“Nature wronged her by not making her a man. But for her sex she would have surpassed all the rulers of history.” - Oliver Cromwell, upon the death of Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, divorced from Henry VIII.
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Remember the riddle about going to St. Ives and meeting a man with seven wives? Well, on my way to my blog this morning, I stumbled across such a man on a great Web site.
Althogh I thought I knew all there was to know about his wives, I found excellent biographical sketches on each.
No deep thoughts or frivolous froufrou to offer you today. I’m still thinking about the above quote and am knee-deep in history.
Here they are, complete with portraits: the six wives of Henry VIII. Some things you just can’t get enogh of!
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2 comments:
Outstanding! The eye winess acconts of Anne Boleyn's coronation and beheading were faxcinating. Would love to read Henry's love letters to Anne archived at the Vatican!
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