Jane…my feelings on her are ambivalent. She was a step up from Anne Boleyn as she was extremely kind to Mary but I don’t like how she ignored Elizabeth who needed even more help. Yes, in the show it was nice of her to send the necklace to pay for new clothes and to personally invite her to Christmas and we all wanna think Jane actually did these things but let’s be honest, people. When it came to being Elizabeth’s stepmother, she was no better than Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour is portrayed to be sweet and innocent but I think as soon as Henry showed any interest in her. She knew what Henry wanted and that was an heir and she put herself forward for this challenge. I think Jane Seymour played a part in the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
What if Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard got an annulment from Henry the 8 and were sent away how do you think there lives would have been like as the years progressed and there reaction towards certain events that happened in England?
@@daesgatling1345 she was in the age window of 14-17, as it was unclear what the exact date of her birth was. Even if we take higher number, she was still pretty much a child.
As far as I know, Jane never made any overtures to help Elizabeth, but I could be wrong. Mary was good to her as a child but of course their relationship soured as their religious differences and political factions and incidents became a cause for Mary to be resentful, jealous and suspicious of Elizabeth.
I would not say it romanticizes Henry VIII. It mostly reaches the same conclusion anyone naturally would that Henry VIII was a deeply troubled man who did a lot of horrible things. The show doesn't shy away from his rougher edges. I am much more unsettled by how Hamilton the Musical white-washes its portrayal of the American founding fathers and continues a long tradition of treating those men as nearly divine figures rather than as flawed human beings. To be honest, I have yet to see any mass media praise Henry VIII or shy away from his obvious flaws and likewise I have seen few if any examples of American mass media ever genuinely critique the Founding Fathers in any meaningful manner.
@IBeMelissa, I understand that for a lead actor, the series has to go with a good actor even though it may not match the historical Henry, but for a much smaller role such as Princess Elizabeth, the series could have come much closer to the historical portrait of Rlizabrth. The hair color alone doesn’t even come close:
I think he would've given jane anything she wanted. She gave him a son, probably would've given him more, she was also kind and obedient, the type of queen henry needed.
As theelitemanticore151 said, they were first cousins once removed, not aunt and niece, but it probably wasn't something she'd mention in front of Henry. He supposedly never spoke about Anne again, it wouldn't be a good idea to talk about her.
I love the 1969 BBC version "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", but the Catherine Howard episode was poorly cast. In that episode, Catherine was a churlish and mean spirited woman who routinely beat up on one of her cousins. Angela Pleasance, at 29, was also too old to be portraying her. The part of Lady Rochford (Jane Parker) was cast even worse. Sheila Birrell was unattractive and middle aged with a masculine voice. The real Jane Parker was actually younger and attractive.
I feel bad for both of them but more for Mary. If Phillip actually wanted to be a man, he wouldn't have been such a loser and perhaps his dinasty might have ruled over England. SAD!
No answer to my question tells me you're one of those channels that just gives a heart to every comment without attempting to read some of them I mean my god there was only one comment here and you couldn't even read it ? I won't be subscribing
I missed the coronation and watched a little bit of it later here on the tube but I don't recall them actually playing Spem in Alium there ... ? I'm just wondering if you added it here but did they do it at any point during the ceremony ?
Do they know if this painting was made in France or did it just somehow end up there, because I don’t know why Anne would be wearing a gable hood in France as that would have been unfashionable there. The only other way this could possibly be Anne is if she sent a portrait to the royal court of Francois after she was queen as a gift… but if she was queen, that would not be her coat of arms, which I am not sure is even connected to the Boleyn Family. So I have my doubts this is her.
