Claire | September 7, 2023
On this day in Tudor history, 7th September 1533, at three o’clock in the afternoon and less than two weeks after she had taken to her chamber, Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, gave birth to her first child at Greenwich Palace (Palace of Placentia).
Claire | March 14, 2021
Happy Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day to all those in countries celebrating today! I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating. I always find it sad that Anne Boleyn didn’t have much chance to be a mother, and being queen made it difficult anyway, when the child was whisked off away from court to their […]
Claire | March 29, 2019
In this instalment of my series “Questions about Anne Boleyn”, I answer the question “Did Anne Boleyn have much of a relationship with Elizabeth?” I consider whether Anne Boleyn was disappointed with her daughter’s birth, whether there is evidence that she didn’t bond with Elizabeth, and how she was involved with the princess’s early life […]
Claire | March 11, 2018
Happy Mother’s Day, or Mothering Sunday to give it its proper name, to those in countries celebrating today! I hope you have a special day. Here are some articles and resources from the archives which I hope you will find of interest: Anne Boleyn, Mother of Elizabeth I Did Anne Boleyn have a stepmother? Thomas […]
Claire | March 6, 2016
Mothering Sunday is celebrated today in the UK and some other countries, so a very Happy Mothering Sunday to all those celebrating today, I hope you get thorooughly spoiled. Here’s an extract from my feast days article in the March edition of Tudor Life magazine: Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Lent and so, […]
Claire | September 7, 2015
On 7th September 1533, at three o’clock in the afternoon and less than two weeks after she had taken to her chamber, Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, gave birth to her first child at Greenwich Palace (Palace of Placentia). The baby was a daughter and was “a beautiful infant with natural coloring […] beautiful […]
Claire | March 30, 2014
As it is Mothering Sunday in the UK, I wanted to share with you snippets from my chapter “Anne Boleyn the Mother” from The Anne Boleyn Collection II. The chapter goes into detail on the rituals and traditions associated with pregnancy and childbirth in Tudor times, but today I want to concentrate on what we […]
