19 May 1536 - The end of Queen Anne Boleyn
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Today is, of course, the anniversary of the execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, on 19th May 1536 at the Tower of London.
In today's Fall of Anne Boleyn video, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Anne Boleyn Files and author of several books on the Boleyns, explains exactly what happened on this day and shares Queen Anne Boleyn's execution speech.
R.I.P Queen Anne, you most certainly were never forgotten...
Thanks for humanizing a woman wrapped in myth!
You know you're the first person I've known of who gives Anne her title. I'm 63 and never did any of my history teachers give her her title. Thank you for honoring that.
Cheers to that
Anne's story deserves to be told and you tell it so well,Claire.Rip Anne Boleyn!!
"These bloody days have broken my heart. My lust, my youth did them depart". Requiesce in pace, Anna Regina, for you will live forever, and your legacy with you.
Lavinia Lupo--"...And blind desire of estate. Who hastes to climb seeks to revert. Of truth, circa Regna tonat." Thomas Wyatt [*around/about the kingdom (it) thunders].
Mrs Ridgway, you tell this tragic story very movingly.
This count down has been enjoyable and so informative. Thank you Claire Ridgway.
Murdered by the bloody tyrant King Henry. The reason ? She didn’t give him a son.
I say a prayer for Queen Anne and her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, as well as the gentlemen who were murdered as a result of the king's vanity and lust for power and a son. Claire, you have done an exemplary job of bringing honour to all these tragic souls. Thank you for your gift in communicating all this to us almost 500 years later. GOD's blessings to all.
She went to her death with so much dignity. I think it is pretty amazing that she could do so - I'd imagine a lot of people would have a total breakdown.
RoseLynn Covington--Mary, Queen of Scots met her end with dignity. However, the first blow hit her on the back of the head, causing her to groan. The second severed her neck almost completely, but a third was required to complete the bloody deed. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, refused to go quietly and was forced down onto the block. Her executioner was quite inexperienced; It took eleven blows, reportedly, before she was declared dead. Cromwell's execution is usually represented as botched, but this source I found says otherwise. www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/thomas-cromwell-and-the-ungoodly-executioner/
@@onemercilessming1342 Lets hope Claire can enlighten us on Thomas Cromwell. et al.
Of course
I have watched videos about this before. I have read about it all before. I know what happened. However, because of these countdown videos and the feeling of anticipation that has accompanied this date due to the videos, my heart was pounding in my chest as you spoke in this video. The tears were stinging my eyes. It felt almost like I was there, watching this miscarriage of justice take place. Thank you for these videos. I believe that Anne knows you did/do this, that you are helping to spread the message of her life and death.xx
I truly believe she is in heaven now and Henry VIII is burning in hell!
No matter how well this is presented (and it's done VERY well), it cannot lessen the sadness I feel over Anne's death. Some of these were hard to watch. Your hard work and research is appreciated.
So it:s over. This series of videos has been surprisingly tense considering we all knew the end in advance. I think a lot of that is due to Claire:s commitment and enthusiasm to her subject and the charm of her delivery.
Well done, Claire
Rest in peace dear Queen Anne Boleyn...this was such a moving video Claire...itbrought tears to my eyes...Can't wait for the last one....Have really enjoyed these...thankyou so much.....
I was moved to light a candle for her and I am not in the least religious.
I wonder what Jane Seymour was actually thinking? Two mistreated wives wouldn't bode well for the third,
Mary H, i've wondered that too. She was probably pushed in the King's face by her family, but I have no proof just a feeling. She would have know being one of the Queen's ladies that the Queen was under a lot of pressure to have a son. She would have known the King would expect her to give him a son. I'm assuming all of this, of course. I wouldn't have wanted to be in Jane Seymour's place.
There are rumours that it was actually Jane who convinced Henry to behead Anne instead if burn her, as she thought it too cruel and inhumane. Jane was Anne's lady in waiting; she knew that Anne was innocent of the crimes she was accused of, but still hated her because of the way Anne had treated her during her reign. Henry had sent Jane away the night before, and promised to join her once it was over. When the bells rang at 9:00, Jane Seymour was most likely a roiling mess of guilt, relief and pending dread.
@Honesty and Truth+ And I completely agree with all of that. But I think what we also have to keep in mind is that Jane was also- historically- _kind._
She obeyed and served Henry, as that is what she, as a virtuous woman, was raised to do, but I also think that she would have been stunned and horrified to find out what Henry had in store for Anne, especially since she- deep down- knew she was innocent. She probably would have volcalised her horror without meaning to, and Henry, being in love with her, sought to soothe her instantly and agreed to give Anne a more merciful death.
Jane, despite being meek and submissive, had just as much influence over Henry as Anne did when he was besotted with her. She had control over Henry whether she knew it or not.
Her family made sure of that.
@Honesty and Truth+ Exactly. There _are_ no documents saying that Jane swayed Henry; it was simply a rumour. What I'm saying, is that if that rumour _was_ true, Jane wouldn't have been demanding and pushy about it like Anne. She just would have been horrified, exclaimed something like "That's horrible!" And Henry would have tried to placate her and eventually agreed to behead her instead. After all, it was Jane's compassion and mildness that drew Henry, I believe. I don't think Jane really intended on changing his mind and it all would have been over before she could process it, but Jane probably disapproved of alot of things Henry did in the time she knew him- particularly with Katherine and Mary- but never voiced it because of the reasons you stayed. She would have been neither been pushy, nor manipulative. But she still _held_ power over Henry because he was so in love with her, something that her family would have realised and tried to convey to her. Jane probably never knew the power she had over Henry, and even if she did, I doubt she would have used it because of her place and her morals. Henry would never think any less of her as a wife if it was only in situations like these, but I doubt that Jane would have taken her chances with it.
I suspect she was considering how to *not* end as CoA and Anne Boleyn. Being the wife of Henry couldn't have created a sense of security and safety. Henry was too mercurial.
“To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesu receive my soul.” Anne Boleyn’s last words.🙏😢
Thus she went to a King who would never betray her trust. ✝️
Brave woman
@@h.calvert3165 Amen
The end of Queen Anne Boleyn is the name of your video but that couldn't be further from the truth. She lost her life on this day 483 years ago at the hands of an insane fat murdering tyrant who tried to erase her from history but he failed miserably, Anne's story is so inspiring that she's still being talked about to this day after all this time and will still be talked about centuries from now because she was such an intelligent and confident woman at a time when us women were no more then cattle, she was just so different. So in a sense she will never end but will live on forever.
R.I.P Queen 👑🌹 Anne and Elizabeth weren't able to be together in life for very long but I hope in death that they were reunited, I hope that they've been together in heaven all this time ❤️
I read once that Anne Boleyn believed that, since no queen of England had been executed in the past, she would receive the king's pardon and be sent to a nunnery. If that is true, that MIGHT be why there was no coffin prepared to remove her remains. It is also likely, though, that Henry VIII made no provision for a coffin since he was done with her (even though he provided her with money to pay the execution to "strike true". After all, some executions were horribly botched messes). Mel Brooks uses the line, "It's good to be the king" frequently in his comedies. That may be true, but it is certainly NOT good to be the queen-at least in Henry VIII's reign.
Thank you for this series and all you do Claire! ❤ I have been to the Tower were Anne died, but at that time I had believed all the fiction that had been written about her. I must go back , now that I know her true story. Thank you for enlightening me. I appreciate your use of primary source documents and your examinations of History.
So sad. RIP Queen Anne Boleyn. Thanks for this count down series💕
Simply cannot think of spending this day honoring and remembering dearest Queen Anne Boleyn than with the Queen of Tudor history Claire Ridgeway 👸. Thank you so much for your devotion to a very appreciative audience, me. 💕
" And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best"
483 years on we judge you the best. RIP Queen Anne Boleyn. 1533-1536.
Beautiful, Samantha.
Thank you for such an eye opening experience, Claire!
So cool that the bells rang out to celebrate the life of Queen Anne! No banns, no taste, no mourning, just a really badly done quickie execution so Henry could get on with his next breeding mare.
It is unbelievable that one person held that much power with no morals or accountability to anyone. He was a real monster. And no one could tell him he was a murderer. They just all got ready to have another Queen, like this was ok. I guess what else could they do?
I sure wish we had a look into how those three years had gone for them. I know she mentioned that she was kind of uncooperative or combative. But seriously, two pregnancies in three years indicates they were still getting busy. And, really, the miscarriage was Henry's fault. If he'd have been more careful with his helmet, she probably wouldn't have lost the baby from the shock of his horrific injuries and thinking he might die.
@ClaireRidgway, thank you so much for humanizing this amazing lady. You have given so much of your time doing this special series of videos for us, in addition to the other series. It is so unbelievable to me that I can actually talk to someone of such vast knowledge of the Tudors, and she is willing to share so much of it with random people who share her passion!! I feel honored just to be able to talk to everyone on here. I really hope Anne knows that she was vindicated and that people all around the world are celebrating her life and mourning her death. And, that her daughter grew up to be the strong, opinionated, beloved Gloriana who ruled her people with grace and love and she did it so much better than her father.
Well said.
Thank you so much for doing this countdown and providing all of us with such interesting, factual, informative content, Claire. I've learned so much from this series.
I became obsessed with Queen Anne Boleyn when I saw Anne of the Thousand days 32 years ago. I combed through many history books on the Tudors. In high school she was just a footnote. She deserves more recognition. Her legacy continues to live to this day.
RIP Queen Anne Boleyn.
This broke my heart, even though I already knew what happened 💔
Thank so you much for this countdown. Requiescat in pace, Queen Anne. You will never be forgotten.
You told the story very well. R.I.P. Queen Anne! Thank you Claire for all these videos. I have learned so very much!
You read that so well. I was very moved. Thank you for relating Anne's story.
Makes my heart ache as you described the execution. So many lives....changed forever. RIP Queen Anne Boleyn
I like the fact that Queen Anne said at the end of her speech that if anyone would 'meddle with my cause' they were to 'judge the best.' It seems like that was a big hint that she wanted future generations to investigate her accusations and see that they were all false. Which we have done and found her innocent, thanks to those like Clare Ridgway etc. Now Anne can truly rest in peace.
Thanks Claire 👏🏻👏🏻 I know in order to present us with this Anne series, you had to film TWO times a day versus only one. We all appreciated this special treat very much 👸🏻
Oh no, Claire! I've been dreading this day...💔 I do thank you though, for this extremely interesting and comprehensive telling of our poor Anne's story.
I want to leave a sad face because..... well, for obvious reasons, but I am too grateful to you for this series.
Thank you, Claire.
483 years later the execution of Queen Anne Boleyn makes me want to cry. Claire you have told her story so beautifully. The one thing that gives solace is the successful reign of her daughter Queen Elizabeth 1...seen as one of England’s greatness monarchs.
This is terribly sad. 😢
Such injustice. 🙁
Thank you Claire for giving us this glimpse of bravery from a wrongfully accused Queen. I know in my heart that one day we will meet her, and her grace, love, and beauty will be glowing then too.
Thank you Claire for this countdown. You have made aware of how quickly this all went down. May Anne Rest In Peace.
Listening to her last words on the actual anniversary of her death actually made me tear up...today is also my birthday and I’ve always felt such a connection with her. Rest In Peace, Queen Anne.
I watched this video at my daughter's in the early hours of the morning and I felt so sad but so numb. I've watched it again this evening when I arrived home and the sorrow I feel now is quite overwhelming. Like so many others I want to say thank you Claire for this wonderful but heart-wrenching series. You've brought this incredible woman to life so much better than any of the books, films or TV series have. I wonder what Anne would have thought if she had known she would still be remembered and be so well loved 483 years on. Dear Queen Anne, rest peacefully, may your memory live on forever.
Rest in peace beautiful, intelligent, dignified Queen Anne Boleyn. Never forgotten ❤️
The fall of Ann Boleyn has been a great series. Thank you
As claiming to be head of the Church of England, you would think Henry would publicly "appear" to be sorrowful of being betrayed by Anne. Thank-you for making it clear what kind of monster he really was. How crass to have bands waved to remarry on the same day his wife was beheaded.
What a sad day. Even the executioner was unhappy with having to kill Anne!
And it is indeed very distasteful that the dispensation for Henry to marry Jane was given on the same day 😢
Oh looking forward to one more video on this series. It’s been very exciting and sad. Thank you, Claire!
Thank you for the time and work you put into this countdown, Claire Ridgway. This has been a most educational experience. Yes, it can be read in a book. But nothing is the same as a live narrative; it just brings it all alive. In our own way, all these hundreds of years later, by bearing witness to her last words, we pray for her. As you recounted her last words of prayer, my heart was beating very fast. There is nothing to be said for uncouth Henry.
Rest in peace Queen Anne Boleyn we love you 😘😪
Thanks you for this series. It is so important that the truth of Anne Boleyn be spoken far and wide. Keep up the good work you are doing!
If nothing else, Anne Boleyn died as a Queen; with dignity, integrity, and forgiveness.
What is striking about these events, and thank you for contextualizing them, is truly the speed at which they occurred, coupled with a complete absence of compassion from the very person who situated himself as the head of the church of England.
Thank you so much! What a story!
Thanks for helping me to see Anne Boleyn as she really was. So many plays, films, and books have portrayed her as cold and calculating; your well-researched videos are a breath of fresh air.
❤️Thank you so much for this informative and moving series. God bless Queen Anne 👑 May she Rest In Peace and know that she is even now vastly respected and admired far and wide, and that she gave her country its truly amazing, golden monarch, Elizabeth I.
Thank you for your dedication and very interesting videos, much appreciated
Thank you Claire! Wonderful series of videos.
Poor Anne. Thanks for doing this series.
Thank you Claire for another beautiful presentation
Dear Claire I loved all your series I felt so sad and mad at the same time because I truly believe she was innocent. I hope the lord has told Anne my prayers for her and u will continue to send more to her RIP beautiful queen
Thanks Claire for your videos.in Anne Boleyn!!! I enjoyed it everynight!!
I can not imagine how Queen Anne managed to walk, I would have been a total gibbering wreck.
Mary H I don’t know how Queen Anne could compose herself to give a speech!
@@joannedavis1991
I suspect she was emotionally drained, intellectually resigned, & spiritually composed. The lady had deep resources of every kind. They won her a kingdom on Earth. I expect they prepared her for the Kingdom of Heaven. 👑
She had great courage but I also wonder if she may have expected a last minute pardon and to be sent to a convent which may have helped her stay composed as no other English queen had ever been executed.
RIP Anne, I admire her so much, she went to her death with exceptional dignity and bravery. We will remember her.
Here Here. A very brave and dignified lady.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." --John Emerich Edward Acton
This has been a wonderful series. May I suggest another countdown? I would be interested in seeing the time line of the downfall of Thomas Cromwell, especially given how eager he was to participate in the downfall of Anne Boleyn. Karma :)
So, sad. Rest in peace our beloved queen.
Thank you Claire.
I loved watching this everyday. I think you should do another playlist of the fall of Katherine Howard.
Thank you so much for sharing these count down videos with us again. Such a terrible tragedy for the woman he pursuers for years. I hope Anne is comforted by the out pouring of love and recognition her story still demands today. Thank you, Claire, I am sorry that you could not be with her as is your tradition. Be well and be blessed. ♥️
Thankyou Claire for this series. You make history alive and these people 3 dimensional.
Poor Anne! So sad to see that this is what came of Henry VIII's disappointment. I wonder what he would have said had he known that males are responsible for pregnancy? He probably would have sent any doctor or scientist who had that theory, to the Tower. His narcissistic fury became worse, the more she tried to please him but could not do the one thing which would have saved her life. (This reminds me of the phrase, "You only had one job...," which was Henry's attitude towards her.) The fact that he made Cranmer write a dispensation the same day that Anne died, is proof that she was already gone from his mind, and nothing that happened to her made any difference to him. Anne, we remember you and wish you well.
I think you are right, he would never believe that he would be responsible for the sex of his children. His narcissism wouldn't let him be to blame for anything, it was always someone else's fault for anything wrong.
I can’t believe it’s over, many emotions. Would you do a video about what Henry was doing the day before and morning, of her execution? Thank you again for your wonderful story telling.
Thank you, Claire Xx
The king did not take good care of Queen Jane either. He did not care if she need rest and care after the birth of her baby. He was very selfish.
Thank you thank you thank you for doing this series. 🙏🏻
Bravo, Claire! On Queen Anne Boleyn's behalf & for our enlightenment, you have surely "judged the best". 🗡️
This has been so interesting and informative. I thought i knew all about this but i was wrong. I've learned so much during this series and i appreciate the time you put into this. thank you.
I’m glad there will be another video; when I got to the entry of. May 20th in the book, I wondered if some would be folded into the On This Day in Tudor History video or touched on here. This whole time I knew this series couldn’t end any other way, and I could not help but feel such dread in the last few days. Anne bore herself with such courage in the face of such injustice, and time will never change or reduce the cruelty of the false allegations against her. I wish something could be done to clear her name officially.
Thank you for not only making this series, but for your measured take on this history. So many historians and authors have a compassionate take, but only about one or two of the subjects, and others are painted horribly. You are steadier than that, and I appreciate that. These were women in a horrible position in a fundamentally dangerous time, with little option but to make the best of the situation. You don’t shame them for that, and I appreciate it. We’re so quick to categorize these women under the Madonna/whore dichotomy, a lack of nuance that is to no one’s benefit. You also do not reduce Anne to her reproductive victory in being the mother of Elizabeth I. Yes, without the falcon, there would be no Gloriana, and seeing the triumph of her daughter’s reign would make her The Most Happy! But she lived and breathed and died very her own person. Thank you for advocating for her and working to reduce the myth and shadow gathered about her name. Long live Anna Regina. She is at peace, “A Queen in heaven.”
A beautiful video to commemorate this very sad day…thank you Claire!
Thank you I have learned so much.
Rest in Peace beautiful Queen Anne!
You are such an inspiration for me everyday ❤ You will never be forgotten ❤
Thank you Claire on this day the 484th anniversary of this beautiful lady's death for delivering the facts and bestowing so much grace and dignity upon such a beautiful and brave woman that was so disgracefully done by.
I cried watching this....I love Tudor History, but I get so emotionally invested in these personal accounts that I often find myself melancholy after learning new things. Thank you for these videos though! Much appreciated!
I am loving your videos so much and I look forward to reading your books. Thank you! I have been so fascinated at this time in history and the monarchies and how people lived and how they thought. I have never been interested in watching "The Tudors" or "Game of Thrones". I believe reading about these people from eye witnesses and reading their actual words in letters is much more interesting. I love that you care so much about these real people who had feelings and desires. I love that you remind us all of their humanity. They were just like us! Your compassion for their souls is beautiful. I am so happy I discovered you and these videos!
Thanks Clare. So sad. Did most people disbelieve the charges against her or was the king believed? Not sure why a woman ie Jane would want to marry a wife killer king.
After seeing what he had done to Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, if i had been Jane I would have done my best to turn off old Henry's ardor, dressed poorly, went with messed up hair, visibly dirty, spoke like an idiot, etc. She would have had to be careful thanks to her brothers greed and ambition and also not to inflame Henry's temper but I would have wanted to make him look elsewhere, especially when he decided to eliminate the last queen by execution. Not a good prospect for one's future.
@@Tlyna1952 I agree. I think her family, especially her brothers wanted that power and used Jane to get it.
According to one documentary I saw, Jane agreed to marry Henry in the hope of persuading him to reconcile with the pope and restore Catholicism. As such, Jane may have willingly shouldered the danger. She may have also believed that it would never happen to her, since Anne was a homewrecker who'd made a lot of enemies with her pride and temper, whereas Jane was a proper modest and submissive woman.
That was in England. Mary of Guise-- Mary, Queen of Scots' mother-- is said to have refused Henry's offer of matrimony with a quip about having a little neck. After the annulment of his marriage with Anne of Cleves, there were no more foreign marriages. It may be because of Henry's infatuation with the young Catherine Howard, but I think the unwillingness of other rulers to make marriage contracts with a king notorious for not keeping them was also a factor.
Breaks my heart.
Every 19th May I always think of poor Anne who did nothing wrong but be an impediment to Henry's plan to marry Jane. Poor women; she remained strong until the very end.
You have to wonder, given how powerful religion and the idea of Heaven and Hell were in the era, if Anne hadn't just reached the end of her resources to battle the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune as she ascended the scaffold. She'd had an exhausting existence. Think of her life. She might have been more than willing to place her fate in the hands of God than live another cruel day under the tyranny so many women endured. And Henry was desperate to be rid of Anne. He needed legitimate sons. Heir upon heir to secure the Tudor Dynasty. He truly believed God had had put him upon the throne to place a Tudor Male upon the Throne of England forever.
So very very sad She was treated terribly. Rest easy Queen Anne Boleyn.🌹
You can hear the sadness in your tone of voice, Claire💔
Thank you for sharing all this with us. Such a sad time in history. Such a tale of be careful what you wish for, & be careful what you do to obtain it. Such a tragic situation, I honestly believe Queen Anne loved him when he was young, and then when he became the tyrant, he was terrifying. Believed she loved her daughter beyond all reason, as back then just to have one child live would have been just so amazing. I hope that in the next world they share many joyous moments together & are both happy in finally being together.
You have explained this time period with great insights, clarity & more realistically than I've even read before. Though your videos are great & have extra material for my birthday in August will need to obtain your books. I love to read but prefer productive reading. Auto/Bio's History How to, etc. but to be honest my mom said I'd read & be lost in a cereal box ingredients list that's how much I love to read, to me it's like air. Thank you again.
Queen Anne Boleyn was murdered as were the men accused with her. Rest in Peace Anne. You will be remembered.
I visited the Tower twice, and got a chill when I was in the parade ground. Thank you for this excellent series of videos. The swiftness of her fall is astounding to me, but not surprising in light of the king's temperament and reprehensible behavioral history. I think he became a psychotic tyrant, whether it was a result of his accident or not. Thank you for presenting Queen Anne Boleyn as a real woman in an inescapable situation. I believe she was innocent of all charges, and would never have committed incest. Your work is brilliant, as always.
Thank you Claire and God Bless Ann Boline. God Bless her brother and all those innocent men. So sad that Henry had to conjure up a reason to get rid of Ann to move on hoping to get a male heir with Jane Seymour. So Ann had to die. Heartbreaking.
A terrible miscarriage of justice, I almost didn't want to watch today but thank you for this series
Thank you so much for these wonderful videos Claire I am sure she walks with you at times and knows you keep her flame alive
A queen is executed, her daughter, also a queen, is released from prison, and one more event took place on this day in history. Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018. Of all the things, good & bad , that have been written about them, I haven't seen anyone mention this. Queen Anne Boleyn, God rest her soul. She was innocent, & wronged in so many ways. Along with all the others that were falsely accused with her. May they all rest in peace. 🙏😢😞👑💐🌹
Jill Niemczynski I have followed a royal gossip blog for years, and for months leading up to Harry/Meghan’s wedding, that fact was mentioned manh times.
When they first announced they would wed on that date I shook my head and wondered what they hell they were thinking using such a day. Had I been Meghan I would have wanted it moved to another day than to wed on a date where another royal lady lost her head because of her husband.
Tlyna1952 exactly!
I just found out that my parents got married on May 19th what a date they're in their 90's thank you Claire for the series very powerful
I too was married on the 19th May 1979. It is my ruby wedding anniversary today 40 years how time flies lol
@@gill8779 happy anniversary to you and yours. I'm so happy to hear about your 40 years so celebrate well tomorrow and thank you for sharing your great news
Your news made my day
What surprised me was when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose the day for their wedding. Had I been Meghan I would not have wanted such a day for mine in marrying into the English royal family.
Vale, Dear Anne
Rest In Peace, dear Anne. 🙏
I visited the Tower, as I’m sure many people did-before the glass pillow monument. I can’t help but speak Anne’s final words along with you. I’ve read them so often that they become ingrained in your soul. If only more of Anne survived….some clothing….The three books of hours that have been attributed to Anne are absolutely beautiful considering how old they are.
So sad...thank you Claire...