The Tudor Queens & Consorts of England 5/8 

Honestly the holbein portraits don’t do justice but I always thought your portrait was the nicest.

@@KG-ds2fj Thanks :) Have a nice day

You inspired me to learn German ym!

@@brettlarch8050 Bravo! Go ahead,it's a beautiful language and one of the most prosperous as well but one thing to be kept in mind that I too was foreign to the english language but learned it quickly and so will you learn the german language. All the best :)

I’m a big fan of yours Anne, can I get your signature? :D

He wouldn't have taken her head she had a country behind her. She wasn't technically his subject so ouldnt be trialed or executed as said other English subjects who became Queens.

The King's sister, actually. You do have a point, tough! She was the smartest and luckiest! I love Anne of Cleves!

@@ShallowApple22 But if he had married her first? Catherine of Aragon was not initially an English subject either and, while he didn't kill her, he certainly found a way to make her life miserable. There is no doubt that he would've done the same to Anne of Cleves had she put up a fight about it.

@@Laramaria2 Thanks for pointing out the typo! I fixed it.

@@desertrose0027 😊❤

*Granddaughters-in-law, Liz; times've changed.

Liz I’m wondering- what attracted you to Edward? Was it his money, power, prestige, looks? What did you think about his brothers George and Richard, at least before Richard seized power

Hello lady Elizabeth🙇‍♀️

Hey ma

@@njb1126 🤣 they were one of the very few couples who actually were in love but a fat wallet and an army don't hurt tho

Thank you! I say this all the time. A lot of people think she was a regular in-the-background silent Queen but she wasn't. She was a good mother and a savy woman in her own right.

@@areiaaphrodite It's easy for the hardships of Elizabeth's life to be overlooked with all the important figures of her day. She was born into a scandalous marriage to begin with. Then her father was chased from his throne and forced into Burgundian exile for a year until he was able to retake the throne and Elizabeth and her siblings lived in a dangerous sanctuary during that period, never knowing if today would be the day they were taken prisoner. When her father did return, he had to be more cutthroat on the throne, leading to Edward being forced to execute his own brother which had to be a difficult time in the family. Then Edward unexpectedly died at age 40, before he could secure the futures of any of his children. Within the year, her other paternal uncle would steal the throne and her two brothers would either die or go missing. Many members of her mother's family would be killed trying to maintain control of the "princes in the tower". It had to bee a very traumatizing time for her. Simultaneously, her uncle Richard had her and her remaining sisters declared bastards. But that didn't stop him from considering a marriage to Elizabeth to shore up his claims. He also forced his nieces to join him at court. I can't imagine what that time period was like for Elizabeth. She had to kiss the rear of the man who she likely believed killed her baby brothers. She even had to make herself emotionally available to him because she knew how valuable she was as a marriage prize. In the minds of many people, Elizabeth was the true heir to the throne and Richard knew it. Just as Elizabeth was resigning herself to her fate as Richard's wife, her mother was working behind the scenes to betroth Elizabeth to a distant cousin she had not met before. Yet another relative who was going to use her rightful claim to steal her throne. And then her world was shaken again when Richard was killed and Henry was made king. Luckily she found a sympathetic and kind man in her hew husband, but she must have been terrified. She was still only a teen. It doesn't surprise me that Elizabeth and Henry were able to find common ground and form a bond of love. They had both been through so much and had nearly lost everything. They worked hard to create a lasting peace because their whole lives had been defined by the blood feuds of their ancestors. But poor Elizabeth was not done suffering. Not even close. She and Henry lost multiple children in infancy and they suffered terribly from the losses. Then the lost their beloved eldest son and heir and the pressure was on for Elizabeth to produce another son. Unfortunately she died in the effort. Elizabeth of York lived a life that was 100% duty bound. The throne was her destiny and her fate and she proved to be more than up for the task. It was easy in that time period for men to create dissension and rebellion, but Elizabeth managed to create what no other figure of her time could which was a lasting peace between the members of her family on both sides. I also love the detail that her granddaughter and namesake would serve a similar role in the religious strife years later. Her granddaughter Elizabeth would bring religious tolerance and her own brand of peace and prosperity.

Ikr thx 💅

Unfortunately pop culture doesn’t help. The White Princess by Philippa Gregory is totally inaccurate and presents their marriage as abusive when it wasn’t in real life.

I liked Him He only Lost 1 Battle Anyway He is A Warrior King

@@korbangabut5767 Nor was it true that nobody liked him: he was a conscientious lawgiver in the North, trusted for at least two decades by Edward IV, was aware and respectful of his wife, respected and loved by the citizens of York, and trusted by the many soldiers under his command. The commentary in this video is based on outdated information.

Richard III is so misrepresented in this video. No one knows what happened to the princes. To blatantly say he murdered them is bad history. I have been enjoying these videos up to this point.

Hi king henry!

Well, we like him

what about Anne then? She suffered at least 3 miscarriages. it is highly likely that Henry himself suffered from some reproductive disorder. He may even have caught STDs given the number of women he slept with.

@@obsessivefangirl5055 that is true. I forgot about that theory!

@@obsessivefangirl5055 They think Anne had a weird blood disease that causes only the first born child to live while the others are killed sometime by the blood sometime in the pregnancy nowadays it’s treated by transfusions but ofc then they didn’t have that. But I think the theory about Henry is a good one

There's another theory that Henry had a rare blood type that can cause many health problems including struggling to conceive healthy children

Constant Emerald Still mainly it was most likely Henry’s fault. He slept with over 300 women. Must’ve got so many stds, different diseases from doing so which can play a big role in stillbirths, miscarriages. Including the other theories about Henry. Catherine of Aragon went through 6-10 pregnancies, and Anne Boleyn 3-4. That’s what a bunch of historians said.

Please forgive me i did ruin your lives :(

@@kinghenryviiiofengland4376 I forgive you, Henry, you gave me jewels and clothes ;)

@@KHowardishereandthefunsbegun Ill give you more :D

Horrible histories eh?

@@SungSNam yeah

Your. Majesty ...

Hello, Anne! My dear cousin

So how did you feel about your entry?

Yes you are...

Your Majesty Im Abdulrahman

it makes us happy to know that as well :)

It’s like a walk in history...with weirdos😂😉

@@kristi4113 royal weirdos

Thx! It makes my day to talk to people :)

@@blueberriesarepurple4386 ahhh my fav queen

That particular incident also had to do with Mary's new husbands influence and ultimatums.

Yeah but if they didn’t kill her people (greedy nobles) would’ve kept rising up in her name whether she wanted them too or not 😬

That's what makes her so tragic. Mary knew that Jane being made queen was not her doing, but Northumberland, her father in law, trying to control the throne, so wanted to leave Jane alone. Sadly, Jane couldn't stop other people and nobles rising up in her name, even if she never wanted the throne or power. Her story really hammers home how noblewomen were just seen as tools for their ambitious male relatives. I think Anne Boleyn's father escaped execution even though he was the one who pushed her to interact with the king.

If Jane Grey had been able to survive there would have been endless attempts to put her on the throne. Mary would have no peace.

England would've been A Satellite State.

I’m actually glad I didn’t.

@@tulip_rose765 stfu

@@deondreyoung8989 Excuse you!? That is no way to speak to a queen!

It’s be more interesting if she went ahead and married a Lutheran. It’d just be interesting to see her marry someone who she love and would be loved back (politically).

Hi Jane! Tell Ed I say hi! :)

Hiiii

@@lollipop96537 Hello Your Majesty

@@lollipop96537 Hi Elizabeth! ♥ I will tell him the next time I see him! ♥😁

@@keylawarburton5787 Hello ☺♥

I snorted-my apologies 😂

Your the one who legitimized your husbands reign, so it’s all thanks to you!😊

Hi mother in law❤

Also the one your son Henry ended

The current Dynasty still goes through Elizabeth of York and Edward the Fourth. Instead of proceeding and Elizabeth of York and Henry the 7th. Instead of proceeding through Henry the 8th it proceeded through his older sister Margaret who married James of Scottland......James I of England (& 6th of Scotland was her great grandson, so Elizabeth of Your & Elizabeth Woodville did have the crown follow their direct descendants.

@@ladyagnes9430 You known it already?

I heard somewhere else its more likely due to Catherine being a devout Catholic she frequently fasted even while pregnant

Good point

@@agatha6999 me too, and probably the sickeness that she suffered didn't help either.

Could be. Also, I don't think it helped the fact that she did not eat properly while she was dowager princes of Wales. Her father in law did not help her with money and she barely had money to live and to buy food. She often bought food that was expired because she could not afford to eat fresh meat.

@@roxanacimpean2028 it probably didn't help matters. Medical knowledge, especially for noble ladies was not the best, especially with male doctors.

How were the fruit snacks? Did you catch them in your mouth?

@@SungSNam LOL

Hey Katherine! How are you?

Hello Katherine!

@@SungSNam I got three ;( but I ate them all off the floor- hold on, Dereham got me more

*Henry VIII

Girl, you wanna bring up being serious, but have you met yourself, Your Majesty???😉 #wearenotamused

Hi your majesty

Your majesty how are you I hope well you where a wonderful queen

Henry wasn’t always the tyrant we know him as today. While he was married to Anne Boleyn he was in a serious hoisting accident that caused severe brain damage and an ulcer on his leg that never healed. His personality markedly changed after the incident, becoming more cruel and selfish.

Riiiight? Personally, I’d show my love by refusing to be involved in my father’s dangerous machinations, but to each his own 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes, I think there's a lot of misunderstanding surrounding Anne of Cleves. It was not that Henry found her unattractive *per se;* nor that she found Henry unattractive *per se.* I'm not sure if Henry 'properly' loved any of his wives, but I think he loved the *idea* of the big 3 (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, & Jane Seymour). Henry also wanted, or perhaps expected, to be loved by his wives in return. He tried, in his own stupid, narcissistic way, to get Anne of Cleves to love him. When the costume trick failed utterly, it confirmed for him every doubt he already had about the marriage & prevented him from going through with it any longer. Henry was never enamored with the idea of Anne of Cleves (mainly b/c of her personality; Henry liked well-educated & 'witty' women. Anne wasn't that well-educated & she didn't have a strong personality like Anne Boleyn did, nor the strength to tell him 'no' like Jane Seymour did). He went along with it for diplomatic reasons & hoped things would work out. They didn't. Henry had a 'type,' but he was also a changeable man (for when he moves on from a women he always goes after someone distinctly different than the person he was with just before). He's a hard figure to square away, b/c he fancies himself a thoughtful & complicated man while also remaining a misogynistic, narcissistic, tyrant. He almost always had well-thought out 'reasons' for what he did, but those reasons were often ex-post-facto justifications for the actions his instincts drove him towards anyway.

Henry's affairs were of no importance to state affairs (although Henry FitzRoy's sheer existence helped Henry prove he could father a living son). The affairs of his *wives* on the other hand, had the potential to destabilize the succession; any son born by them could be suspected a bastard & overthrown. Not to mention Henry's pride at being cuckolded. Now, admittedly, of his wives, only Catherine Howard probably cheated on him. The 'evidence' brought against Anne Boleyn was of a particularly manufactured nature. Getting her out of the way had more to do with the king's advisors. They knew Henry wanted to marry Jane Seymour, & they knew giving him an 'out' from his current marriage had the potential to bring with it favor with the king. Henry was a narcissist, but also a thoughtful & complicated man. If he wanted to do something, he would earnestly find a way to make himself believe it. His advisors knew this, & tried to manipulate him to their own ends (typically the advancement of the Protestant religion). Most found it impossible to maintain his favor, changeable as he was.

Anne never cheated, those claims were false

I didn't say she cheated I tried to say that Henry was a hypocrite

But hypocritical, isn’t he?😂😌

As far as I know, only Catherine Howard cheated on Henry VIII during their marriage right?

Whoa, whoa, were six

@@LucieCornelia whoa whoa for five more minutes!

WE'RE SIX!! OOOOOOOOH FOR FIVE FOUR THREE TWO ONE MORE MINUTE!!!!

@@Laramaria2 Were SIX!

These replies give me life. all my musical theatre nerds out if force which is awesome to see. I thought I would make a point and put the hyphen in the word history and separate it to say "his-story" to emphasise that the wives get lost in Henry's story and are not respected as queens in their own right.

Ikr

What threats?

Truer words have never been spoken

True

Ikr

me too it’s my favorite thing in life

Absolutely, it's just so fun to read 😂

Well she was a kid when the Charles the V betrothal happened, and Charles was like 20 something.

@@SungSNam Yea. He was 22

Well, yes it's disgusting that you are literally marrying YOUR EX-FIANCE'S SON but when Mary was betrothed to Charles she was like 6 and Charles was I think 22. This made it a bit less weirder when Mary and Philip married but Mary was still I think 11 years older. Now this is where things get weird. Let's describe the relationship with Mary and Charles. Mary was Charles' ex-fiance, daughter in law, AND 1st cousin

To be brutally honest,for habsburg standards at the time its not even that bad,considering Philip then married the daughter of his sibling and cousin.....

😭😭😭

Lol girl bye 😅😅😅😅

@@lollipop96537 yo you crying for your mama already😂

@@Ellen_sanyang ??

@@angelaaatinnn hellooo

Agreed

Hello sweet Robin

@@lollipop96537 Greetings, Your Majesty! I’ve missed you ❤️

@Amy Lee Yes?

Hi Robert. How's my favorite brother-in-law doing?

The queen is happy, your sire

Listen up let me tell you a story

@@LucieCornelia a story that you think you hred before!

@@owlpaw8022 We know you know our names and our fame and our faces

But what about the glory and the disgraces?

@@Kerriangel I’m done because all this time I put just one word in a stupid rhyme!

Mary Queen of Scots was only 11 when Edward VI died, so highly unlikely even if they betrothed, she could have gotten pregnant, he was also very sickly. England and Scotland became united around 50 years later though King James VI of Scotland, Mary's son, becoming Elizabeth I's successor.

I WAS ILL

Why are you ignoring me?😥😭😢 Are we still friends?😭😥😢

@@catherineofaragonqueencons4505 Yes why?

@@carolineofansbach1690 I was very sad but I feel Much okay now and thanks for cheering me up

@@catherineofaragonqueencons4505 Oh okay!

@@carolineofansbach1690 Is it okay if Katherine Howard joins?

those beauties could achieve world peace

This thread brought to you by Henry VIII's calves

@@Heothbremel truly showstopping

Henry VIII was actually known for his excellent calves (before the jousting accident that caused him to have a never healing ulcer on his leg). In his youth he was considered the most handsome prince in the world. In that time period it was a mark of beauty for a man to have well muscles calves.

You wrote "Henry" wrong 🤣🤣

Cute pun.😂

Hi mary! I bet your video will come after this series!

Last time I was this early you still had a head

@@jasonblack2488 Good one

@@jasonblack2488 Hey! That's rude, but that's also true. Well, I guess I'll just keep on sewing my head back in for every video. 😂

@@SungSNam I really hope so, Kaiya! It would be interesting to watch another movie about myself again! 😊😍

Bruh

@@jonesvideo80 Hi Aethelread!

@@SungSNam hi

Cheeky, Milord. Cheeky.

@@jonesvideo80 how’s life?

Hey......it’s a combination of YOUR house and the lancasters.

That’s me when the it’s time for the Hanover’s... I was king and had been since 1701 when George of Hanover usurped my throne.

😂😂😂

Lindsay:”No one liked Richard III” Well when you murder your nephews, that sort of thing happens

Same 😂😭

@@lollipop96537 XD

@@jonesvideo80 me three! I was like, ‘WHAT? THAT CANT BE THE END! THIS IS THE END!’ Then I remembered Elizabeth didn’t have a husband. AW MAN! Sad emoji face.

@@SungSNam Bruh

@@jonesvideo80 what? Is there something on my face?

Yes

Kings of France are very interesting actually!!

Yes! I’m sure Mary would be very happy to see her family in a video :)

Hallo Anne

@@catherineofaragonqueencons4505 Hallo Catherine

@@catherineofaragonqueencons4505 hey mother

Same

Ditto

The only King more unpopular than Prince Charles 😬

Lindsay:”No one liked Richard III” Well when you murder your nephews, that sort of thing happens

Ikr

True

Poor Katherine 😢

The Hanovers kept calling their sons George.

@@kate_cooper Right....... I think the Stuarts are interesting though, James, Charles, Henriette, Anne, Oh wait there are more James and Charles :(

@@adwinjoseph3773 The thing was, the royals and nobles kept on naming their kids after each other as a way of ingratiating themselves, if they weren’t already named after their parents or other relatives, so the same few names got recycled over and over. 😄

Hi! Cool video on the holy Roman empresses!

Actually Ferdinand did not want the marriage as it would serve limited purpose. Since Henry VII had a living son, any son he would have with Juana would come after Harry, and a daughter would come not only after Harry but his two daughters, Margaret and Mary. Second Henry VII was close to 50 which was getting up there at the time so chances are she would not be a consort very long.

@@janefelix3821 Very true; Juana was informed, though and her response was "Not so soon!"

Hi nic

Oh and can I be the close friend of you andnyour family?

@@catherineofaragonqueencons4505 of course Cathy

@@nicholasiiemperorofallruss6754 thanks for calling me by my nickname😊

Lol

Raising up the roof til we hit the ceiling, get ready for the truth that we'll be revealing

Mary! I forgot to tell you that your mother said she would be back today, but you know it now, so how’s life with both your parents in it?

@@SungSNam It’s amazing 😊 And don’t worry, I already knew before

Hi Mary!

Don't worry your majesty,I was even more late.

@@lollipop96537 Hey Elizabeth! How are you, my dear sister?

In Hilary mantel’s book she was only 13 when henry marry Anne of cleve

I believe it was only because he couldn't retrieve the staggering dowry of Katherine of Aragon, not because he actually liked her

there is actually a myth that henry and jane married the day anne boleyn died, but i'm not really convinced.

Oh ok

I've heard 11 days

lindsay's right if u go on wikipedia u can see jane seymour became queen consort on 30th May 1536 Anne Boleyn was executed on the 19th of May