Is This The Woman Who Betrayed George And Anne Boleyn?

Is This The Woman Who Betrayed George And Anne Boleyn? | Jane Boleyn

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Jane Boleyn has bene given a serious image problem throughout history. Vilified almost as soon as her head rolled off the chopping block, Jane's reputation was that of a vengeful women hellbent on destroying her husband for his infidelity, and her sister-in-law with him, as well as being wrapped up in the events surrounding Katherine Howard. While we know very little about her early life, this video takes a fresh look at Jane, and reveals a woman not totally innocent of the charges levelled against her, but also a woman who was used and cast aside by the court and her in-laws...
**Slight error where I say Culpeper was taken into Katherine's household - he was in fact taken into Henry VIII's household, but he was commended by Katherine **
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@Reader1984 Ай бұрын

Jane shouldn't have gotten so heavily involved Catherine's affair/ fiasco. That was her fatal mistake.

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

This is it! Once you start being the main go-between and you're helping pass out gifts...you now an accomplice and no longer merely a servant.

@leeannproctor47 Ай бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeopleI don't believe that catherine committed adultery but being a victim of a pervert before marriage. Remember rape and molestation was the woman's fault back then.

@Cat_Woods Ай бұрын

Honestly, I think she and Catherine Howard are poster children for the "Too Stupid to Live" trope. How many people had Henry had executed, including his former wife, Jane's husband, and his longtime advisor Cromwell? I'm not saying that either of them deserved to be executed for their behavior. I'm saying that it was an obvious risk of doing what they were doing, in a court full of gossips and purveyors of intrigue. How stupid do you have to be to take that risk repeatedly? It makes no sense. If someone could go back in time, I wonder if it would have been possible to talk some sense into them. They couldn't have thought it through.

@bethnorrod5942 24 күн бұрын

@@Cat_Woodsyou have to remember that women had very few choice in anything back then. Their fathers, brothers or whatever male was the head of the family, used women as pawns for monetary and political gain. It was actually the men who were stupid in thinking they could play the game better than the last woman's family.

@allisonhogg5131 25 күн бұрын

Cromwell managed to get Janes father in law to pay her what was owed as it was a pre marital contract arranged by Janes father. Cromwell was gracious towards widows.

@Denise-ki9ii Ай бұрын

I cannot help wondering if Jane helped Catherine Howard as covert revenge against the king - she knew Anne and her husband were innocent of the charges against them. The king was in poor health so it may have seemed likely he would die and never know about Catherine’s activities.

@altinaykor364 Ай бұрын

That's a very cool theory. but it kinda makes Jane look so dumb

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

I don't know if that was her main reason, but I think there's definitely merit in the idea that Jane probably harboured ill-feeling towards Henry VIII. Not only had her husband and sister-in-law been executed, but she then lived long enough to see Jane Seymour die for Henry's obsession with another child, and the separation from Anne of Cleves - it's not beyond the realm of possibility that at least some of what she was doing gave her some happiness at causing the king distress. That said, I don't believe it was her driving reason, as I said, as I think Jane for the most part was intelligent enough to keep her feelings under wraps when needed, otherwise she might never have returned to court.

@lauridorrance1305 Ай бұрын

That's an interesting theory. Entirely possible but (if I recall) she's the one who reported to Cromwell? Or Anne's highest ranking lady who was reporting to Cromwell. . .?

@Denise-ki9ii Ай бұрын

@@altinaykor364 I more see it as comparable to the cold hatred that some people have toward a murderer when their loved one is murdered. I am not saying it was Jane’s sole motivation but to me it fits better than some historians saying it was a love of meddling and intrigue that drew Jane into helping Catherine Howard with her potentially adulterous meetings. Few people would risk their life for a love of gossip/intrigue.

@Denise-ki9ii Ай бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople I agree it was not a sole motivation but seems more likely to be cold hatred/revenge than a love of meddling (as some historians have explained Jane helping Catherine with her liaisons) Jane’s letter to George promised help and there is no record that he took it as anything but a comfort…she may have wanted to help him but been warned off once the situation became clear. I agree with you that once Anne and George were doomed Jane and all Annes ladies were under pressure to talk and innocent comments were twisted. Cromwell probably enlisted Jane as his eyes after the Boleyns fell, what option would she have had, pretty much none. As Cromwell was executed on Katherine Howard’s marriage Jane was released as a spy and was a free agent once more.

@Juanita-gf4te Ай бұрын

Katherine Howard never took Culpepper into her household, he was the kings personal body servant and lived in the kings household. He would be sent with messages from the king to Katherine, and he and Katherine were related and had known each other all their lives. It was her former lover Dereham, from the Duchesses household who more or less blackmailed Katherine to give him a place in her household as did other former friends whom Katherine took pity on but was also afraid they might talk about her past - the molestation by Mannox, her former music teacher, and her relationship with Dereham. But it was Culpepper she was in love with, probably the first real love of her life, so she took terrible, suicidal risks to be with him......and Lady Rochford, who should have known better aided and abetted the affair,

@strobex3298 Ай бұрын

I appreciate the videos focusing on the side characters in these major historical events. It helps bring context and depth to what's already out there. Keep up the great content!

@leeannproctor2966 Ай бұрын

What happened to jane boleyn's family after her execution?

@goeegoanna Ай бұрын

Fascinating, as always. Thank you. Isn't it interesting that, no matter what aristocratic house, there will always be , as Aunt Phillips might put it, debts, debaucheries, intrigues, drunken ruts, meddled with daughters, and, though she might not admit it herself, savage gossip.... and usually the innocent or ignorant paying the price.

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

Oh, absolutely! At the end of the day, people are people, whether for better or worse. 😅 The upper classes just had better ways and means of hiding theirs...most of the time.

@user-fg9xz4bz3b Ай бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeopleI believe jane boleyn got a unfair nasty rap.

@altinaykor364 Ай бұрын

This obsession which people had with staying in the court in older days, especially during the Tudors era, the way they even go as far as calling banishment as cruel act (even though worse things could've happened, like imprisonment or losing head) never really amazes me. unfortunately Jane also seems to fall into that kind of trope

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

I know! It's a shame - but I think in her case it was exacerbated by the lack of a husband. For that matter, the only way for to remarry well was to find someone at court, although I couldn't find any evidence that she had ever tried to do that. Also, being a court was a good way to gain extra income whether through gifts or a new position, and just like today, money and power corrupt!

@areiaaphrodite Ай бұрын

I mean, to be fair, that was considered to be the epicenter of power. Plus, for women, it was one of the rare places where they could get a "dignified" job without having to be married.

@altinaykor364 Ай бұрын

@@areiaaphrodite doesn't make them sympathetic exactly.in an age where people might have died of starvation, pestilence, getting unfair trails, getting imprisoned with no access to the outside world and even getting beheaded, the worst case happening to them by banishment would've been how much their servants and maids would've been less and how much fair amount of money they'll be forced to spend like everybody else. they don't deserve feeling pity for, my response to them is this: "Other people have problems too, you know!"

@areiaaphrodite Ай бұрын

@altinaykor364 1. You said you didn't understand why, so I explained why. Everyone had to make a living back then, even the aristocracy. 2. Don't criticise what you can't understand. No one is asking you to sympathise or empathise. It's just an explanation. 3. I remember you harassing me nonstop before, now that I look at your account pic. I'll say this from now. Don't respond to me further after this. I'm not going to go back and forth with you again.

@altinaykor364 Ай бұрын

@@areiaaphrodite it's you who has come into my comment now, as far as I can see

@NativeVoicesTurtleIslandTV Ай бұрын

Henry the 8 th was indeed crazy

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

I feel like this is a pretty good sum-up of Henry VIII. 😂

@leeannproctor47 Ай бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeopledo you think jane boleyn should have remarried instead of staying at court.

@MovingOndaisy Ай бұрын

King Henry VIII sustained a contracoup head injury whilst taking part in a Joust and was unconscious for several hours. It is now known that this kind of head injury can cause serious damage and results in severe changes in the sufferer's personality. As a result of this serious injury, the shock to his pregnant wife, Anne Boleyn, caused her to mis carry their son. This accident was a truly tragic misadventure that changed history.

@patriciajones7869 Ай бұрын

As a survivor of basilar skull fracture I had believed that may have been the case however knowing that depends on the culture and the people during that Era. Unbeknownst to the people did not know that it is the man decides the sex of the baby. STILL WE CAN NOT FORGET THE MANIPULATED SITUATION WAS ALL ABOUT MALE POWER 😮

@renatatarnawski5974 25 күн бұрын

@leeannproctor47 The court ppl were just horrible Spying + Conniving + impossible 2 trust

@middi6 Ай бұрын

I always thought culpepper was an idiot for not burning the letter.

@leeannproctor2966 Ай бұрын

He thought it was weapon against Katherine not his own noose.

@susanmorgan8833 24 күн бұрын

Catherine did refer to him as her little fool. Perhaps that comment was more than just an affectionate love name.

@Juanita-gf4te Ай бұрын

Jane didn't remain poor for long. The king made her father in law pay over a portion of her jointure which Thomas had been reluctant to do.....he was very bitter towards Jane which make me think she did indeed give evidence against her husband. Also it wasn't long before she was back at court as lady in waiting to Jane Seymour, and then Anne of Cleves - and she got New Years gifts from the king. Plus she had something to with the king getting his annulment from the Cleves marriage. She was in a position to say it was never consummated. Then she was rewarded with a place in Katherine Howards household, and we all know how that turned out.

@CrystalGoddess90 Ай бұрын

There is NO historical evidence that she testified against Anne or George. She mourned them for a very long time, she sent George a letter of comfort and testified that Anne had confided in her about her problems with the king.

@emmajulian8716 Ай бұрын

Thank you for doing your research on jane. A lot of authors and historian's say she was a only child well we know thats not true well done on another great video. As someone who studied tudor history im really enjoying your videos keep up the good work 😊

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

No problem, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊I admit I was a little nervous doing research on Jane as there's comparatively little compared to the other more famous ladies at court at the time, but it was good to turn her into a flesh and blood person rather than her usual evil caricature.

@emmajulian8716 Ай бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople yes there isn't much known about jane I have watched and read everything I can on her most make her out to be the evil wife and sister in law. but like you I like to think of her as a real person and explore every avenue. Thank you again for a really interesting and great video

@leeannproctor47 Ай бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeopledo you believe that jane was guilty or falsely accused of bringing down Anne and George.

@maryellencook9528 Ай бұрын

Henry VIII would have found a way to get what he wanted, no matter the cost and who it harmed.

@theoriginaltoba Ай бұрын

11:15 Anne married Henry secretly in a PRIVATE ceremony on the 14th of November 1532, and married her PUBLICLY on the 25th of January 1533.

@Jaded_Jester 29 күн бұрын

Maybe Jane really was losing her sanity slowly over time. You are right, she would have to be crazy to think that an affair between the Queen and anybody would go unnoticed for long. Especially if she was encouraging the affair.

@helpinyerdasellavon Ай бұрын

Amazing video! Jane has got involved in such affairs that may have had compromised her somehow considering how things were back in those days at the Tudor Court. Beautiful work as always 💖👍🏻

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊 I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

@MsAnemoi Ай бұрын

We shouldnt forget that during the time, women who werent "clichee females" were portrayed not in a good picture.. so I dont think she was as evil as she is often said to be.

@leeannproctor2966 Ай бұрын

You and I think alike.

@JangianTV Ай бұрын

Nice to have you back! Excellent video as always. 😊

@leeannproctor2966 Ай бұрын

I'm happy too.

@lfgifu296 Ай бұрын

This video might change my views, but, as I said, I don’t think she betrayed George and Anne, but I just can’t get over the Katheryn Howard debacle😭 she must’ve known what was going on- she said it herself- so it’s a stain on her memory imo, I could never warm to her.

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

Yeah, that's basically my conclusion as well! 😊 I agree that she wasn't responsible (or at least not singularly) for George and Anne's deaths. But she definitely was significantly involved with Katherine Howard's affair - who knows, maybe she thought she could get away with it!

@user-fg9xz4bz3b Ай бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeoplehas anyone ever considered that George Boleyn was shooting blanks. As for the Catherine Howard drama tattle telling back then could have gotten Jane killed as well.

@DarthDread-oh2ne Ай бұрын

Great job with your work and video.

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@leeannproctor2966 Ай бұрын

@HistorysForgottenPeople will you do an extended segment on George Boleyn?

@jonathanwilliams9697 28 күн бұрын

What annoys me the most about Jane is, after having flown so close to the sun and nearly been burnt, why then did she actively involve herself in the affairs that Catherine Howard had? It makes no sense for her to have done so after working to hard to be rehabilitated after the downfall of her husband and his family.

@kdallas3966 Ай бұрын

Nope. Henry, Cromwell and norfolk looked for a scapegoat. Women had almost no rights then. Jane would not have been allowed a choice.

@kellysamons3722 Ай бұрын

I believe Jane was practicing self preservation. She knew no way Henry was ever going to get Catherine pregnant. She was trying to help it alone. If Catherine had a son, and Henry could assume it was his, Jane’s position was secure forever.

@gonefishing167 Ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

@rajichelliah1743 Ай бұрын

Jane went mad when she was jailed. Was it guilt that drove her to madness? A sad life she led.

@MichelleBruce-lo4oc Ай бұрын

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@8teezy Ай бұрын

Excellent video, really changed my mind abt her. Learned a lot and recontextualized things I did know. Subscribed!

@sandraalzeq13 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this interesting video

@leeannproctor47 Ай бұрын

I still wonder if George and Jane loved or despised each other?

@todds808 16 күн бұрын

It would seem psychopathy was quite normal and expected back then in these circles and in the society at large. Great illustration of this period.

@zero_bs_tolerance8646 Ай бұрын

Very good. Thank you.

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@carolinaduran5641 Ай бұрын

Thanks for all the information!! love it!!

@stefaniecosme4774 Ай бұрын

“the Great Matter” that was referred to in this video was referring to King Henry wanting to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boleyn, it was NOT referring to who will succeed him- I have studied Tudor History for decades and have No Formal Education on the matter and I even knew that- So, by providing inaccurate and incorrect historical information, you are doing a disservice to those who don’t know any better

@susanmorgan8833 24 күн бұрын

It's difficult to determine what was in Henry's mind. Cromwell, who would be expected to know, was quite surprised by Henry's marriage to Anne, as he had been working on a potential marital tie with France. Henry's divorce from Catherine and marriage to Anne was not popular with very many.

@karengayehammat4199 Ай бұрын

🌞She wasn't the only indominitable woman I know some too

@BeeKool__113 9 күн бұрын

❤🤔💡📖📚I really love this channel. I am always learning. I am often pondering over some historical topic and viewing it in a different light. In regards to Jane Parker Boleyn, I have never thought that before perhaps her involvement in Catherine Howard's potential affair was more of a power move and less of a lady just following orders of her queen. That is an interesting idea and it does seem most likely. 🤔 👑⚡️♟️ I do not think she had any involvement in the downfall of Anne and George Boleyn. It would not have serve her to do so. It would have compromise her own position. As always fascinating and educational video!! Great job!!

@rajichelliah1743 Ай бұрын

A good narrative. Well researched.

@anweshabiswas1483 Ай бұрын

Nice video ❤❤❤ keep it up

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@williamperryman9789 13 күн бұрын

I’ve also heard it could be possible Jane disliked Catherine, and arranged the affair to sabotage her, based off Jane’s close connection to Anna of Cleaves. Maybe she didn’t think she would pay the penalty, or that she would be able to claim ignorance as to the affair.

@EMNstar Ай бұрын

Why did Jane never remarry?

@Hailey-mx4kc Ай бұрын

I’m wondering if her reputation was tarnished because of the outcome of her husband and Anne

@HistorysForgottenPeople Ай бұрын

It's a good question! We don't really have an answer. At first, it would almost certainly be that her reputation took a hit, but once she was obviously welcomed back by Henry VIII, that would have gone a long way to repairing the damage. It's possible (if we do go with the conclusion of Jane doing what she did regarding Katherine) that her desire for power stretched to not wanting to be connected to another husband. I mean, there's zero proof, but as a hypothetical, it's possible some of her marriage difficulties with George could have been due to her preferring women.

@zoemonte Ай бұрын

In this time period, if a widow remarried, her wealth became her husband’s property.

@lfgifu296 Ай бұрын

For the question, if you could lock two historical figures in a room for some hours, who would they be? Your reasons could be comedic, dramatic, or heartwarming👀

@Hailey-mx4kc Ай бұрын

Henry the 8th and Jesus cause he needs Jesus 😂

@lfgifu296 Ай бұрын

@@Hailey-mx4kc LMAO great one, he’d get a proper scolding I’d bet

@animallover6645 Ай бұрын

What Henry did to get her executed was so pure evil, killing a person who may have been insane, what pure evil. This is probably the evilest thing he ever did, that and what he did to his two daughters.

@fionakinlyside Ай бұрын

I can never understand how she could be so crazy as to if it's true get mixed up with Katherine Howard's boyfriend the only thing that makes sense is that life at the court must have been mind numbing boring

@catherineannelockman3805 Ай бұрын

" recollections may vary "...a quote allegedly by her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth ll...

@valquinn3788 Ай бұрын

The Tudors idea of beauty was very different from ours

@renatatarnawski5974 25 күн бұрын

When u R young + Naive Not Stupid But Naive. U R insecure in yourself Your looks etc Because every woman looks so Sophisticated compared 2 u Then the king looks your way You Are Flattered But knowing you R with someone gives u Strength And u Flirt Not realizing The king could NOT Care LESS + u R just More tempting to him. Bf/Hubby looking after his OWN interest including Power Prestige + Life Gives u up NOW U R Stuck No idea HOW 2 get out of it U believe the kings words Because Nobody of power has Ever been fascinated by u be4 Plus the king Makes u Believe All, That u R Special + Beautiful And incredibly intelligent Not Realizing He has Always said these exact words And treated all women basically the same Minus this or that I could go on But u know the Rest!

@milanamughal 22 күн бұрын

I thought Culpepper was in the king’s service. Katherine took Dereham into her service as a Secretary. Am I wrong?

@jacquesbourne9203 12 күн бұрын

The axe used at timestamp 22:50 has a barcode label.

@elizabethsmith8609 27 күн бұрын

I read that theres very little to prove her marriage to george was unhappy

@llamamama2910 29 күн бұрын

Is there any evidence that Jane was an early mistress of the king and then married off to George Boleyn?

@ThatIsJustCrazyTalk Ай бұрын

Damnit, I really wanted to watch this, but that damned noise in the background (insanely irritating music of some sort) is just too much to put up with. Either eliminate it altogether, or turn up its volume so people can hear it.

@Me-zn3nx 12 күн бұрын

Do you think privy people today still clean the monarchs bum? I know that his and his family have someone to put toothpaste on their toothbrushes. I pay for that and I kind of resent doing it myself since I haven't even had a holiday in nearly 20 years