Exactly what I''ve always been saying. Jane Seymour became a martyr to him - after she died giving him a son but he loved Catherine of Aragon when she lived for way more years than any of his other wives.
I personally believe he only loved his first 2 wives. You see this in his devotion to Katherine of Aragon in their early years and also with his poetic love letters to Anne, which none of his wives after her seem to have gotten. I also think Henry loved Anne more than she loved him, at least initially as Anne was meant to marry Henry Percy, but Henry VIII stepped in to marry her instead.
@@miryamamar9471 I personally think he had both with Anne. Also I’m not denying his love for Katherine of Aragon. I have studied his devotion to her up until her later years.
The only one he wasnt distantly or related to a few times removed was anne of cleeves, thats why there were problems with bearing children. Katherine was also his brother Arthur s wife. Thsts why dad said no. Germany wasnt yet related to the family until victoria . Had anne been more ahem fashionable maybe. We will never know.
Except, he cheated on her with multiple women, since year one of their marriage. Most notably, with Bessie Blount, who was Henry's long term mistress. One might even say Bessie was actually the woman Henry loved the most. He was indeed fond of Katharine, but marrying her was more for comfort, than out of love. Henry had a problem with the idea of marrying someone he had never met; he'd rather married a lady he knew, than one selected for him. That's why he ended up marrying the princess who had been in England for eight years, and three of his own courtiers, but rejected the royal lady selected for him, and did so under the most ridiculous of pretexts. After Jane Seymour's death, Henry suggested that some royal women from the Continent be brought to the English court, so that he could see them, get to know them, and eventually choose one of them as his new bride; when he was jokingly asked if he was willing to "try" them as well, he got ashamed and realized how crazy this idea was, so he settled for doing things as they were done at the time, which was sending his ambassadors to various royal courts and see the available princesses. Also, marrying Katharine was very much like a grand gesture to make himself look good - the knight in shiny armor, saving the princess in distress. After all, she had been hanging at the English court for almost a decade, abandoned by her family, with no purpose whatsoever; nobody would have married her, at that point. As for the wives he actually loved with a passion: Anne Boleyn and Katheryn Howard. He tore the country apart for Anne, and waited for seven years to marry her. Sure, after he started living with her, he was shocked to discover she was an actual woman, made of flesh and blood, not some manic pixie dream girl, as he had imagined. As for Katheryn Howard, by all accounts he loved her more than any of his previous wives. He actually tried to dismiss all allegations against her and clear her name; unfortunately, there were too many witnesses, who had too much to say. When she confessed, Henry was overwhelmed with grief and rage, and broke down crying.
But Henry cheated throughout his marriage with Catherine of Aragon (if I'm not wrong). He had a lot of mistresses before he married his second wife Anne Boleyn. How can it be called true love?
Kings taking mistresses was the norm. In those days it was believed men needed sexual release to stay healthy, and when wives were with child they could not lay with her. Hence the "need" for mistresses 😅
Exactly what I''ve always been saying. Jane Seymour became a martyr to him - after she died giving him a son but he loved Catherine of Aragon when she lived for way more years than any of his other wives.
I personally believe he only loved his first 2 wives. You see this in his devotion to Katherine of Aragon in their early years and also with his poetic love letters to Anne, which none of his wives after her seem to have gotten. I also think Henry loved Anne more than she loved him, at least initially as Anne was meant to marry Henry Percy, but Henry VIII stepped in to marry her instead.
Henry only had LUST for Anne Boleyn.
@@miryamamar9471 I personally think he had both with Anne. Also I’m not denying his love for Katherine of Aragon. I have studied his devotion to her up until her later years.
I believe he only loved himself. A narcissist, or perhaps brain damage from the injury messed up his brain.
He only loved himself
Henry VIII Really truly loved Katherine of Aragon! Please study the details of their marriage.
Absolutely! I explore their love in my book The Forgotten Prince
The only one he wasnt distantly or related to a few times removed was anne of cleeves, thats why there were problems with bearing children. Katherine was also his brother Arthur s wife. Thsts why dad said no.
Germany wasnt yet related to the family until victoria . Had anne been more ahem fashionable maybe. We will never know.
Except, he cheated on her with multiple women, since year one of their marriage.
Most notably, with Bessie Blount, who was Henry's long term mistress. One might even say Bessie was actually the woman Henry loved the most.
He was indeed fond of Katharine, but marrying her was more for comfort, than out of love. Henry had a problem with the idea of marrying someone he had never met; he'd rather married a lady he knew, than one selected for him. That's why he ended up marrying the princess who had been in England for eight years, and three of his own courtiers, but rejected the royal lady selected for him, and did so under the most ridiculous of pretexts.
After Jane Seymour's death, Henry suggested that some royal women from the Continent be brought to the English court, so that he could see them, get to know them, and eventually choose one of them as his new bride; when he was jokingly asked if he was willing to "try" them as well, he got ashamed and realized how crazy this idea was, so he settled for doing things as they were done at the time, which was sending his ambassadors to various royal courts and see the available princesses.
Also, marrying Katharine was very much like a grand gesture to make himself look good - the knight in shiny armor, saving the princess in distress. After all, she had been hanging at the English court for almost a decade, abandoned by her family, with no purpose whatsoever; nobody would have married her, at that point.
As for the wives he actually loved with a passion: Anne Boleyn and Katheryn Howard.
He tore the country apart for Anne, and waited for seven years to marry her. Sure, after he started living with her, he was shocked to discover she was an actual woman, made of flesh and blood, not some manic pixie dream girl, as he had imagined.
As for Katheryn Howard, by all accounts he loved her more than any of his previous wives. He actually tried to dismiss all allegations against her and clear her name; unfortunately, there were too many witnesses, who had too much to say. When she confessed, Henry was overwhelmed with grief and rage, and broke down crying.
But Henry cheated throughout his marriage with Catherine of Aragon (if I'm not wrong). He had a lot of mistresses before he married his second wife Anne Boleyn. How can it be called true love?
For some stupid reason, men always know that they can get away with cheating. If he has power and money, it seems most women want to be a mistress!
Kings taking mistresses was the norm. In those days it was believed men needed sexual release to stay healthy, and when wives were with child they could not lay with her. Hence the "need" for mistresses 😅
@@history_with_leah So we are to assume that marriage vows were flexible? They were not sacred.
@@miryamamar9471marriage vows in those days did not include the promise of fidelity.