Claire | May 28, 2013
On 28th May 1533, five days after the special court at Dunstable Priory had declared Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer proclaimed the validity of Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn after a special enquiry at Lambeth Palace. The proclamation was just in time for Anne Boleyn’s coronation pageantry, which […]
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Claire | April 8, 2011
I’ve been inspired to write this post today by two long, and at times rather heated, debates on The Anne Boleyn Files forum regarding Henry VIII being a bigamist and also Anne Boleyn being a homewrecker. Nikki from Texas got the ball rolling on the bigamy topic by pointing out that Henry VIII married a […]
Category: Anne Queen Consort, Henry VIII, Marriage, Six Wives, Tudor Events |
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