Talk:Wives of Henry VIII

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[edit] Table

Perhaps this page is the appropriate place for the table on the Wives of Henry VIII which is now on the Talk:Henry_VIII_of_England page?

[edit] Mistresses section removal

I removed the following text from the Mistresses section:

Seymours and Howards didn't get along at all. Madge was Anne Shelton's daugter and Anne beat Princess Mary up horribly.They were, no doubt, rivals. Jane was either played by her little and big brother who'dboth be executed during her son's reign, just did what the king wanted, or she ( like what Anne & I believe) knew exactly what she was doing and thought of ways to get his attention. Jane was loyal to Catalina/ Catherine and Mary. Jane restored daughter Mary to Henry's favor and even tried to convince him to make her a princess again. Henry and his big ego declared that because Mary's was someone else's daughter, it'd be a no. The two were talking about marriage and sons even before Anne got the chop, thus wedding eleven days later in dazzingly white. She, too, refused to be his mistress. There were also others between 1510 and 1527, when he fell in love with Anne Boleyn.

It seems fairly nonsensical; if anyone can find legitimate information in this section or can clean it up and add it back in, please be my guest. --biriwilg 02:33, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Was Anne Boleyn really born in 1501? I don't believe it. Then she would already have been 32 when she gave birth to Elizabeth - quite old for a first child - about the same age when Catherine of Aragon had her last child (stillbirth). There's another year (1504) in the article about Anne Boleyn.

The article about Anne Boleyn actually says 1501/1507. If this article is going to say 1501, she was not 28 when she died, but 35. Richardson mcphillips1 02:34, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard annulled?

Henry had his marriage to Anne Boleyn annulled a few days before she was killed. There is some controversy about Catherine Howard - if she had a legitimate pre-contract with Dereham then she was not really married to Henry. the BBC says her marriage to Henry was annulled - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A2666216, http://www.themakeupgallery.info/period/c16/henry/index.htm Richardson mcphillips1 03:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dates question

It says that Anne Boleyn survived from 1501-1536 but it says she was beheaded at 28. One set of numbers is wrong, but I do not have the information to say which one it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.71.36 (talk) 18:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Questions about her birth year will probably never be solved. The two best guesses are 1501 and 1507, hence the two ages. -- Secisek (talk) 07:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Catherine of Aragon, only royal wife

I have removed this as Anne of Cleves was also royal. If anyone ants to keep in a version of this, perhaps it could be reworded. Boleyn (talk) 17:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)