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Children of Henry VIII
List of the children of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England had several children. The best known children are the three legitimate offspring who survived infancy and would succeed him as monarchs of England, successively, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
His first two wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, had several pregnancies that ended in stillbirth, miscarriage, or death in infancy.
Henry acknowledged one illegitimate child, Henry FitzRoy, as his own, but is suspected to have fathered several illegitimate children by different mistresses.[1] The number and identity of these is a matter of historical debate.[citation needed]
There are many theories about whether Henry VIII had fertility difficulties.[2] His last three wives, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr are not known to have conceived by him, although Parr conceived in her next marriage.[3]
None of Henry's acknowledged children (legitimate or otherwise) had children of their own, leaving him with no direct descendants after the death of Elizabeth in
Legitimate children
Illegitimate children
Henry VIII of England had one acknowledged illegitimate child, and is suspected to have fathered several others by his various mistresses.
Henry acknowledged his paternity of Henry FitzRoy (15 June – 23 July ), the son of his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and granted him a dukedom; FitzRoy married Lady Mary Howard, but had no issue.
Others speculated to have been Henry VIII's illegitimate offspring include:
- Thomas Stukeley (c. – 4 August ), his mother being Jane Pollard, the wife of Sir Hugh Stukeley.
- Richard Edwardes ( – ), born to Mrs.
Agnes Edwardes.
- Catherine (c. – 15 January ) and Henry Carey (4 March – 23 July ), children of Henry's mistress Mary Boleyn, the sister of his second wifeAnne Boleyn, and wife of William Carey.[12]
- Ethelreda Malte (born c. – c. January ), born to Joan Dingley, alias Dobson; her paternity was claimed by John Malte.[13]
- John Perrot (November – 3 November ), his mother being Mary Berkeley, the wife of Sir Thomas Perrot.
- Elizabeth Tailboys (born c c.
) mostly due to being born in the same year of her supposed father's marriage and her mother's, (Gilbert Tailboys and Bessie Blount) and they married near march of that year, so she would normally be born near if it was immediately consummated, also because Bessie Blount was the mistress of Henry VIII, and mother to Henry FitzRoy, Henry's only recognised illegitimate child.
See also
References
- ^Hart, Kelly ().
- Mary boleyn
- Catherine carey
- Henry carey 1st baron hunsdon
The Mistresses of Henry VIII (Firsted.). The History Press. ISBN.
- ^Whitley, Catrina Banks; Kramer, Kyra (). "A New Explanation for the Reproductive Woes and Midlife Decline of Henry Viii". The Historical Journal. 53 (4): – doi/SX S2CID
- ^"Catherine Parr: Children".
The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
Mary boleyn: Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the King's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either. Mary was also rumoured to have been a mistress of Henry VIII's rival, King Francis I of France, for some period between and [3].
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- ^Starkey , p.
- ^Porter, Linda (). Mary Tudor: The First Queen (ed.). London: Piatkus. p. ISBN.
- ^Eustace Chapuys wrote to Charles V on 28 January reporting that Anne was pregnant. A letter from George Taylor to Lady Lisle dated the 27 April says that "The queen hath a goodly belly, praying our Lord to send us a prince".Mary boleyn children henry viii Circumstantial evidence indicates a high probability that Henry VIII fathered two children by Mary Boleyn, meaning that he has many descendants in both England and America.
In July, Anne's brother, Lord Rochford, was sent on a diplomatic mission to France to ask for the postponement of a meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I because of Anne's condition: "being so far gone with child she could not cross the sea with the king". Chapuys backs this up in a letter dated 27 July, where he refers to Anne's pregnancy. We do not know what happened with this pregnancy as there is no evidence of the outcome.
Dewhurst writes of how the pregnancy could have resulted in a miscarriage or stillbirth, but there is no evidence to support this, he therefore wonders if it was a case of pseudocyesis, a false pregnancy, caused by the stress that Anne was under – the pressure to provide a son. Chapuys wrote on 27 September "Since the king began to doubt whether his lady was enceinte or not, he has renewed and increased the love he formerly had for a beautiful damsel of the court".
Muriel St Clair Byrne, editor of the Lisle Letters, believes that this was a false pregnancy too.
- ^The only evidence for a miscarriage in is a sentence from a letter from Sir William Kingston to Lord Lisle on 24 June when Kingston says "Her Grace has as fair a belly as I have ever seen". However, Dewhurst thinks that there is an error in the dating of this letter as the editor of the Lisle Letters states that this letter is actually from or because it also refers to Sir Christopher Garneys, a man who died in October
- ^Chapuys reported to Charles V on 10 February that Anne Boleyn had miscarried on the day of Catherine of Aragon's funeral: "On the day of the interment [of Catherine of Aragon] the concubine [Anne] had an abortion which seemed to be a male child which she had not borne 3 1/2 months".
- ^Starkey , p.
- ^The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland: Letters and papers, – (v.3 mainly correspondence of the fourth Duke of Rutland).
v Charters, cartularies, &c. Letters and papers, supplementary. Extracts from household accounts. H.M. Stationery Office, , p
- ^ According to Tudor historian, Sylvia Barbara Soberton, "In September , the Venetian ambassador Francesco Contarini reported that “the new Queen Katherine is said for certain to be pregnant”.
Three months later, on 31 December , the French ambassador Charles de Marillac saw Katherine and observed that she was “grosse”, stout.
Mary boleyn portrait Henry VIII of England had several children. The best known children are the three legitimate offspring who survived infancy and would succeed him as monarchs of England, successively, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.The word “grosse” was used in French to describe a pregnant woman. In April , de Marillac continued to report about Katherine’s pregnancy, writing “that this Queen is thought to be with child, which would be a very great joy to this King, who, it seems, believes it, and intends, if it be found true, to have her crowned at Whitsuntide”.
According to this report, Katherine was pregnant and the King made plans to have her crowned on Whitsunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter. De Marillac reported that the preparations for her coronation were in full swing, which seems to prove the court was preparing for the coronation and then the christening of Katherine Howard’s child.
Another ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, reported in November that during the last Lent—during the same period that de Marillac reported about Katherine’s pregnancy—there was “some presumption that she [the Queen] was in the family way [pregnant]”. Unfortunately, nothing further was reported of this pregnancy after Lent of "
- ^Varlow, Sally ().William carey Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the King's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either. Mary was also rumoured to have been a mistress of Henry VIII's rival, King Francis I of France, for some period between and [3].
Lady Penelope: The Lost Tale of Love and Politics in the Court of Elizabeth I. Andre Deutsch. ISBN.
- ^Hart, Kelly (1 June ). The Mistresses of Henry VIII (Firsted.). The History Press. ISBN.
Further reading
- The Lady Penelope: The Lost Tale of Love and Politics in the Court of Elizabeth I by Sally Varlow (Andre Deutsch ISBN)
- The Children of Henry VIII by John Guy (Oxford UP, ISBN)
- Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII – by Alison Weir (Jonathan Cape, ; Vintage, ISBN)
- Hart, Kelly ().
The Mistresses of Henry VIII (Firsted.). The History Press. ISBN.
- Starkey, David (). Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII. Chatto & Windus.
Mary boleyn wikipedia
Circumstantial evidence indicates a high probability that Henry VIII fathered two children by Mary Boleyn, meaning that he has many descendants in both England and America.ISBN.
- Williams, Neville (). Henry VIII and his court. New York: Macmillan. ISBN.
- Whitley, Catrina Banks; Kramer, Kyra (). "A new explanation for the reproductive woes and midlife decline of Henry VIII". The Historical Journal. 53 (4): – doi/SX ISSNX. S2CID
- Jones, Philippa ().
The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards. London: New Holland Publishers. ISBN.