Absolutely agree with you. Cheers.

Any historical evidence for that idea - apart from wishful thinking based on 21st century's values?

@@homhable All of the stuff Claire said in her video, maybe? Did you bother to watch it?

she needed to get pregnant again quick...can't do that if you are breast feeding.

Aika Papa In this video, she explains that they had wet nurses to breastfeed because it was believed in that time that babies could absorb personality traits from breast milk so they were fed by women with the most desirable traits. It wasn’t because of her child’s gender and it doesn’t seem much like she had much choice based on the customs at court. Also what the above comment said about her wanting to get pregnant again as quickly as possible. Things were very different back then and there were different beliefs. Nothing was said to imply that Anne refused to breastfeed because she was displeased that the baby was a girl. It sounds like you misheard what was said

Elizabeth never knew anne

Anne was far from sweet and innocent, play them games in that world and you will get burnt.

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When your dad has your mom beheaded for something she didn't even do, it kinda sours you on the whole concept of marriage. That and she'd fought too long and too hard to gain her throne just to give up power to some man, no matter how much she might love him.

Too bad Anne wasn’t better to Mary

Dana Davison Yes. So delightfully British! Or should I say English?

To be fair, Henry couldn't predict that this was even possible. In his time the idea of a queen reigning her country alone was unimaginable.

@Jimmy Johnston 🤥

@Jimmy Johnston Jimmy, the birth was witnessed. You are suggesting she was a hermaphrodite at the very least. Which is very rare. Such a conspiracy theorist. Thanks but no thanks. You have absolutely no proof except fiction.

@Jimmy Johnston You are either very young or extremely misinformed. Her excessive use of sugar rotted her teeth and no one in the 16th century was on hormone therapy. It hadn't been invented yet. Much to the chagrin of males that ate animal testicles in the vane attempt to increase male virility. Meaning... It didn't work. Good day to you sir, I said good day !

Jimmy Johnston I hope you’re joking 😂 if she was a man they would have been ecstatic and Anne probably never would have been killed. Also hormones? I guess you are kidding 🙈

Whatever we feel about Henry VIII, we can never fully understand the context in which he lived and the pressures that were on him. The idea of a Queen successfully reigning a country alone was unimaginable in his lifetime, so of course he was praying and fighting for a male child. An asshole just does what he wants, lacking any sense of responsibility. My impression of Henry is however (despite all the stereotyping from novels and films) that all his life he was desperately trying to do the right thing.

RoLorenz Yeah murdering people is trying to do the right thing now, eh?

Letha Satterfield Thankyou!

@@canadaohcanada7792 Henry's later penchant for beheading everyone who inconvenienced him is appalling and tragic. They're just saying there is nuance to how he got to be that way. After marrying Katherine in 1509 he lived 28 years without a male heir. As only the 2nd monarch of a still precarious dynasty the pressure on him was immense. He himself was even a "spare heir" as his elder brother had died. In the eyes of many England was, for 3 decades, one flu or pox away from civil war over a female succession. It could be argued that his by-any-means pursuit of a legitimate male child was in the national interest.

​@@RobertoLorenzPianist PS -- There was indeed a bit of chaos and violence around the succession of Queen Mary in 1553. If her cousin and rival claimant Lady Jane Grey had been a male "Lord John Grey" the outcome may have been outright war. Henry was right to be ill at ease with Mary as his only heir. (See Also: Empress Matilda)

She was the prince who was promised ;) *sorry i've been watching too much GOT x

I was thinking much the same! I once had an astrologer tell me that my ex-husband had really been a ladies' man, had cheated on me often. I laughed because my husband had cheated on me a lot - with men! The astrologer laughed with me and showed me that what my chart had showed was that he had been unfaithful; the gender of his partners had been her assumption. ;)

Ebyangel Predicting a girl could have been treasonous, but according to what the astrologers said, yes, they were wrong.

There actually was one astrologer who said it would be a girl and that she would be a great king of England and didn’t want to hear about it

Ebyangel cognitive dissonance!

It could be Robert Dudley in the ring that is more likely.

@@ingriddubbel8468 Robert Dudley wearing a French hood? Get real.

Elizabeth avoided any association with her mother. She only refered to herself as Henry XVIII's daughter. You I can live in your little illusion but I think Elizabeth was happy to avoid anything about her mother. Her behavior certainly reflects this. Elizabeth loved and honored Katherine Parr.

@@ingriddubbel8468 As Dana Davison has pointed out evidence shows that Queen Elizabeth I always wore the ring so how can you say she avoided any association with her mother? Also, how can you use her affection for Katherine Parr as an example on which to base her disassociation with her mother? Do you not love and honour more than one person? You're opinion is yours and you have a right to it but the same goes for all of us who are of the opinion that Queen Elizabeth did indeed have some affection for her mother. Please don't talk down to us in such a patronising manner.

@Dana Davison Well said xx

@Dana Davison exactly! To be fair, none of know for sure about many things in history but at least most of us base our opinions on the evidence that IS available.

@@ingriddubbel8468 this just isn't true. She had both her parent's coat of arms when she was coronated and wore pieces of jewellery of her mother's throughout her life. She may have loved katherine Parr, an honor that was deserved. But she did not avoid association of her mother.

Elizabeth got her strength AND her intelligence from Anne, not Henry.

Of course. Anything else suggested would have been treason.

@@catzmeow5294 exactly since QEI was Queen at the time.

@@l.plantagenet She wasn’t. The play was written during the time of King James, Mary Queen of Scots’ son.

I didn't know he'd written a Henry III, and that's fascinating about Othello.

Mary Tudor, believe it or not, had sympathy for Anne. I believe she loved Elizabeth. Mary was committed to the catholic faith, but not nearly the monster we were led to believe.

I know. My mum used to do the same with me - she bought so many cute little outfits for me that my younger cousins' mothers hardly needed to buy any because she just handed down when I didn't fit into them, and they to their friends and so on.

smartoldlady--Oh, so true! It's a phenomenon that appears to be multi-generational. Mamas of sons need have no fear. In the USA's southern states, there are ladies who still support and teach the English smocking and French Hand Sewing techniques and who have created adorable patterns for our sons, as well.

Anne dressed Elizabeth like a mini QUEEN not a 'dolly' & I can assure you not all mums dress their kids like dolly objects just 'cos they're girls! Thank goodness..

Not me. That was her karma for the shit she did for a crown and a shitty adulterous heretical king.

@@bibiribbons to be fair the only victim oh all of this was Mary, all of the other people she harmed deserved it honestly

I wonder at what age and how Elizabeth became aware of the circumstances of her mother’s death. I would think the information would have shielded from her for some time.

@@ritmcerlean5076 I don't think Katherine of Aragon deserved it or the people that were burned to death because of her and Henry's new faith which tore the country apart and I also don't think the monasteries deserved it either. There were many victims because of Anne Boleyn's drive to be Queen.

@@l.plantagenet In all fairness Anne cannot be blamed for the actions Henry took in regard to his new beliefs so she is not responsible for any of the horrors committed by Henry, also Katherine of Aragon herself was quite a horrid woman who cared more for status than her own family

Elizabeth's struggles growing up made her the woman and queen she became. It was a high price to pay, both by her mother and herself, but it didn't break Elizabeth, it made her.

Sally Leger it was the first Tudor movie i watched and it was amazing, im so glad I found it

Sally Leger,Some random user...I love Anne of a Thousand Days;a Very well made film with a strong cast.Anne,s accent was beautiful and I must admit to getting a bit wet around my eyes as she was enclosed in the Tower of London before her execution,counting those 1000 days.Resigned to her fate she held her head up high and behaved nobly and humbly...said my piece.🗑👩🔪

It’s my probably my 2nd favourite movie next to Titanic I love historical films my favourite bit is the ending when Henry offers Anne to go and live abroad with France but Anne knows that would tarnish Elizabeth’s name so she so proudly tells him that she did do all of the things he accused her of

lhzook I doubt very much that she had any conscious memories of her mother. her mother died when she was two. That does not mean she did not have experiences of her mother that are, shall we say, “unconscious“ for a pre-verbal child, that certainly affected her development and psyche but not ones that are accessible to consciousness. Thus, I think she did very much rely on her Boleyn family to tell her about her mother. The younger a child is when she loses her mother, the more profound the loss it is.You need a mother at least for 7-10 years for a solid development. The older the child is who loses a parent, the more they can verbally and emotionally process it, the more time they’ve had with that parent, the more time the parent has had to do their job. but she lost her mother at a very vulnerable age. as a baby and toddler, she knew who her mother was, In her toddler mind it must’ve been something like “beautiful angel lady soft always smells good soft clothes warm sing” and then, “beautiful angel lady again feel so close and good so gentle kiss laugh giggle.“ And on with each episode bonding more deeply with this fantastic, bejeweled figure who arrives and envelops her in love.Perhaps eventually identifying her and announcing “mama!” at her last appearances, and then, no more. The bond violently broken in a way that no toddler could comprehend. that is the profound unconscious loss that unfortunately E.R. did not have Dr. Freud to go to. And then to be raised only to hear the worst horrible things about her mother coming from even her father himself. So she did have an experience of her mother. Probably most of those experiences were very nice for her. The trauma was in the sudden loss and the inability really to process it. And nobody to really replace her either. She had nannies and mothers surrogates, but not that “special angel lady mother” not “mama!” who went away suddenly and never came back. And I think that is why she wore that ring, because she longed to connect with the memory, any memory, of her mother. She knew at some level she was connected to her deeply, that those critical interactions her first two years she sensed and felt at some level her mothers love. Perhaps she needed that portrait to sense a little of that love she received. Because it was in short supply after she went away. I’m quite certain that her mother figured deeply in her life and in her reign. not just for the genetics; but much more than that. I was always a little comforted that Diana Mothered her children through the most important years of their development before she died unexpectedly. Certainly it would’ve been a lot better had she not died and was able to be present at her sons’ marriages. But at least for William, less so for Harry, she was there for the foundation. Elizabeth had no such fortune. Much more wounding.

Dana Davison I’m so sorry for your loss.

Dana Davison I’m so sorry to learn of your poignant and heart breaking memory; how fragile the family was in the wake of your Father’s tragic death. Peace to you.

Lisa Farmer I have always been so interested in her daily life as Queen as well. Maybe one day she’ll make a video about it. I do know a lot of their lives were centered around religion such as attending mass, court ceremonies and the general hobbies the court participated in but I would love a more in depth look!

Her one hobby was to do double translations of various texts. She was an excellent player of the virginal. She was well read. She was a good dancer. I can't imagine her not choosing her own gown, she was all about theatrics and presentation.

Anne sewed, made music, danced, wrote poetry, and was active in charitable work and education.

@Dana Davison There was a huge complex of buildings near the Tower of London called the Royal Wardrobe. This stored the monarch's clothes, spare furniture etc.

@@laurenbee6340 Anne was a reformist so she didn't ever go to Mass.

She never wore that necklace its a doctored image and that painting of A new Boylen was made many years after her death. The necklace probably didn't exist.

@@ingriddubbel8468 👋Hi Ingrid, I still like my comment. Lol...alrighty! I Know what you said is Correct... Sometimes, we forget history is written by the Winners. But that necklace is worned by her in every film, documentary, even the paintings they use in the films ... it's there. Just like you said: put on her afterwards. 🙋‍♀️Hope you have a great weekend Ingrid, and cheers from NYC🍎

In the early "Family of Henry VIII" portrait, made when Elizabeth was around ten years old, she is wearing a pendant in the shape of the letter A. It must have belonged to her mother.

She got along okay with Anne of Cleves, who had apparently helped her learn to dance. Katherine Howard was supposed to be rather taken with Elizabeth (probably because they were cousins, even though she spent more time with Edward.) Catherine Parr, for a short time, would have been Elizabeth's most 'motherly' figure, as she had stayed with her after Henry died- up until Catherine kicked her out at 15 because her new husband had tried to molest the young Elizabeth. Elizabeth had gone to visit her brother at court for a few days, and informed him of what had happened. Edward took action by sentencing Thomas Seymour to death under a cover-up crime, and Catherine had already died at that point after childbirth. I think Kay Astley was probably the most prominent female figure in her life, however.

Katherine Parr was her mother while Henry was alive, and after. She even continued living with her after Henry’s death, until Seymour got all handsy with her. She did get on smashingly with Ann of Cleves, but I think it was not a mother/daughter relationship. Katherine was even the most instrumental person to restore Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession.

@@kiera6326 kat ashley. also, anne boleyn was also the 2nd cousin of jane seymour. anne and catherine were first cousins once removed (her father was the younger brother of elizabeth howard, anne's mother). catherine might've been edward's cousin as well.

@Aika Papa reportedly Jane Seymour brought Mary and Elizabeth to Christmas one year and helped reconcile their relationship with their father. I think it helped a lot. Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I find the shelves' contents equally interesting too!

Aw, you’ve got me doing it now.

Oh, how funny. I was just looking down back the comments after perusing the book shelves with my eye balls for the 30th time! I thought I was losing my mind!

She loved Elizabeth very much. How could she not? The tradition of the time was to have nannies look after royal babies, a wet nurse, and the queen was to be distant. Of course Anne loves her daughter very much. The tradition of royalty was to be kept distant from offspring. That tradition ended with Diana, Queen of Hearts, who insisted on spending a lot of time with her boys instead of keeping them segregated from their mom.

@@janbadinski7126 I thought of Princess Diana as well, especially when she insisted her children accompany her and Prince Charles on a long tour of Australia.

@@6falconsue She was amazing. I like it that she broke the tradition and chose to be a hands on mom. I miss her every day.

@@janbadinski7126 Catherine continues to follow in her mother in laws footsteps. She seems like an incredibly devoted mother and very hands on. I recently watched a video that explained when Prince George was born Kate and Wills decided not to employ a nanny, wanting to do everything themselves. However after awhile they realized they needed some help. I think that they only have one nanny, which actually surprises me. I thought toyals with three young ones might employ a couple of nannies. I love the Cambridges!

Joanne Bohan Elizabeth wore a ring with her mother’s portrait inside and wore it always. I don’t think she ever got over her loss.

Joanne Bohan yeah I'm sure during Mary's reign it would have been dangerous for her to talk openly about Anne

Just Me For sure. Elizabeth learned to play it smart with Mary.

@@patriciabilinkas3911 I agree and that's why she never married..

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Thank you! I'm so glad you found me. I'm doing "on this day in Tudor history" videos on a daily basis at the moment too.

Technically that is what she was convicted and executed for. Even if most historians dont believe it (and i don't either so please dont fight me) there are a few who believe she could have been guilty with a few or just not to the extent she was convicted of. They have every right to believe she was guilty and deserved to die and it doesnt affect anyone now if someone does believe that and talk about it

Yes, that's the locket ring that I mention.

Google it, easy to find.

Thank you! Yes, I think it's very easy to forget that we're talking about real people with family that loved them. It's like when I receive comments about an execution being karma, I just can't stop myself replying and reminding the person that they are saying that about a real person rather than a character from something like Game of Thrones.

Yes, George Wyatt's biography is in the appendix of George Cavendish's "Life of Wolsey" whcih can be found on Archive.org, and historian Maria Dowling edited Latymer's treatise and it was published by the Camden Society.