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Editor says, what if Anne Boleyn agreed to by Henry VIII's unwed mistress? muses Jackie Rose. Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the May 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1522, on this day the lady Anne Boleyn has just returned from Paris .. and she enchants Henry VIII. She gladly agrees to be his mistress and is soon the mother of a bouncing baby girl named Elizabeth.
Mistress Boleyn
by Jackie RoseWhen Henry's legitimate son Edward VI dies, both Anne Boleyn's b*stard daughter and her sister Mary's illegitimate son are kept far from court. The crown passes to the only rightful heiress, a devoted Protestant named Lady Jane Grey, who is married to Guildford Dudley.
Since the Grey family was pretty productive, the House of Dudley lasts for centuries .. with no Catholic Stuarts, Protestant William and Mary or Bonnie Prince Charlie's revolt.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Politicians Source: Wikipedia Labels: Henry VIII, Tudor, Boleyn, Royal Family, Edward VI. Editor says, what really happened: Anne Boleyn insisted on marriage and was beheaded for failing to produce a legitimate son.
~ This might well have happened...another possibility might be if Catherine of Aragon had had a surviving son, removing the pressure to get rid of her and find a new Queen. That said...without the fuss about getting rid of Catherine, would England have gone Protestant at that time? It might not have, in which case Jane Grey would be a Catholic.
~ Dunno about the entire Western world (the Nordic countries and northern Germany turned Protestant), but it would be a substantially different Christendom.
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