Comments on: 24 October 1537 – Death of Queen Jane Seymour

By: Areti

Areti — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:26:04 +0000

Yes exactly she wasn’t an angel.I believe no human can be an angel because is only HUMAN!Of cource we have the good persons and the bad persons.What frustrates me a lot is that only Anne is called a homewrecker and I HEARTILY believe that she was not.Henry’s marriage was at an end before Anne and without hope.When Jane came to the scene Anne was pregnant…so what makes her so different..? I can only see that she destroyed a marriage that had still hope.By the way Henry WAS much more responsible for the destruction of his marriage! I will eternally believe that no one back in those times could accept a fresh and new mind like Anne’s and so that’s why she had so many enemies and still has after 500 years! Jane was the perfect tudor wife so no comment about her from anyone!” To all Anne haters ” yeah we know about Anne’s negative sides stop keep telling us about Mary Tudor and Queen COA(whom I do respect a lot) !

By: Sylwia

Sylwia — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:02:46 +0000

You’re right Areti I also remember the scene from movie your described! One of my favourite movies about Anne&Henry. Jane’s biography by Elizabeth Norton makes me think whether Henry truly loved her…he was not very much in love with her, because only few days after they married he was commenting on other pretty ladies from court. Jane was a woman he need after two unsuccessful marriages. Both Katherine & Anne were feisty and opinionated and Henry was tired of such women. Jane was obedient and humble and thus he wanted her as his wife. Although I don’t believe that Jane was really such innocent, as she is portrayed nowadays. Chapuys didn’t believe it either

By: Areti

Areti — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:11:55 +0000

hmm…I really don’t know..but makes me think that one man that is after a woman for six years ‘begging” for her love and then executes her for not having a son is unable to love for real!I always thought that Henry wasn’t so much in love with his first queen as he married her only cause he had to! Then he got dissapointed,she was older than him,stopped bleeding,couldn’t give him a son!He met Anne become obsessed, then fell in love and did everything in his power to have her..so is it quite normal that Henry only chased Anne for the hope of a son..?There were so many women around the court!In the film that plays Helena Bonham Carter I remember a scene when Anne says to Henry you will tire of me – married me for a son,then Henry says no,I married you so I could be with you!
What I want to say is that Henry was ‘sick’ with his mind and he didn’t deserve the love of his wives!If poor Jane had a girl probably she would be cast away too!You can’t love someone deeply and put him to death !I would only agree that Henry loved Jane (REAL love) if she lived and had born him only girls!