http://www.thetudorswiki.com/page/MISTRESSES+of+the+King
Is the rumor true?
1525 - 1527 - Rumour
- Mary Berkeley 1525-1527 - was reported to have had two sons Thomas Stucley
and John Perrot both of whom were rumoured to be illegitimate children of
Henry.
While pregnant with her second son, Henry began his serious pursuit of Anne
Boleyn. Just after John's birth Mary was quickly married off to her first
husband, Sir Thomas Perrot.
Janet Ariciu of Missouri
-------Original Message-------
From: Renia
Date: 11/07/13 06:21:06
To:
gen-me...@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: question
On 07/11/2013 11:31,
monke...@centurylink.net wrote:
> Has anyone every did list of all of Henry VIII"s Mistresses?
>
> I know folks have talk and wrote about the wives. I was just wondering
According to Wikipedia:
In sharp contrast to Henry VII is his son and successor, Henry VIII
(reigned 21 April 1509 - 28 January 1547), whose libidinal surfeit is
Still fabled � and, perhaps, exaggerated � to this day. His first
Mistress, in 1514, was a Frenchwoman named Jane Popincourt, a tutor in
Languages to Henry�s sisters Margaret and Mary. Though very little is
Known of her, her promiscuity was so prominent that even the French king
Wouldn't allow her back to his court, known for its promiscuity.[4]
Henry VIII�s next mistress was Elizabeth Blount, who was seventeen or
Eighteen when she reached the height of her power in 1518. He was much
Less discreet in this affair � at the Christmas revels in 1514, Henry
Danced with her so much that even docile, accepting Catherine of Aragon
Was so jealous that she persuaded Henry to exclude her from the Twelfth
Night festivities. However, in 1517 the king was reputed to be �in the
Chains of love with her,� and in the spring of 1519, Elizabeth gave
Birth to a boy, a child she named Henry Fitzroy �Henry, son of the king.
Elizabeth Blount, having fulfilled her main purpose, was married off to
Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme, one of his courtiers whose
Family was said to have a history of insanity, and was remembered fondly
By Henry with the occasional New Years gift.[4]
Mary Boleyn is said to have been so promiscuous she was called a "great
Prostitute"
The King�s next mistress was another Englishwoman, Mary Boleyn, who had
Been living in France. At the French court she was, like Jane
Popincourt, known for her promiscuity: the rakish Francis I of France,
Reputed to have been �clothed in women,� boasted that he, like most of
His friends, had slept with Mary Boleyn, describing her as �a great
Prostitute, infamous above all.� Although she was married to Sir William
Carey when her affair with Henry began in the early 1520s, Carey is
Thought to have been compliant. Both her children by her first marriage,
Catherine Carey and Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, were reputed to be
Illegitimates of Henry. Mary was afterwards sent to live in the country
With her husband.[7]
Henry�s next mistress was Anne Boleyn, sister to Mary Boleyn and the
Mistress who would become his queen. Although there has been some
Historical dispute over which sister was the elder, it was most
Certainly Mary, making Anne the younger sister of one of Henry�s
Previous mistresses.[8] At the time that Henry first noticed Anne, he
Was also beginning proceedings for his divorce from barren Catherine of
Aragon, and as Anne refused to sleep with him unless she was his wife,
It seemed logical that he should make her his wife. She became his
Mistress in the truest sense of the word in 1532 (six years after he had
First noticed her), and on 25 January 1533, she and Henry were married.
Henry went on to marry Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard
And Catherine Parr. But from the beginning of his third marriage to his
Death, Henry did not take another mistress that record exists of
Today.[5] His other reputed illegitimate children, Thomas Stukley, John
Perrot and Etheldreda Malte, were all born in the 1520s.
Henry also took mistresses while Anne Boleyn was pregnant, two, in fact,
And one was Mary Shelton, although not much is known about this. The
Other was Jane Seymour, who like Anne became his wife.