telling u this ;-;)

    • @schlagie
      @schlagie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Shan_Dalamani neither does 90% of non-french speakers

    • @TheLadyDiazepam
      @TheLadyDiazepam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Shan_Dalamani I noticed that as well.

  • @offlineboba6756
    @offlineboba6756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Katherine and Anne is literally in the comment section 😭✌️

  • @meowmeowballs
    @meowmeowballs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I just think of Six the whole time

  • @nyleahjones9619
    @nyleahjones9619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I was just talking about King Henry VIII to my uncle. Perfect timing to watch this video!

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What were you telling your uncle about him. I'm just curious, and nosy enough to ask! Lol! But, feel free to blow off my question if it's any trouble. ☺

    • @nyleahjones9619
      @nyleahjones9619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@reneenayfabnaynay5679
      It's no trouble at all! I was explaining the life of King Henry VIII. I was explaining his asention to the throne (due to the death of his brother, Arthur) and I explained the lives of all his wives, what happened to them (Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived...)
      I find Henry VIII so interesting! I don't know why, I've always been interested in the monarchy's history. Right now I could name every single ruler in order from King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II! But maybe I'm just crazy lol

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nyleahjones9619 wow, in another life, we could've been best friends! I've been interested in the Tudors ever since I was a little girl, and heard the story of Anne Boleyn!

    • @nyleahjones9619
      @nyleahjones9619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reneenayfabnaynay5679
      I've always found the idea of a Monarchy fascinating. We all used to worship Kings and Queens like Gods, even if they were tyrannical or just unfit to rule. I was probably from medieval Europe in a past life! 😄

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nyleahjones9619 me too, girl! Me too! Lol!

  • @India-uc2hx
    @India-uc2hx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    They had a list of 10 names to chose from.

  • @Triniumm1
    @Triniumm1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Oy! The mistresses fared better than the queens.

  • @oneday141
    @oneday141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I just found your channel and am so thrilled because we have several of the same interests: Disney, Addams Family, and tales of royalty?!? It's a one stop shop for me =)

  • @peachymeechie1844
    @peachymeechie1844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh nooo....you left me hanging for part 2!! Lol!! I found your channel just recently, and I just wanted to let you know that I am absolutely enjoying your content! I've watched a lot of your videos and have found that you have some details that I've never heard in other videos, like some of Henry's mistresses I'd never heard of! Other than Mary Boleyn and Bessie Blount, I hadn't heard of very many others. So I truly appreciate the details you put into these. You Rock, and can't wait til part 2!!!!

  • @kristi4113
    @kristi4113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Mary Boleyn’s daughter Catherine is my ancestor on my Dad’s side.

    • @firewatter5083
      @firewatter5083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Woah😮

    • @Mustlovebooks15
      @Mustlovebooks15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      How in the world do you trace back that long without dna from the said person?

    • @MewSage86
      @MewSage86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Mustlovebooks15 I don’t know how it’s done, but my aunt was able to trace our family back to William Bradford, who came over to America on the Mayflower and wrote up the Magna Carta. There is also suspicion that we are related to the Queen of England, but I haven’t heard anymore on that.

    • @chelseagreer6264
      @chelseagreer6264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@Mustlovebooks15 because the uk churches keep detailed records of all marriages and christenings and births and deaths. Ive been able to trace my own family of my mothers fathers side, the Hulmston name can be traced back to 1660 in cheshire england, throught time our name spelling changed slightly, it was orginally Hulmstone. Using the birth and marrige records you can trace your family liniage.

    • @hgodvilla00
      @hgodvilla00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MewSage86 You do not know your history very well. To be truthful, the Mayflower arrived in the New World four hundred years after the signing of the Magna Carta by King John. Instead of the Magna Carta do you mean the Mayflower Compact? That is more logical.

  • @keelyleilani1326
    @keelyleilani1326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Damn. King Henry VIII was THICC! I guess it's from all those huge feasts he consumed on a daily basis.

    • @goodnightmyprince2716
      @goodnightmyprince2716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Not in a good way

    • @bez26
      @bez26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Chauntel Shannon he was FAT

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Chauntel, Henry only started to gain weight after he'd been in a jousting accident that almost killed him. I believe he was in his forties when that happened. Before that, from every written source that remains, Henry was an exceptionally good looking man, with an exceptionally, fine, and very athletic physique. Or so they say.

    • @b1yuzx94
      @b1yuzx94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      R Pigeon FabNayNay damn i would throw myself into him instead of him taking me

    • @keelyleilani1326
      @keelyleilani1326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reneenayfabnaynay5679 every picture I've seen of Henry is not exactly what I would call good looking, even when he was young. Also I know that being fat was considered an attractive trait back then because it meant you were wealthy because of how much you could buy to eat.

  • @Fubs_the_queen
    @Fubs_the_queen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I guarantee you that Popincourt is NOT pronounced POOPincourt. Even in French it wouldn’t be pronounced that way, as it would have to be spelled “Pou...” and not “Po...”
    Baume is pronounced like the word balm without the L.
    And Blount is pronounced exactly how it looks. blOWnt.
    These names (excluding Baume, as it is a directly French name) may have been brought over during the Norman invasion, but they were thoroughly anglicized by this point, and surely wouldn’t have been pronounced with a French accent in the Court of England.
    I know it’s nit-picky, but my 10 years of speaking the French language the and study of French and English History are cringing at these pronunciations.
    However, all your info about these women is so much deeper than a lot of historians (or armchair) go. I really appreciate your willingness to share!

  • @borkbork3950
    @borkbork3950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love history and this is one of the best channels I have come across hand down.

  • @art1st1cly
    @art1st1cly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    *Honestly, Henry VIII is the embodiment of Zeus. Change my mind.*

  • @MLeibs
    @MLeibs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You make great historical and interesting videos.
    The photos are 👍🏽, the information is 👍🏽, the length is 👍🏽, the speed is 👍🏽, your enunciation is 👍🏽, and your voice is so pleasant! Kudos!

  • @mookzmom
    @mookzmom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’m a new subscriber, and just wanted to tell you how much I love your channel!

  • @elainagilbert7663
    @elainagilbert7663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was under the impression that Henry FitzRoy was so named because Henry didn't acknowledge him and Bessie wasn't having it so she named him that to tell the world who her son was.

    • @insomniacat0088
      @insomniacat0088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It mean Henry the son of kings, very clever lol

  • @diannehasse6942
    @diannehasse6942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Although he did some terrible things I always think of him when I hear What Child IsThis at Christmas time. He didn't write the lyrics but he wrote the music. I think it's so beautiful. He was an evil genius.

    • @gabrielamayorga-kintanar6729
      @gabrielamayorga-kintanar6729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The original tune was called Greensleeves which was said to have been written about Anne Boleyn.

  • @mangoenthusiast
    @mangoenthusiast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I came to the conclusion that Henry had a thing for Catherines (Katherines) and for Boleyns and their relatives...

  • @smolcoffeecake1651
    @smolcoffeecake1651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    God, I love your content, They always make me so interested in history. Keep up the good work ! 👍

    • @julieblackstock8650
      @julieblackstock8650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      great but if you want accurate accounts then subscribe to the Boleyn files because this stuff is all conjecture and heresay.

  • @addiatmeikokusuma8058
    @addiatmeikokusuma8058 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video.. Can not wait for part 2..

  • @evairpachelbel2383
    @evairpachelbel2383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It has helped me to improve my english a lot.
    Thanks.
    Great explanation.

  • @mikaylawilliams1651
    @mikaylawilliams1651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m most ever this surprised. I saw Henry’s mistresses for Cathrine first hand. I don’t blame anyone but Henry. Shame on
    Him.

    • @anneboleyn2236
      @anneboleyn2236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Catherine how you doin

    • @mikaylawilliams1651
      @mikaylawilliams1651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anneboleyn2236 hello Anne! I am doing well!

    • @anneboleyn2236
      @anneboleyn2236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mikaylawilliams1651 Glad to hear!

    • @mikaylawilliams1651
      @mikaylawilliams1651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anneboleyn2236 thank you! How about you?

    • @anneboleyn2236
      @anneboleyn2236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mikaylawilliams1651 I'm doing good thank you for asking !

  • @Cesca-py5hi
    @Cesca-py5hi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I’m actually related to Nicholas. I was looking through my family tree and saw him on there so I looked him up and found out what happened and who he was and I was like WOW 😂

  • @mooandme9648
    @mooandme9648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great topic.. Please do more royal mistresses

  • @ajaylet8466
    @ajaylet8466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the videos you do on Kings and queens. ! Always so interesting, I especially love this one , EVERYTHING TUDOR ❤️❤️

  • @purebloodgirl1
    @purebloodgirl1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can’t wait for part 2!!

  • @user-bk2rc6zc6l
    @user-bk2rc6zc6l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love these videosssssss ☺

  • @gianina206
    @gianina206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m a new subscriber and I really enjoy your channel. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @zooeyzanger3318
    @zooeyzanger3318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anne did not want to be queen, she didn't think he would propose. She did not send Mary away to help her become queen. This is riddled with misinformation. She sent her from court after she married in secret, not before.

  • @brettolicow
    @brettolicow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bessie was my 12th great grandmother, ❤️ what a mistress

    • @333vrin
      @333vrin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow! Sounds so delightful to know about your ancestors so well

  • @shaylaknight1123
    @shaylaknight1123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Lindsey I would love for you to sometime in the future do a video series profiling Royal mistresses of European Kings like you're doing for Queens of Europe.Some of my favorite Royal Mistresses are Nell Gwyn, Madame Du Barry,Madame de Montespan,Madame De Pompadour etc.

  • @teslagirl1
    @teslagirl1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I don't know how much of Mary Boelyn's reputation was based on truth...but then as now, men often brag about having possessed the women who reject them. Besmirching a woman's reputation has always been the kind of petty revenge that appeals to a certain kind of man. I highly doubt that her behavior, given her family's position and ambitions, was as loose as Francis said. A young woman's virtue was a valuable resource for her family and she would have been reminded of this constantly.

    • @amasion2882
      @amasion2882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      teslagirl1 : Good point. However a woman didn’t have to be literally guilty of sexual impropriety, just rumors (proved or not) could socially destroy a woman.

    • @teslagirl1
      @teslagirl1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amasion2882 My point, exactly! And court, just about any court, was a snake pit of ambition. Francis starts a rumor and rivals of Mary or Mary's family gleefully spread it. Also...beauty like hers would cause envy among other women, so her defenders wouldn't have been as numerous as her detractors.

    • @luvprue1
      @luvprue1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some historians believe that Mary reputation might have been exaggerated to some degree, because she was able to get remarried.

  • @sharontonks3192
    @sharontonks3192 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely fascinating, I am obsessed with Tudor history and especially Henry the eighth.

  • @valenciaboyland6825
    @valenciaboyland6825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are so awesome 👏

  • @brinugent4401
    @brinugent4401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love these royalty videos! Very interesting and informative

  • @Schmoityface
    @Schmoityface 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The name Claude for a woman is pronounced "Clode," very soft.

  • @esme841
    @esme841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are making amazing documentarys!! However you said Wiltshire wrong. Thanks for making great content!

  • @i.g.m2884
    @i.g.m2884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    People of that era tried so hard to keep a good reputation but kept sleeping with everybody smh

  • @MonsieurBananaTheBetter
    @MonsieurBananaTheBetter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *She was a cousin to Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard and a second cousin to Jane Seymour.*
    I swear to the heavens, that man was obsessed with that family.

  • @annieandelsieofarendelle3294
    @annieandelsieofarendelle3294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Honestly, it sounds better to be Henry VII's mistress than his wife. You usually end up wealthy and you have a more likely chance of not losing your head.

  • @TaffyWaf
    @TaffyWaf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:03 I relate to the annoyed old priest guy sitting down way to much and the tiny man behind the women too on a spiritual level

  • @PianoGirl091
    @PianoGirl091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So basically what I'm getting from this is that it was okay for Henry to sleep with as many women as he wanted, but if one of his wives or lovers did the same, oh hell no, bitch, it's either banishment from court or execution for you! I don't know why this pisses me off so much, but it does.

  • @James-kd5oe
    @James-kd5oe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting I look forward to part 2

  • @alisonlee3314
    @alisonlee3314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting to learn about his other mistresses

  • @redphoenixwitch2301
    @redphoenixwitch2301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When you have so many wives you need two parts

  • @mangot589
    @mangot589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good job, Lindsey, on getting a better? Probably her? Image of Catherine Howard, instead of that picture that was used forEVER that was supposed to be her. That one is no young girl.🤷‍♀️. And thumbs UP getting this information. I read a LOT about the Tudors, and you really fleshed them out for me. Fantastic research. Learned something new, and as always, your illustrations are wonderful! This is exactly why I patreon you👍. I’d heard of Anne Hastings in passing, but Wowzer. Mary Boleyn, older child, possibly. She has a Tudor look about her. The son, Naw.

  • @OsmSkylandersCheats
    @OsmSkylandersCheats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “When he was 23 and she was only 14, they began a love affair”
    FBI OPEN UP

  • @justanobodyonyoutube3580
    @justanobodyonyoutube3580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Katherine Brandon is my favorite too only because she was guardian of Catherine parr’s lost daughter Mary Seymour

  • @maribayo9829
    @maribayo9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Anne and Henry were related seeing as she was Elizabeth woodville's neice and Elizabeth was Henry's grandmother 🤷🏽‍♀️but incest was big back then

  • @tracy-annmartin9875
    @tracy-annmartin9875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anne Boleyn was not a mistress, she refused his advances till he married her... so not an adulterer although Henrys act to rid his ex-wife was cruel but in them days you could not refuse a king. Annes own sister did however become his mistress and again she was pushed to accept him even by her own family. Anne was very sensible to stand firm yet with such a tyrant she still lost her head!

  • @sabrinagrant8003
    @sabrinagrant8003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your channel is like TMZ from the olden days...but all true🧐

  • @moongawddess8161
    @moongawddess8161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nah that’s crazy Mary found a decent man and sat down and lived her life....and her sister sent her a gold cup and a little money...then got murked. lollll WHAT

  • @c-light7624
    @c-light7624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of Elizabeths, Catherines, Marys, Annes, and Janes/Joan. Why were those names so popular? The one standout was Etienette.

    • @lillianmurphy1973
      @lillianmurphy1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      popular names in mid evil england 💁🏼‍♂️

  • @CarlottaStudios
    @CarlottaStudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is it weird that I now want to see a documentary about Mary Boleyn? And that I was cheering for her when the video got to how she actually ended up in a happy marriage at the end?

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Claire Ridgway of the Anne Boleyn & Tudor files has done several videos about Mary, and it's VERY interesting to see how little of what is typically said of Mary is backed up by any reliable, contemporary sources...

    • @CarlottaStudios
      @CarlottaStudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beth&793 Thank you!

  • @aniseeubanks9686
    @aniseeubanks9686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Funny thing I am doing genealogy for my mother's family and her line is directly related to every person in this video! Lol even by DNA. We live in Arkansas and I'm broke.

  • @amycollins5984
    @amycollins5984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I wanted to know about Henry's son and now I was a movie about it

  • @IslaSteelford
    @IslaSteelford 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Please may you share any notes you have? ❤😂 I’m so sorry I love you’re content 😌

  • @shaylalynn2030
    @shaylalynn2030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I’m related to anne Boleyn and Mary elizbeth I’m Mary’s like 14th granddaughter

  • @minervamcgonagall7410
    @minervamcgonagall7410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    SO JANE, CATHERINE H, ANNE BOLEYN AND ONE OF HIS MISTRESSES WERE ALL RELATED?!

  • @firestepher72
    @firestepher72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    King Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn are my 14th great grandparents.

  • @texasktea
    @texasktea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oh do I love these but if you have a side conversation for even 30 seconds you miss 3 marriages, 10 births and a death! Lol gotta pay attention attention!!

  • @AmaterDance
    @AmaterDance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anne wanted to be queen? What? No way, she was trying to keep the king away, initially she was just protecting herself. She knew how dangerous the game was. When Henry started to court her even harder, she had no other option than to fight for what he wanted, she stared to believe she's maybe the chosen one. But initially, I seriously doubt she wanted to be queen and that was why she rejected Henry's proposal to become his main mistress.

    • @amasion2882
      @amasion2882 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      patricia slauf : Given Anne’s reputation for intelligence, she likely believed she was a passing infatuation to Henry and if she fended him off long enough he’d lose interest and leave her free for a respectable marriage. At some point, Henry must have said or done something that opened her heart. She trusted him and believed he genuinely loved her. She was also probably emotionally tired of fending him off and having to deal with resentment and jealousy from his wife and her supporters.
      Anne saw her sister “pumped and dumped” by Henry. She wanted better than that for herself.
      Also, Henry was NOT the obese mean old man he became AFTER Anne’s death. He was in his 30’s, tall, athletic, good humored and highly romantic and seductive. He was a King. The most important, powerful and richest man in the land. If he was single, and Anne had no other love interest, she would have accepted him happily.

    • @luvprue1
      @luvprue1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She should have made Henry Viii make a good match for her, and a title instead of being queen. Her daughter was still declared a bastard,and her reputation was still ruin. But if she settled for a title for herself, and any kid she had with the king she would have lived.

  • @linchen008
    @linchen008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Whaaaaaaat? This guy had time for misstres? With his 6 wives?

    • @kellydewitte6289
      @kellydewitte6289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He had 6 wives actually.

    • @angelenavest9417
      @angelenavest9417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The king was so ugly,only his power and money got him all these wives snd other women.

    • @jamesphillips5295
      @jamesphillips5295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@angelenavest9417 He was actually fairly handsome in his younger days.

    • @linchen008
      @linchen008 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydewitte6289 yes,your right. I corrected it. 👍

    • @lillianmurphy1973
      @lillianmurphy1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah i found time

  • @phatgirl2121
    @phatgirl2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They got documentary on PBS too

  • @adrianmoore6926
    @adrianmoore6926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Can u do a video on Queen Victoria

    • @LindsayHoliday
      @LindsayHoliday  4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Check out my video on the Queens of England. A series on Queen V's children is coming soon!

  • @racheldianeames3729
    @racheldianeames3729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please upload more educational videos on the royal families of europe

  • @ameliaflynnhayes
    @ameliaflynnhayes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With this many mistresses I wasn’t surprised he had to have at least have one illegitimate child or three if Mary’s children are also his.

  • @maryellencook9528
    @maryellencook9528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Queen Catherine had a viable male with her second pregnancy. That son, also named Henry, died at just under 2 months old from either an intestinal disorder, or maybe some other infection. Henry FitzRoy was the second born son of Henry VIII.

  • @juanitarichards1074
    @juanitarichards1074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anne Hasting sisters informed Anne's husband about her affair with the king (not Compton) and her husband took her away from court and put her in a nunnery as a punishment. We don't know what happened to her after that and Henry Vlll was so angry he sent Anne's sister away from court as well. Please get the details right.

    • @janehaylay1152
      @janehaylay1152 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      She doesn't even know there is 0 evidence of Mary Boleyn ever leaving England, let alone become French King's mistress.

    • @juanitarichards1074
      @juanitarichards1074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@janehaylay1152 Yes there is if you know which books to read. She and her sister Anne went to wait on Queen Claude at the French Court and for some reason Mary was eventually sent back to England and her father got her into the English court to wait on Queen Ctaherine of Aragon. But they originally were sent to France in the train of Henry Vlll's sister Mary when she went to marry the old French king. Mary asked for those two girls specifically because Anne spoke French. Mary Boleyn traveled with her in her train and Anne Boleyn crossed over from Flanders where she had been at Margaret of Austria's court as a kind of finishing school student. Then when the old French king died and Queen Mary was widowed the Boleyn sisters were asked to stay on at the new King Francis I's court to wait on his wife Claude.

  • @ivyrose779
    @ivyrose779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anne wasn’t trying to manipulate her way to being Queen. She didn’t want Henry and tried to get away from him until she realized that wasn’t an option.

  • @johannadagny6237
    @johannadagny6237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I swear the first mistress looks like a character in Dracula

  • @EK-gt2xf
    @EK-gt2xf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    00:49 Joan Dingley sure did play with his dingles ;)

  • @juanitarichards1074
    @juanitarichards1074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jane Popincourts affair with the French noble was by no means brief. They were deeply in love even though he was married. When he returned to France a few years later she eventually went to him and they were lovers for years, if not a lifetime.

  • @ariuuuul
    @ariuuuul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anne Hastings was never Henry's mistress. The woman in the portrait is correct, but she is Lady Anne Stafford, daughter of Catherine Woodville and Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham.

  • @luvme7176
    @luvme7176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks

  • @makka2634
    @makka2634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank goodness that pining between an old man and a young girl had stopped. *shivers*

    • @erin-eh2sl
      @erin-eh2sl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      •tori• wouldnt call it pining between. More like just the old man pining for the girl

    • @makka2634
      @makka2634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@erin-eh2sl Touché