Henry was smitten with this show of virtue, henceforth insisting on meeting her only with a chaperone. They married shortly afterwards. The new queen held conservative religious beliefs. Without a son, Jane was vulnerable, and the postponement of her coronation was ominous. Finally, in March , her pregnancy was announced. Henry was solicitous to his wife, resolving to stay close to her and ordering fat quails from Calais when she desired to eat them.
Jane endured a labour of two days and three nights before bearing a son, Edward, at Hampton Court Palace on 12 October, to great rejoicing. She was well enough to appear at the christening on 15 October, lying in an antechamber, wrapped in furs.
In reality, she was probably suffering from puerperal, or childbed, fever. She died on 24 October. She was later joined there by the king, who requested burial beside the mother of his only surviving son. Her child succeeded as Edward VI , but died at the age of Elizabeth Norton is an author and historian. She suggests that Henry saw Jane as a traditional and meek woman, and a safe option:. But within weeks of their marriage Henry was commenting that there were more attractive women at court he could have married.
It was simply the fact that Jane gave Henry a son that set her above the other wives. We can learn about Jane from many sources, notably the letters and papers of Henry VIII, and reports of foreign ambassadors.
Then, of course, there are her actions themselves. From all of that, we can deduce quite a lot about her. We can infer that she was a person of some principle, who had the courage to stand up for the things she really cared about.
This saw her challenge the king on two notable occasions. Firstly, Jane helped reunite Henry with his eldest daughter, Mary , who had been declared a bastard when Henry divorced her mother, Catherine of Aragon. She had sided with her mother and the old Catholic order, and as the king was pushing through the Reformation , Mary was banished from court.
George's Chapel alongside him. When Anne arrived in England on January 1, , Henry was shocked that she looked nothing like the painting. He tried to halt the wedding, but because the arrangement had progressed so far, they married on January 6, By this time, he had become overweight and unable to walk. With enough evidence that she had been at least promiscuous, Catherine was executed for adultery and treason at the Tower Green on February 13, Henry married his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, in July A spirited and educated widow, when Catherine showed an interest in Protestantism, Henry had her arrested.
But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. Jane Austen was a Georgian era author, best known for her social commentary in novels including 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma. Lady Jane Grey is one of the most romanticized monarchs of Tudor England. Her nine-day reign was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain Protestant rule.
This challenge cost her the throne and her head. Jane Goodall is known for her years of living among chimpanzees in Tanzania to create one of the most trailblazing studies of primates in modern times. She was executed on charges of incest, witchcraft, adultery and conspiracy against the king. Henry VIII, king of England, was famously married six times and played a critical role in the English Reformation, turning his country into a Protestant nation.
Mary Tudor was the first queen regnant of England, reigning from until her death in She is best known for her religious persecutions of Protestants and the executions of over subjects. She bore his first male heir, King Edward VI, before dying of complications. Olivia Rodrigo —.
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