7 Women Who Escaped Marrying Henry VIII 

Out of all his wives I’d say Anne of Cleves’ life wasn’t ruined by her marriage to Henry. She made no objection to the divorce and in return Henry gave her a great estate and the status of the king’s sister, which allowed her to live the rest of her life as a rich and independent woman. She was the longest living of all Henry’s queens.

The lady who said she would marry him if she 2 heads cracked me up.

i like that you colored the time lines for each of his actual wives the same colors as they have in six the musical

Anne of Cleves did pretty well. She ended up with a couple of palaces and money. She was considered Henry's "sister" and had a high standing at court, only behind his two daughters and his wife.

The Cleves sisters received a different education than English noble women, but not a poor one. While the education of noble girls in England focused on music (playing instruments & dancing), court manners, how to dress to impress, probably foreign languages etc, German noble women back then were taught to run an estate, financial matters, cooking & sewing to gain knowledge and control of expenses and thus to have a better control of servants. Anne of Cleces was famous for her cooking skills which the English nobility found quite an odd skill for a woman of high society.

Poor Eleanor. Seperated from her daughter, only to be rebuffed when she finally met her 28 years later.

Divorced, beheaded and died Divorced, beheaded, survived I'm Henry the eighth, I had six sorry wives Some might say I ruined their lives

Please do a series on French kings. The history of Europe is incomplete without France.

Every time you say the name 'Hans Holbien', the song from the musical starts playing in my head.

Sorry im late, i was trying to draft a death warrant for Henry Tudor

Please do a video on the Queen Consorts of France + princesses/dauphines who didn’t make it to be Queen. I would love to know more about Queen Marie Leszczyńska!

the girls slayed when they made jokes about being beheaded, i really appreciate the sense of humor

If Marguerite had married Henry their son would not have been King of France as Salic law would not allow inheritance through female line. Henry of Navarre became King of France through his father not his mother.

It's highly likely Henry's distaste for Anne was all show to create a public history of inability to consumate in order to annul the marriage later. When he contracted to marry her, neither Henry nor Cromwell had any idea her brother the Duke was deeply involved in a territory dispute with Emperor Charles: he actively hid it from them because he wanted to count on Henry's support if it came to war (which it did, a big one) By the time they found out, Anne was in England. It would have been disastrous for England to have gone into that war on the side of Cleves. Henry probably set up the whole "I like her not" thing to enable him to get out of a very bad alliance. Cromwell was probably executed not because he brought the king an ugly wife, but because he had blindly led him into a dangerous alliance that could have destroyed the fragile but profitable peace made between Charles and Henry after Katharine's death.

These ladies dodged a very large bullet.

I love these historical “what if” videos you do Lindsay! Please keep them coming. 😌

His overexertions in the bedroom likely killed him.😂 I don't know why, but that is so funny.😂

Holy jumping spiders there were 7 women who escaped king Henry wow they must have been pretty smart i can already think of a musical for them.

0:18 the thumbnail you used is my favourite song! ❤

Lindsay, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos! I am a leather-carver working from home all day, everyday and your videos are my favorites to listen to while I'm tooling. It is always just a great joy when I get to learn more history while I'm working on my projects. Hopefully someday I'll get to join you on one of your trips!

Lindsay! Please do a series on the Habsburg rulers. Love your content! You deserve your ascent to 1 M. Hearth please ❤❤❤❤❤

We need more history but like smaller kingdoms that barely anyone knew existed would be nice

I feel like we should get a video on the Kings and Queens of Portugal. And France.

Had things been just a little different, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots might've been half-sisters...

There's two ways the rhyme could have went with seven wives: Divorced, beheaded, the one who died, divorce, beheaded, beheaded, survived. But personally, I think it woul be better the original one with an s on the second "beheadeds".

7:26 That's impossible. France followed Salic law, which completely barred women & their descendants from claiming the throne. After the 3 sons of Henry III of France died, Philip II of Spain claimed the Frence throne for his daughter, since his mother was Henry's sister, but a significant amount of French nobility refused, invoking the Salic law. Henry IV was chosen because he was a 9th male-line descendant of Louis IX of France.

LOVE your English history videos Lindsay! English history is my favorite subject and you're my favorite teacher! Than for all your hardwork ❤❤❤❤

As you make more videos of Henry VIII, the more shade is thrown 😂 I live for the Henry VIII reading session.

Love this!! Please can you do a video about Philip Sidney and his daughter Elizabeth? They both have incredible stories and I don’t know how Elizabeth hasn’t had her own tv show yet. Her story is crazy!!!

sometimes history can be a tough one to find engaging for some people but your videos always make me on the edge of my seat, always making the people come to life. i love hearing the same human experiences being had through time, though it’s always sad when they didn’t have the clarity we do now whether medical or social taboos.

Anne's son died before she was executed. If Henry wasn't such a monster perhaps they would have eventually had another son that survived maybe more than one.

This is one of my favorite videos on this channel! Such a creative premise!!!

Marguerites son would not inherit France because women are excluded in French succession. but maybe another hundred years war.

Love! Please come to Jamaica, I plan and guide historical trips too!

Pls do a video on the descendants of those women whom avoided being married to king Henry the 8th

Make more videos on the Stuart era queens and consorts... and french kings... please, I love your videos

I wonder if any of them who were passed over just felt relieved any time news of another wife’s fate reached them.

Another tuesday another amazing video by the Queen of History! Your voice is so soothing and amazing to listen to Lindsay! Could hear you for hours talking about painting and never get bored! Always look forward to your content, all those AI history documentaries out there have NOTHING on you! Huge fan! Can you please consider a video on Blessed Karl?

It's horrible how all these women were essentially considered as pawns in marriage, as far as the men in their lives were concerned. At least they didn't end up divorced or beheaded.

"If I had two heads, then one will be at His Majesty's disposal. Alas, I have only this one." Christina of Denmark was only 16 when she turned down Henry VIII

Damn, there's an alternate History, what if Henry was allied to France

Henry IV didn't inherite the throne because of his mother and grandmother due to salic law. He was in line to the throne because HIS FATHER, Anthoine belonged to the house of Bourbon, descended from Robert, son of King Louis IX. Henry viii didn't. If Marguerite had married Henry, Antoine's legitimate offspring (with whatever woman he would have got married) would have inherited the throne after Henry III.

Please could you do a series on French palaces and castles because they outshine other 😊

Can you please do a series on French palaces and castle like how you did with England 😅😊LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ❤

Oooh! My teen was waiting for this video😍 Time to go down another Tudor rabbit hole fueled by autism, this should be a fun time, thanks Lindsay!👌💐❤

Amazing video Lindsay!

Please do french kings history, love your videos very informative.

Could you please do a series of videos on Russian history? I love it so much but it’s so confusing especially with all the usurping that was going on during the 18th century😭

I was wondering if you could please do a series on French kings? I would loveee that

Hiii im really huge fan of yours. Your the reason why im so much interested in history, and why im continuing to study it. But I have a request, could you do a video about the history of king Baldwin the lV please 💛💛💛

I love your videos. Please make a video about Grand Duchy of Lithuania nobility. ❤

Lindsay you are amazing and I love your videos 😊

Marguerite didn't convert to Protestanism. She was born and died as a Catholic. She just was open to reforming the Church, while condemning Protestanism.

Lindsay, please do one about the monarchs of Sweden, Scotland, or Ireland.....or Greece.....or Norway.....or Iceland lol ❤

I must stop at 7:50: I enjoy listening to your videos, but please, please, please read the more recent research on Juana done by Bethany Aram and Gillian Fleming, and even the older biography, "Castles and the Crown", by Townsend Miller: Juana was NOT drowning in sorrow at Philip's death, and more than likely was NOT suffering from mental instability. She was not shut away by Fernando because of concern for her sanity but because she was the queen regnant in Castile and Fernando needed the power and authority of Castile to continue his own influence. Before that, Philip was doing the same. After Fernando, Charles would double the efforts, because as long as she was alive, he could not legally be king. And, bitter joke on him, she lived until 1555, the year Charles abdicated.

"Henry the 8th wanted to wed the baby queen..."(me snapping my head)"... to his 5 year old son" me oh okay

Please please please do a series on French monarchs I beg you

Christina of Milan was a savage 😂❤

Fantastic video!! You Always have excellent uploads❤❤

Thanks for the video

I’m loving the Queens but I will love to see some video about Kings because I will love to get to know more about them

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

No wonder seven women don't even know about Henry the eight at all, glad neither of them didn't get a chance with him.

You come off as really knowledgeable, as well as both chill & enthusiastic. You'd be fun to travel with!! Unfortunately, I'm currently transitioning out of teaching so I'll let you know when I have disposable income again... :(

🎶Don't worry, don't lose your head 🎶

"And the rhyme just wouldn't have worked." Hell, even with four wives, it would've worked better. "Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Survived." Could be used as a jump-roping song.

I have always wanted to know about these women.

“And the rhyme just wouldn’t have worked” 😂😂😂 truee

So is it insinuated that Maria of Portugal blamed her mom Eleanor for the lack of marriage prospects? Did she really resent her mom for looking like a Hapsburg? That's really sad if that's true. I feel bad for Eleanor

Should note that Marguerite's line that technically inherited the throne of France but because her daughter married Antoine who was a direct male line descendant of Louis IX. Had she married Henry and Francis' line still gone extinct it would have still passed to the Bourbons, just possible a different branch of them. I think the whole Hundred Years War thing showed England they had no business trying to rule France.

No disrespect to Jane Seymour, but I don’t put stock in the notion that she was “the love of [Henry VIII’s] life” (15:15). His “favorite”, yes - she birthed the son he wanted above all things and died before he became disenchanted with her. But you get the sense he’d lost the capacity to love disinterestedly by the time he met Jane. ::shrugging:: It doesn’t really matter. I just get peeved that Henry’s PR attempt to erase his love story with Catherine of Aragon actually gained traction!

Fun video. Thanks L ❤💍

hi linsday. im a fan of your videos. can you do the marcos family of the philipines plz

Marie de Guise is Mary Queen of Scots mother.

Hi Lindsay!! I found your channel earlier this year and it's been so perfect for hyperfixating hahah. ❤ thank you for all your content!

I’m sorry but that portrait of Francois at 1:40 is so funny 😭

Thanks!

Lindsay! Will we be getting a video about your AMAZING trip to scotland? I hope so! 😊😊😊😊😊

looks like you were in the fountain gardens in paisley where william wallace was born

Though I love England history. I think you also should explore other Europe history’s. Or even ancient Egypt or Rome history

Even if he was told that it has been proven scientifically that the man decides the sex and the womens genetics decide the quantity of babies he still would blame the women for not giving him a male heir. Love that Queen Elizabeth I outlived them all and had a very long reign

7:20 France might not have been ruled by a descendant of Henry VIII and Marguerite because of the Salic Law of Succession!

1:40 right pic is so funny 😢😢😂

Listening to Maria of Portugal's story knowing she's a Hapsburg: "Eventually her half-brother..." NO NO PLEASE THE HAPSBURGS SURELY WOULDN'T GO THAT FAR "granted her a duchy" OH BLESSED RELIEF

“But the only offer came from an eleven year old boy, so she never married.” Pfft. That’s hilarious.

I was going to say Hank didn't want the Hasburge jaw!

Mary of Guise passed on some strong genes, Elizabeth 2, Margret, Anne and Charlotte all have echos of that portrait!

I'M LEVITATING BRO THE SIX COLORS 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

Wonder if they could get the musical sequel about them? "The SEVEN" XD

Really interesting, thank youn🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

You have oversimplified the situation that went on in Denmark-Sweden-Norway. Denmark lost Sweden in 1520, while Christine (Her Danish name) was still a child and living in the Netherlands with her aunt. Even if she did have a claim to the Danish-Swedish throne, she would have lost her claim to the Swedish throne before the Habsburgs started to put their support behind her. Her father was arrested in 1523 and forced off the throne. No longer a King and he spent the rest of his life in prison. He was replaced with his uncle, King Frederik the I. Christian was however used as a political pawn in Denmark's Civil War of 1534-36, by the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, who in reality wanted to put their own candidate on the throne. But he never himself took any part in the war. He was first imprisoned at Sønderborg Castle and after King Christian the III had made peace with the Netherlands, he was moved to the no longer existing Kalundborg Castle, where he died in 1559. Denmark was an Elective Monarchy at the time and therefore it wasn't agiven that Christian the II's children could have taken the throne. And as there had yet to have been an official female monarch on the Danish throne, it would have been doubtful the nobility would have elected her as Queen. The Habsburgs refused to acknowledge King Frederik and later his son, King Christian the III as Kings of Denmark, and that is why they threw their support behind Christian the II's daughters already in 1523. NOT after Christian the II died. Because King Christian the III made peace with the Habsburgs and they acknowledged him before Christian the II's death. This we know because King Christian the III died a month before Christian the II.

Can you do more history on asia specifically the Philippines

The detail about Manuel's back is a new one for me! Can you let me know the source? Thanks!

Its gross how back then royals were forced to be married young to preserve peace between countries (Even if the bride and groom probably did not like each other of course most did) Or older kings marrying younger people (Such as Katherine Howard who was only 19 she was young and nieve) I'm only 20 and would not consider getting married for at least another 10 years.

They still have heads in the palace with Henry 8. That's amazing (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)

Lol thank god lol and the fact the princesses that made fun of him and knew that they said it was hilarious 😅😅😅

Anne of Cleves was smarter than people gave her credit for. She gave Henry what he wanted right away. She was smart. An got to live her life pretty much how she wanted. The key with Henry was to give up.

For some reason in this one the narration seemed so fast. I had to rewind and rewatch multiple times because the pictures and narrative were flipping by and I couldn't grasp what was being said before it was on to the next...

Great video

Really interesting!