E3: January & the Tudor Dynasty
All Things Tudor - The Podcast
Do You Think Anne's Miscarriage Played Into Henry's Death?
Anne Boleyn miscarried what they thought was a male at 15 and a half weeks. There must have been this terrible fear that history was repeating itself. Henry had two daughters and felt like he needed a son. So the question is really whether Anne had as the line goes, miscarried of her saviour. If she had stayed pregnant, she wouldn't have died in May. I think things later played into her death. But that maybe is another story.
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