The BRUTAL Execution Of Anne Boleyn - Henry VIII's Second Queen
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Henry VIII today is most famously known for him having 6 wives, with two of these being brutally executed within the walls of the Tower of London. Arguably the wife that had the biggest and most profound impact on England and English History is Anne Boleyn. Henry's second Queen saw him break from Rome and saw the King become the Supreme Head of the Church of England, and also turn his back on the Catholic Church. Anne Boleyn is an incredibly interesting yet divisive figure still today.
Henry at first was married to Catherine of Aragon, however his eye wandered towards the younger Anne Boleyn, however she would not become his mistress or commit to the King until he dealt with his marriage. Following his break from Rome and subsequent annulment of his first marriage, Anne and Henry married in secret. One major reason Henry's eye wandered was due to the fact he quested greatly for a male heir and a son to continue the Tudor dynasty. There was much hope that Anne would provide Henry with a son, however she first gave him a daughter who would later become Elizabeth I.
Following a number of miscarriages, the brutal King Henry was at the end of his tether and grew frustrated of Anne whilst his eye wandered towards another woman, Jane Seymour. Through much scheming and plotting, Thomas Cromwell managed to secure Anne's downfall and implicated her on false charges including adultery and treason. Along with her, 5 other men including her brother were found guilty of these made up crimes and these men were executed on Tower Hill.
Anne Boleyn was sentenced to death and was executed within the walls of the Tower of London. Her execution performed by a swordsman attracted a small crowd within the Tower and it was noted how she went to her death with joy. The execution of a Queen of England was incredibly shocking, and her downfall was extremely brutal and was wrapped in political manipulation and the King's quest for a son.
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Anne was treated horribly by Henry, but so was Catherine of Aragon. I know that Anne didn't have much choice in the matter, since Henry set his sights on her, but what was done to Catherine - even though she wasn't murdered - was just awful.
And Anne reaped the benefits before she even became Queen.
Yes you are very right was my same reflection
Exactly. And she demanded the support and presence of her sister to attend her during her long wait to become queen...even though her sister had been Henry's previous mistress and Anne had replaced her in the king's heart. So Anne was quite willing to hurt her own sister. It was terrible that she was framed on trumped up charges, but she had been the cause of many deaths and a great deal of misery.
God the stories about the monarchs of England’s past are so disturbing. It’s hard to imagine people like this have ruled the world. It’s even harder to imagine they still do, EVERYWHERE.
In two lines you nailed how I felt about this.........Peace David and keep staying safe.
@Murray David his father was born in Wales but Henry was born in England & raised English I bet he couldn’t talk welsh
Yup. They still do. The least empathetic among us.
@@AvyScottandFlower that doesn't describe me. Have you ever considered that there might be structures in place that is the real cause
Anne Boleyn had the last laugh when his daughter became the legendary queen of England.
How is that having the last laughing Elizabeth was the child to both of them
yes, yes we know, we know, Everytime there's a video about Anne Boleyn, you guys say the same damn thing!!!!Elizabeth I was her "last word" well Elizabeth I ended the Tudor Dynasty, sponsored the African slave trade & allowed her own soldiers to starve and die, merely Because they asked to be paid, ect. Ect.she was not the Great saviour you all think she is!! Find a new argument already!!
@@chykim1 I agree I don’t think any monarch was as pure & brilliant as ppl imagine. They all did A LOT of questionable things, at the very least but mostly horrific things. Ppl definitely need to try & look at history through a less romantic view & a more unbiased realistic one.
Oh yeah! ....I’m certain she was well pleased
@@bgp_sammy
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You tell these stories from history with a massive amount of empathy and general human compassion. It's a lovely thing to hear. Thank you for the care you take. ❤👊❤
Thanks for your kind words Jonathan, I enjoy bringing these stories back to life. Will continue to keep going :)
@@TheUntoldPast please do. Keep up the good work.
@@TheUntoldPast yes please!! Keep up the good humane work!! 💐💐💐🙏
@@TheUntoldPast Thank you!
What I find interesting, and even more tragic is that according to what we know about the gender of a child is determined by the male. Anne had no chance if it's true, and that her relationship with another man that she was in love with was ordered forbidden by Henry V111, Anne trying to avoid his advances for 6+ years. I can only imagine how her heart sank after realizing how he manipulated her situation, won her affections, and in the end had her destroyed. What a narcissistic sociopath he was indeed!
What are you saying anne was an awful person she treated her ladies and step daughters terribly
@@syrenityturnage5848 that is historic fiction. Check out Claire Ridgeways Anne Boleyn files. Their are many false accusations that were attributed to Anne by her enemies that were plotting against her. She was not the terrible person that she was made out to be.
Yes it's true that the man's sperm determines the gender of the child. If the sperm provides a Y chromosome it will be a boy, if it provides an X chromosome it will be a girl. Women can only provide the X chromosome. By the way, all fetuses start out female because it takes a few weeks for the Y chromosome to become active. If you look at the male genetalia you can see the line on the scrotum where the lips of the vagina fused together and the ovaries transforms and drops to become testicles and the male hormone, testosterone, turns the clitoris into a penis. EVERYONE started out as girls. Haha fellows!
@@syrenityturnage5848 a lot of women were made out to be terrible, especially this woman
I feel little sympathy for Anne Boleyn. She rejoiced in Queen Katherine's misery and mistreated princess Mary. She only refused Henry at first for her ambition. She didn't want to be his mistress, she wanted to be his queen. And in the same way as Katherine she ultimatly failed to provide Henry with a son. Yes she was falsly convicted and executed but she knew Henry was capable of horrible things and yet she took the risk of becoming his queen.
How do we know she was falsely convicted? She was clever and ruthless. She certainly understood that she and her family faced ruin if she failed to give birth to a son. Perhaps she had reason to suspect that Henry was incapable and was desperate enough to resort to incest. A sibling Boleyn would try to keep that secret. And if such a child did not look like a Tudor, at least it would look like a Boleyn. It was the only solution that could save her and therefore worth the risk.
@Valkyrie Sardo because 1 anne didnt even have the time to commit
It was horrible about her death but she was an awful person
Treatment against the first Queen and the child of Henry
It was terrible but she was an adulteress by fooling around with a very married Henry
Anne boleyn has always fasinated me, ever since i learnt of the tudors in primary school. I always felt that she was set up and treated badly. She supported Henry viii during the reformation of England and supported his ideas openly and faithfully. As i have gotten older i have taught my daughter how this went and how good a queen she was. Thank you for showing her the respect her husband could not due to his brute piggishness
She was also the reason for the reformation
So unfair if there isn’t a hell that awaited king henry. Pathetic cowardly monster
Murray David get a life you bore, sad little boy.
Take some risks in life instead of wasting it pissing people off😂
Every time I get a notification on my cell for one of your videos we sit, have a cup of coffee and watch. Your narration and details of these events is the best on UA-cam. Greetings from Sonoma CA USA
@@frankspencer-zk6ef god your everywhere. Like dog crap. 👅👊🤗
@@beccaboo3040 He's deranged. Ignore him.
@@annhollowell5352 I know 😁 there's a mental health centre a few miles away from me I'm thinking about booking him in 🤣
@@beccaboo3040 Great idea. Lol.
Thank-you for talking about Anne with such care and sympathy.
Thanks for your comment Elizabeth as always. Have some very interesting videos lined up this week, hope you’ll enjoy.
@@frankspencer-zk6ef
Then sod off troll!
@@frankspencer-zk6ef and you would know all about that wouldn't you franky boy.
@@frankspencer-zk6ef who decides we’re uneducated? You?
@@lyndsaycrawford to right you wonna read he's rants the man's deluded. He gave me a right rave just read our comments there hilarious.
Poor Anne boleyn she didn't deserve to be murdered. She was not guilty. He had no soul don't know how he slept at night.
I agree, Henry certainly was a brute.
I totally agree Ann Boleyn was accused of adultery and incest and she didn't do it it was so wrong that Elizabeth's mother was murdered like this
@@lorraineroberts3035 Elizabeth wore a ruby ring which opened up & had a tiny portrait of both women inside, its absolutely precious
Does anyone deserve to be murdered? Henry was a serial killer psychopath!
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Divorced Beheaded Died
Divorces Beheaded Survived
What a monster he was
She had the deluxe execution though. A bit like a Ryanair upgrade.
Thank you for another well put together video.
Thanks for your comment Lee!
At 9:43 minutes mark I had never heard that King Henry 8th moved Anne out and Jane in to the Royal apartments...
Thanks for teaching me something new today
Anne boleyn: "Not tonight, I got a head ache!"
Henry viii: "Not to worry love, we'll soon sort that out!"
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣😭love it!
That's one of the funnier comments that I've read lately. My high school English literature teacher liked to say that Anne Boleyn "lost her head over Henry."
Girl: "I want to be like Anne Boleyn."
Girl's parent(s): "That's no way to get ahead in life."
@@jonathandnicholson when Anne gave head, She really GAVE HEAD.😉
@@matthewstorer6923 lol.
Anne Boleyn was encouraging Henry VIII to execute people when she first became queen. Whispering in his ear about her enemies and people she didn't like. Then he says she had morals and refused to be the king's mistress before marriage. We don't know everything she did with Henry before their marriage, but since she was visibly pregnant at their wedding, they certainly had done something. It wouldn't be to big of a deal if Catherine of Aragon weren't homeless and starving, living from donations of people who still supported her. Anne also encouraged Henry in the way he treated Catherine. All of that, plus encouraging Henry to behead his friends who I think he may have later regretted beheading, makes me not feel to sorry of Anne Boleyn. It was all fun and games when other people were being beheaded.
Ann's story always makes me feel sad. I love how you tell stories, thank you.
Her actual execution was swift and carried out by sword, a French man I think ?
I understand that the swordsman distracted Anne by saying.
"Fetch me my sword "
He actually had the sword in his hand and as she looked up,
dealt Anne the fatal blow.
Yes a french executioner from Calais
@@gazza2933 Anne Boleyn was blindfolded as confirmed by contemporary sources.
@@honestyandtruth6847 she was blindfolded & kneeling up right but the French executioner took his shoes off with sword in hand shouted “boy fetch me my sword” released a bird so her head followed the sound of the bird & the direction of his voice. It was a decoy so her head was turned slightly & she didn’t know it was coming. As executioners go, she couldn’t have done any better. The French executioner prided himself on making it humane as possible plus no anointed queen had ever been executed before so he gave her the respect of her station.
@@lyndsaycrawford
My comment was made by what I saw in a BBC TV drama.
Yes, I agree about your humane comment. 👍
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How ironic. His legacy was the great Queen Elizabeth I. Not a boy/man.
And Elizabeth made no arrangement for the succession, while her father had moved heaven and earth in that effort. It is a monarch's first duty to his crown. Boleyn's death was poetic justice for her part in Henry's divorce. She systematically helped remove any compunctions he had against disposing of a wife who failed to give him a male heir. Also her behavior toward Queen Catherine and Mary Tudor was monstrous. Mary was not even permitted to attend her mother's death. Anne gained a crown through adultery and by convincing Henry divorce was justified in pursuit of a male heir. He agreed with her.
@@valkyriesardo278 I agree with all that, it was a sense of poetic justice & perhaps Elizabeth becoming the longest reigning monarch of all his children was poetic justice for Henry . But Elizabeth did name an heir, briefly in Mary Queen of Scots & then her son James when Mary abdicated
Elizabeth I actually ended the Tudor Dynasty, so how was that the last laugh? His son would've kept the Tudor Dynasty going.
@@chykim1
Well...At least she did something right.
In the meantime Henry satisfied himself with Anne's sister Mary by whom he had two children. Henry also executed Anne's brother then later the brother's wife. A nice man.
He did not like the Boleyns.
And then he married her cousin! 🤣
He didn’t have any children with Mary Boleyn he was with Mary before Anne. She really struggled to find a husband as it was well known she was the kings mistress. That’s got a lot to do with Anne Boleyn not settling for being his mistresses. He had a bastard boy with one of Katherine of Aragon’s ladies in waiting & called him Henry Fitzroy which means kings son.
And George Boleyn was executed before Anne as both of them were charged with incest.
Henry had a string of mistresses and bastard children throughout his adulthood. That was an accepted norm for a monarch. The problem for him was obtaining a wife who could provide a legitimate male heir. It is doubtful he would have divorced Catherine of Aragon if she had given him a sons.
Excellent as always, thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for your kind words Steve!
We’ve heard the Anne Boleyn story told many times and each time the shock is always profound and the lead up events unbelievable
I agree, it’s definitely a tragic tale.
Why? Woman walked into it after helping treat his first wife and child like animals.
You all do realise Anne was a horrible woman, don't you?
Melanie McNamara She wasn’t, you most definitely don’t have enough background knowledge on Anne how she was. It was unfair how she replaced Catherine of Aragon and how Mary was treated. Henry wanted a male heir so badly, he still sadly would’ve replace Catherine. His interest in Anne just helped push his interest to do it. She tried to make amends with Mary later on and create somewhat of a relationship, and make the relationship better between Mary and her father again. But Mary refused which I think everybody could understand since she replaced her mother.
Anne was no Saint. She cheated with another woman’s husband. She was a terrible step mother. She also did not deserve to be murdered and be abandoned by her so called family and friends. Unfortunately the check came due. Henry was a sadistic animal.
Her story is interesting and tragic every time I hear it. I also hadn’t heard before that Henry Fitzroy was present at Anne Boleyn’s execution. I had to look up the dates because Fitzroy was dead only two months later from consumption. I thought that he was already dead, nope, but he was only 17. What a brutal time.
@Lace cocoa what about Henry the 8 other wives
The French called him 'The English Nero'.
Interesting comparison that!
" The English Nero" is the word short for something? I'm not getting the whole Nero thing? I am curious to kno lol .... Can someone please tell me why he was called this?
@@diamondleigh7280 Nero was a roman Emperor renowned for his acts of cruelty, which included killing his own mother and kicking his pregnant wife to death.
@@jarlborg1531 Thanks 😊 I Googled it already.... Interesting 😏 I'm just getting into this whole 19th, 20th, even 15th- 18th centuries.... I am enjoying learning the way ppl lived, the murders that happened like everything LoL 😄😄😄 So I apologize for asking... I'm not ignorant, just wasn't familiar with the whole English Nero!! Like honestly the name alone sound like sumthin hard, rough, bad etc.. Like I expected to find sumthin harsh for it's meaning... LoL... Thanks for taking the time to inform me, You're awesome n sweet💋
@@diamondleigh7280 Those are a lot of centuries to digest. Start with the 16th -- from Henry through Elizabeth I. It will take you through Shakespeare to the founding of English America.
This was a horrible story, thank you for posting it...
Henry the 8th was a terrible King. He had so many people executed for .so good reason. To bad he did not meet his end more terribly.
As is often the case, bad rulers can sometimes do good, or at least useful, things. Stalin, undeniably evil, nonetheless forced Russia to industrialize, which was essential (among other factors) to the defeat of the Nazis. Henry used money gained from the confiscation of Catholic church property to build the English navy, which was essential to the defeat of the Armada.
@@gordonbartlett1921 I would not have liked to face God or my end with murder on my conscience .....
Catherine was more than "proud and powerful"...and she was far more popular with the English people than Anne and her family realized. The common people especially loved her for her kindness and her many acts of charity.
Nicely done. Thank you.
So sad and unjust. The king was incapable of producing a son.
He did eventually produce a legitimate one, but Edward didn’t last too long himself. Video coming shortly on something very interesting around this.
He had several sons, but not all survived which you could put down to the times they lived in.
Let’s call a spade a spade, Ann was murdered by a completely horrible bastard
I still believe that Henry suffered brain damage during the jousting accident that caused some personality change (like you see with many boxers.) I don't necessarily think he wouldn't have tried to divorce or execute Anne later on but definitely not that year. She might have also given him a son.
Henry definitely suffered a severe leg injury, which never really healed and caused him ongoing distress. This marked the turning point in his life and kingship, from the cheery and popular to the familiar monstrosity. But I have never heard that he had any head injury from the accident.
@@gordonbartlett1921 he did have a head injury whist jousting he was out cold for ages they all thought he was dead but then he woke up.
@@lyndsaycrawford Was that in the same event in which he sustained the leg injury?
@@gordonbartlett1921 I don’t think so, a joust at some point in 1536 he was knocked unconscious for nearly 2hrs, it would’ve been mayhem everyone thought he was dead they would’ve all been arguing about who was in charge lol. I always thought he hurt his leg hunting idk why I’m probably thinking of someone else but he had a few accidents over a decade so they believe he could’ve had the same kinda brain damage that American footballers get, mood swing n stuff.
@@gordonbartlett1921 I’ve always remembered it was that cos it’s the same yr Anne Boleyn was executed, makes you think.
(Before she was executed)
Henry was such an irrational psychopath that he basically had his own wife murdered because she didn't give him a son, something that even back then people surely knew that she couldn't possibly control.
What's even more ironic is that genetic science reveals that the sex of the baby is always determined by whether the sperm from the *MALE* has either an X or Y chromosome.
IOW, the male determines the sex of the baby.
Well that can’t be exact Cos he had at least 2 boys. Edward vi & Henry Fitzroy unless they weren’t his, when you think about it, there’s always the chance Jane Seymour was messing about to be double sure she knew what Henry did to wives who didn’t produce boys (pure speculation) but we really don’t know for sure. Henry Fitzroy was to a mistress so he may not have been the only person she was sleeping with
@@lyndsaycrawford He could have produced sons on those occasions because he had contributed the essential Y chromosome, but with Anne and Jane the roll of the dice had him contributing only the X chromsome.
Either way, it's indicative of just what an evil and unreasonable person he was that he decided to have them killed because they didn't give him sons.
@@lyndsaycrawford What you say could be true. Men who face a lot of stress tend to have more daughters. On top of that he was "ill" for a long time and basically was a girl machine thanks to that.
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns I don’t really get the science of it, but it’s completely ridiculous that he blamed the women unfortunately it really was a mans world back then he was a right bastard of a man.
@@professorrosenstock5026 my ex wasn’t well endowed & we had a boy 😂
Always enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Thanks for your comment Lynne :)
Like everyone I have empathy for Anne however, there is evidence that she was somewhat mean spirited and conniving. That's not to excuse her being executed, just honesty.
@@frankspencer-zk6ef Wow, Frank. Your uninformed, very confused rant only serves to display your ignorance on many levels. So sad to see how clueless you are--as to what is REALLY going on globally. It would behoove you to just CALM DOWN...dial back the hatred and emotionalism, and stick to the topic of this video...which is THE EXECUTION ANNE BOLEYN....in case you didn't notice. There are other platforms where you can go to spew your political nonsense, and state your biased opinion of global affairs--even though you are not intellectually qualified to do so. Your comment is out of place here, and completely off-topic. Not to mention...I feel embarrassment for you.
Shut up!
@@frankspencer-zk6ef that’s absolute rubbish ppl in England spoke old English which is nothing like modern English. Then we all spoke French or Latin until Henry IV. Up here in Scotland & in Ireland they were also Gaelic & old Scots but French was the main accent. Edward I used English but there was no English administration till Henry IV.
I would agree about her mean spirit & ambition. She rejoiced at the news of Catherine of Aragon’s death. The king had a feast & celebration & didn’t even give her a queens funeral or burial. I think that’s why Anne Boleyn accepted her fate so well she couldn’t have been completely shocked, after all he pushed Catherine aside without a 2nd thought for Anne & I think Anne Boleyn was intelligent. She just didn’t have the same pedigree as Catherine of Aragon. It’s a shame but it’s also a case of “be careful what you wish for”
She got on the wrong side of Cromwell.
I enjoyed this narration.
I love this channel! Brilliant, well researched, honestly and better than excellently presented. Thank you, sir.
I look at the vile and violent history of past rulers. I look at "rulers" now, and I ask with dismay: Has anything changed?
Well, in Britain it has. No more beheadings -- mistresses yes -- but they can keep their heads on.
@@gordonbartlett1921 😀
Good video , But the background music could be quieter as it's as loud as the narration on times 👎👎👎
Brilliant untoldpast 👊.
Thanks for your kind words Simon.
@@frankspencer-zk6ef oh sorry my mistake what I meant to say was @Theuntoldpast, is that better or would you prefer the untold past Mr Frank Spencer.🤗😁
@@frankspencer-zk6ef oh my goodness you really ain't got any thing better to do the then lecture me about things I already know. Forgive me if I misunderstood your meaning I get it now though thank you.
@@frankspencer-zk6ef I hope lockdown ends soon I belive you need to get out because you seem really bored. Any more ranting and I'm going to worried about you. 😆
@@frankspencer-zk6ef I cant help it if your gonna keep taking my bait. Why should I add anything when your so intelligent and clearly know everything and besides your making my evening very enjoyable I haven't had this much fun in a long time. By the way I'm being sarcastic. Is that on you intelligence level I dont know cus I'm stupid. 😁😆
To think this happened not really that long ago , less than 500 years ago. Relatively speaking that isn’t long at all
Hey untold past do you think you could do a video on the sea forts ?
That would be great!!
I'll have to have a look!
Yes please!
Maybe a series on Britain's oldest businesses still open today?
I’ll have a look into it!
Ooooooohhhh.. brilliant idea! As an American anglophile, the thought of companies that are older than my hometown is fascinating. We had nothing but forests before the late 1800s, so local history was rather limited. But we had a library, and I read about England and looked at the photos of old things. I used to envy people who lived in places with so much history, but then I thought about the dark and evil things that happened, of which there are many more.
Out of difficulty arises beauty. England brought us the Beatles. My part of the world brought us Nirvana.
@@alanhyt79 As a fellow North American I empathize with you over our lack of antiquity. Dark and evil things lay not in the architecture, but in the hearts of dark and evil people, and even places built for atrocities can be redeemed by becoming places of education and enlightenment. Dave Grohl Rocks!
@@alanhyt79 I live in Scotland & you’ll not find a more beautiful or historical country but I think ppl romanticise about how it is to live here. I love my country, I’m proud of my history but it’s as rough & poverty ridden as anywhere in the inner city where most of the population live. To live in the beauty spots costs a lot of money. The more our tourism grows the more expensive it is. It’s great to only have to drive 20mins to visit these places but I promise that’s not the daily life unless, like everywhere else, you have money.
Great video. I have been fascinated by her and how spectacular her fall was on the flimiest of evidence. The composure and decorum she showed at the end is worthy of much respect. With no Anne, there was no Elizabeth I which is probably Henry VIII greatest accomplishment. Keep up the great work.
"I SAID A LITTLE OFF THE TOP!!!"
That is horrible and yet I shat myself with laughter.
Lol, I love it!💖
I had a huge a admiration of Queen Anne's strength intelligence and other qualities, then after Natalie Dormers portrayal(with that jet-black hair, fair skin and huge blue eyes) I have been smitten.
Anne Bolyne looked nothing like that.
@@annhollowell5352 I know
The French swordsman who executed Anne Boleyn was sent for before she even went to trial. Someone had to ride,by horse, then get a boat to Calais which would’ve taken at least 3 days, if the wind was gd, then the return journey. They set out to get him before her sentence. She never stood a chance.
I think Cromwell gets a bad rap. He did what he had to do for his own survival, he lost his head not long after for setting up Henry’s marriage to Anne of Cleves. You’ve got to think about how delicate it would be in Henry’s inner circle & how easily he cast ppl aside. I think it’s a case of “be careful what you wish for” in Anne & Cromwell’s case. They were both extremely ambitious & it cost them. Anne Boleyn was happy for Princess Mary to be bastardised, rejoiced in the news of Catherine of Aragon’s death feasted & celebrated it, (she didn’t get a queens funeral or burial) I think that’s why she accepted her fate so well. She couldn’t have been totally surprised. Unfortunately for her she wasn’t from Spanish royalty. How many women suffered for their families ambition.
I think they should pardon the victims of the evils of King Henry
Agreed!
@@frankspencer-zk6ef Sir, I have no idea why simply saying to pardon people got such a reaction out of you. I love learning about British but the evils with took place are ever present due to the fact that I'm speaking English right now. I can love a nation but be aware of its painful history.
@@frankspencer-zk6ef Much may be said of British history, but boring it is not. Rich, complex, contributive, and, yes bloody, but not excessively so compared with other lands. Think of the Inquisition or the Reign of Terror (Spain and France, respectively, for those who do not know).
@@frankspencer-zk6ef Sir, both my parents were born on a British colony and the same for a ton of my friends. I don't hate Britain, in fact I spent most my life loving it. Even more than actual British people. I love learning about it and the arts and the history behind those plays and pieces. Granted due to the fact that I am a Black person descendent of a Commonwealth nation and am friends with people who are of nations which had many killed by the Empire I can't deny the history. Just like how I don't deny the evils of American and Japanese history.
@@frankspencer-zk6ef You forgot to mention Enigma.
If only Henry knew that the man's sperm carries the X or Y chromosome that determines the sex of the baby.
Henry as most of the Tudor monarchs were highly SENSITIVE to paranoid behaviours and we're more likely to believe that someone who had been loyal for years could conspire against them in a second. And so I truly believe that Henry believed that Anne had betrayed him he was questioning the lack of male heir from their marriage and this gave room for others against the Boleyn faction to rally against her and capatilise on the "whore" label she was given at the begining of their relationship. And knowing that Anne was the Queen of courtly love (&good at it) she was only a step away from acting out those fantasies in real life. What he had fallen in love with her for became what he used against her.
The Lancastrians had every reason to be paranoid. They were murderous usurpers.
Nah. I think Henry's calm, almost phlegmatic, response to the charges against Anne was because he knew full well they were nonsense. Compare that to his insanely over the top reaction (screaming, crying, swearing he would get his sword and kill her himself) to the allegations against Catherine Howard, who actually HAD committed adultery. It shows how little he believed the charges against Anne.
I was 13 years old when I saw Anne of the Thousand days. I became obsessed with Anne Boleyn. I studied her and all things Tudor. She was a feminist icon who was ahead of her time. She was an intellectual, accomplished and, political savvy woman. She was also carrying and, helped those in need. I admire women who are religious reformers during the Tudor period.
Henry’s obsession for a son was the main reason to get rid of her. He caught the eye of Jane Seymour. He had Anne Boleyn arrested and, sent to the tower. The next day he had Jane Seymour move in. I don’t think it’s karma because Catherine of Aragon was not executed. With Henry’s permission he used trump up charges to find her and, the men guilty. Henry spared her the block by using the swordsman from Calais. (How touching) Henry sent for him before Cromwell’s investigation. Eustace Chapuys who hated Anne called these charges a sham. Many admired her courage at the scaffold. Some historians record her final speech as, good Christian people, I’m not here to preach a sermon I come here to die. The rest of the speech is the same. After she died people began to question her guilt. Anne Boleyn’s revenge was her daughter became one of England’s greatest monarch. She’s the most popular wife. Most importantly, she’s been exonerated by history.
Idk how much she would resemble modern feminists.
Is there another term that shows a woman wants other women to succeed, without the hate an blue purple hair?
She was absolutely not a feminist icon. She was basically pushed toward the King by her greedy male relatives. She connived with her family (to betray another woman) to entice a disgusting man for money plain and simple. Having said that she was definitely murdered by her gross husband because he was done with her and it was time to move on. BTW she was a beast of a step mother.
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You don’t have the facts to support your argument. You’re confusing historical fiction for historical facts. Anne Boleyn’s father had nothing to do with pimping his daughter to King Henry VIII for wealth and prestige. He was a loving father who wanted the best for his children. Thomas Boleyn started his career with King Henry the VII. Eustace Chapuys thought highly of him professionally and as a family man.
Yes, Anne Boleyn and Mary Tudor had an acrimonious relationship. Both women were proud and, stubborn. Anne Boleyn’s religious reforms were ahead of her time. She may be fiery at times. Most of the time she was known for her act of kindness. BTW when Anne Boleyn was married to King Henry VIII he was fit and trimmed. Anne Boleyn’s legacies were religious reform and, Elizabeth I. Here’s some info on Thomas Boleyn.
www.theanneboleynfiles.com/in-defence-of-thomas-boleyn-father-of-anne-boleyn/
I truly believe she could be pardoned. It would mean much but would right a centuries long wrong.
She obviously wasn't politically savvy enough
Or intelligent enough. Otherwise she might not have lost her head.
The Tudors from the reign of Henry V1..had absolutely no legitimate (very tenuous) claim to the throne.
I agree, when you look at Henry VII and his links to royalty before taking the throne following the Battle of Bosworth and the death of Richard III. It is rather tenuous.
Henry vi was a Lancastrian not a Tudor. Henry vi was involved in the war of the roses which ended at Bosworth when Henry vii won by right of. conquest & started the Tudor dynasty, but Henry vi was loosely related to Henry vii.
Henry vii May not have had a strong claim but neither did William the conqueror he won it by right of conquest
@@lyndsaycrawford He. William. Had blood ties with Edward the Confessor. But true, he unfortunately won the crown by Battle. Henry V11 on the other hand...is a weird blood-line. The Betrayal of the Stanley's ensured his crown..and their estates.
@@lyndsaycrawford It's worth looking at a programme on UA-cam by 'Timeline-Britain's Real monarch'. Fascinating.
RIP Queen Anne Boleyn. 🌹
Why not just banish your harmless enemies into exile or just imprison them? What a horrific way to die with false accusations. Justice was not a word anyone was familiar with back then. Something about the narration and the background tune makes these videos more impressive to the psyche
Great video, well researched and spoken with compassion.
Anne was no saint, she had her bad points, but I’ve always admired her, especially strength and intelligence. The way she was gotten rid of just because she didn’t have a son, is appalling. What I find even more disturbing is that in 2021 a woman not having a son is still seen as a failure in some cultures. It’s sick.
Thank you for your kind comments. I agree with you if i’m honest. Your last point couldn’t be more true.
@@TheUntoldPast unfortunately I know people who’ve experienced that attitude, no son = failure as a woman.
On a positive note, I’m really enjoying your videos, I’m working my way through them.
If Jane hadn't had a son, I guess, that he would have found away to get rid of her too. So sad, Jane died after giving
Henry a son.
Now your pictures have me all confused. According to the latest by the BBC, Anne Boleyn was a black woman.
(Tongue in cheek I assure you. Love your videos. Great history)
Yes, channel 5's latest historical drama.
I like that you close many of these with a raven. Is there a reason for it or it just happened that way? Such a cool bird though.
British royal history at times was brutal. So glad that doesn’t happen anymore
Could you please make an executions playlist
I can't believe she went with such dignity, especially after what happened to her brother and other innocent associates;. Her actual execution was NOT has brutal as some so in that sense I guess she was kind of lucky in a hideous sort of way. I still can't imagine how people courted Henry's favor after they could see how he could turn on a dime. Human folly.
Interesting fact: I read what Anne Boleyn REALLY looked like, & it sounds like she looked nothing like her paintings. She had black or dark brown hair, black eyes & a wen (boil) under her chin & a 6th finger on 1 hand! But they don't really know for sure. The paintings & sum of her descriptions were written decades after her death, & some people embellished 1 way or other, depending on if they "liked her"! Actually, most of the paintings of henry's wives were painted long after they were dead! Do a video on what the experts think they all really looked like please?
Yeah, there’s some interesting ideas about the paintings of her. Paintings are always a manifestation of someone’s opinions and were known to be tweaked a great deal during this time period. Same way people put filters on their pictures today!
The whole thing about her having an extra finger or even a malformation of her hand has long been debunked by the existence of a couple of pairs of her gloves. They were made to fit her and they have four fingers and a thumb like normal gloves. She couldn't have worn them and they wouldn't have been made for her if she'd had extra digits or appendages. There were many contemporary rumors and lies spread to vilify her. A facial blemish could also be one. As to the portraits of Henry's wives, both Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves were sketched and painted by Holbein. He's been hailed as being the most realistic and accurate portrait painter of his time.
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You're absolutely correct sir. Most portraits of any period from the Tudors down through to the Empire period were meant to flatter the subject. A certain painting of a thin George IV comes to mind.😆
He drunk a lot , ate meat was cruel and petty tyrant
He drank a lot, and was therefore drunk a lot .
1:47 I’d be kicking off if I was Anne 😂
I'd like to thank Michael J Fox for his steady hand while filming the Tower.
Poor soul
I agree! Thanks for your comment Alexander.
It shocks me, but shouldn't, that these great men spread their seed wide & often with those NOT their wife but then blamed the wife for lack of conception in general & male children as a whole.
Women like to say they're oppressed NOW but don't know the history of what real women's oppression was
IF Ann had produced a Son she never would have been executed .
Of course not she wouldve been the mother of the future king 😂
If Catherine Aragon had produced a son we wouldn’t even be discussing Anne Boleyn
@@lyndsaycrawford There has been claims that the women either were too stressed to bore a son or its said that King Henry wasn't well endowed and that it can make it that he "couldn't make boys". Along with him fretting over a son.
Henry had an illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy the Duke of Richmond. He died aged 17
Stay tuned - something coming on this shortly. Thanks for your comment mate.
However wrong, most Kings of England and other royal households too, had mistresses. Eventually though the King would tire of them and move onto someone else.
True.
Idc what anybody says she was treated very unfairly and horribly.
Yessss!!
Thanks!
A remember as a child when visiting the Tower of London with school mention on her day of execution with Thomas Cromwell present legend has it A a men who stood next to Cromwell put a hand upon his shoulder and said a sad day Cromwell good sir do pray tell when will it be your day to Ascend the scaffold.
Gowd it would help to have a long neck can ya imagine having to be hacked 3 or 4 times before dying they were brutal bk then and ppl used to take their kids with a picnic fk that I'd have nightmares for the rest of my life...
I hate Misogyny. Hate it!
He had the power to get divorced but instead chose to murder his woman … why would the latter woman date this murder crazy killer
Very funny a Protestant Heretic An Boleyn ask the people to pray for her soul😂😂😂
Anne's death wasn't nearly as brutal as other women who got on Henry's bad side.
Consider Anne Askew, burned at the stake for preaching something other than the Church of England doctrine, after being crippled by torture with the Rack
Ask Margaret Pole, merely related by birth to an accused traitor, bludgeoned to death by an incompetent axeman while struggling to escape...because she KNEW she was innocent.
Boleyn spent her days in relative luxury in the tower up until the day of her execution. Henry hired a French swordsman who expertly took her head off with one clean and probably painless blow.
Which is much more than she deserved after playing a treacherous, political game, hoping to make out like the cat who ate the Canary.
I wonder...what if she had been pregnant with a son and just didn't know yet.
Did anne really rip the locket off of jane seymour ?
I mean what guy wouldn't want to see his wife executed, amirite?
Considering her infidelities, tbe scandal of Catherine of Aragon's forced divorce and tbe damage she did to the English Church she got off lightly. The sword was way more merciful an execution than the axe or hanging, drawing and quartering or even burning at the stake - the normal punishment for heretics.
And to think that all those miscarriages were likely to have been caused by his having kell antigen blood. I’m sure he would have still done mental gymnastics to blame his wives.
It sounds like Harry 8 and Joe Stalin were cut from the same mold.
Tipped her executioner!
I saw a man on the side of the road dressed as Henry viii & begging for money
I thought, that can't be right; beggers can't b tutors!
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Good one haha!
it ok for Henry for to go round fucking everything but the women weren't aloud
He has the Y chromosome that he wouldn't give over his X chromosome and for that he offed his wives who cant give a Y at all. Education of this was not known yet, obviously due to the BS delays
Why did you keep using "BRUTAL", "TRAGIC", "HORRIFIC", etc. in video titles?
It was to save face after all he diid to sleep and get a son he had to kill her to save his face has a king
He had moved heaven and earth and she gave him a daughter then lost his son he lost it to keep face he had her killed
Are you Minty?
The month of January 1536 it has to be one of the most interesting months in that year. It starts with the death of Catherine of Aragon on 7th of January, which the king and the ,,black crow" celebrated. Then on the 24th of January king Henry had a nasty jousting accident in which for three hours he was unconscious. And on the 28th of January, when Catherine is put to rest, Anne Boleyn loses the pregnancy which is going to lead to her downfall and execution in May 1536. Divine justice does exist!
Buford and Tarkus didn't like that
The king with killer face
That poor black lady.
THE KING ENRIQUE VIII WAS A DIABLO!!!
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Not particularly brutal - Henry took great pains to advertise his hiring of an expert French swordsman instead of the often clumsy headsman's axe😉
Two of them was executed
A chopping l will go !
The brutality of men.
Bloody Henry