Brigadier-General Lewis Mordaunt Read more about Anne Boleyn here, including: To this day, historians cannot agree why she had to die. April 1504 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier and nobleman who played a prominent role in the politics of the early 1530s, and was the brother of Queen Anne Boleyn, from 1533 the second wife of King Henry VIII and thus the maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth I (whose reign he did not live to see). Yes, indeed. A letter from him, dated to 1527, states that for more than one year Henry had been “struck by the dart of love” and asks Anne to “give herself body and heart to him”, Anne marries Henry. Mary was a close confidant of Henry’s and he sort her opinion on her sister Anne before he chased her and fell in love. What lovely company I am in . Read the pedigree above. Elizabeth was close to her cousin and loved him very much. John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer The village of Brandon in Suffolk UK is named after him and sadly Westhorpe Hall where they lived was demolished. Happy birthday to me and presents for you! There is little evidence that, before Anne was accused of adultery, Henry had planned to make Jane his wife. Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn: Were they close? Mary Tudor, i.e. Suffolk UK was a very prosperous area in the Tudor era and is well worth a visit. wow that is facinating it seems the boleyn bloodline continues and maybe the tudors as well since even today Henry could have fathered Mary Boleyn’s children i guess will never know toodles M.M.L. It may be my imagination, but I have been looking at the portrait of Mary Boleyn and the young Elizabeth and they seem to me to look very much alike, the resemblance is uncanny. Henry was convinced by the charges against her; it was a devastating blow from which he never recovered. Mary Boleyn aka “King’s whore” banished from court by her sister Anne and father Thomas Boleyn for marrying for love. Bernard has described theirs as a “tumultuous relationship of sunshine and storms”. I didn’t know those facts. She even, it charges, “procured and incited her own natural brother… to violate her, alluring him with her tongue in the said George’s mouth, and the said George’s tongue in hers”. So very small social circle and limited mobility that time. I smile every time I think about it. As I explain in the above post, the link to Mary Boleyn came from Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, whose Bowes-Lyon and Bentinck family were descended from Catherine Carey, daughter of Catherine Carey. It was just crazy! Elizabeth II Such a calculated reply is reminiscent of Anne during the days of her courtship with Henry. I am descended also through Catherine Carey and Thomas West in the US. Instead, she kissed it and returned it, asking the messenger to tell the king that “there was no treasure in this world that she valued as much as her honour,” and that if the king wanted to give her a present, she begged it might be at “such a time as God would be pleased to send her some advantageous marriage”. Historians debate whether Anne was born in 1501 or 1507; the former is more plausible, Anne is appointed a maid-of-honour at the court of Margaret, archduchess of Austria; she later leaves to serve Mary, queen of France, wife of Louis XII (and Henry VIII’s sister). Did the Life and Death of Anne Boleyn make an impact on history? Evidence for this view is taken from the writings of the ever-hopeful Chapuys. Save up to 72% and get your first 3 issues for only £5! On Wikitree.com someone has a Walter Gilliam as son of: Sir Walter Devereux & Lady Mary Grey, brother of Sir Richard Devereux, who married Lady Dorothy Hastings. I think that it’s interesting that queen Elizabeth is also a descendant of Elizabeth woodville thru her granddaughter Margaret Tudor. When I did my geneologyy it led through an Oma Elizabeth Cary/Carey my great great grandmother whose family led to england.on her site it gives a degree from Henry the eighth.on ancestry.is this stuff valid!? Prince Philip is her cousin on both sides. If Henry VII had recognized Catherine as his illegitimate daughter he probably would have elevated Mary Boleyn-Carey and her husband to at least a baronency. She is my 12th Great Grandmother. George III Other evidence for Anne’s guilt is unclear – the trial documents do not survive. The present Duchess of Cambridge blood line can be traced back to Mary Boleyn also ! You are right William Seymour is related to Queen Jane Seymour i looked it up…. How amazing and awesome then, that Elizabeth II would also be related to Catherine Howard, cousin of Mary Boleyn!!! I saw in my family tree that we are related to Anne Boleyn but my great grandmother’s name was spelled Bolen. But they were also frequently described as being “merry” together; it was an epithet still being applied to them during the autumn of 1535 – and one that was appended to their marriage more often than to any of Henry’s other unions. Thank you everyone for your imput!! Jane and the rest of the Boleyn family jumped at the opportunity to get Anne married to the King himself, envisioning the prestige the union would bring them. Clearly, the miscarriage was a great blow to both Henry and Anne – yet another four months were to pass before Anne’s death, so demonstrating a direct link between the events would be problematic. Please enter your number below. When it comes to Anne Boleyn’s fall, historians give their ‘best guess’ answers on the basis of the available evidence – which is too sparse to be conclusive. Henry VIII’s intimate questioning of Norris, and his promise of “pardon in case he would utter the truth”, must be understood in this light: whatever Norris said, or refused to say, it reinforced Henry’s conviction of his guilt. Unlikely as it was to be true, it catapulted the investigation to a different, far more serious level. With Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess. Tags: Elizabeth II and Mary Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Mary Boleyn's descendants, Queen Elizabeth II. Marriage to Jane was, surely, a symptom and a product of Anne’s downfall, not a cause. Edward VII Evidence is limited – but there is enough to appear to support several very different conclusions. Catherine Parr even kept the title of Dowager Queen as well. My son sang in the church choir there from age 7-14. Elizabeth's life was troubled from the moment she was born. Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's King Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Did the life of Anne Boleyn make an impact on history? Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon is not annulled until May 1533, Anne gives birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, Anne is arrested and taken to the Tower, along with her brother George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, Anne is beheaded on Tower Green within the Tower of London, Suzannah Lipscomb is a leading Tudor historian, author and broadcaster. PS. In fact, Queen Elizabeth II marries her cousin. Ryan, you do a DNA test, then compare your DNA to everyone else who has done the test and signed up to find relatives. Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart, was the queen of Scotland from December 1542 until July 1567. 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Anne also had a hand in the decision for the king not to claim his only son and heir, but of course if he did it would have put Anne out of favour especially as she only had a daughter. Though it was probably obtained under torture (the accounts vary), he never retracted his confession. She is most likely also related to Queen Jane Seymour, through William Seymour, the Duke of Somerset. Supposedly, Lettice and Robert were having an affair before Walter passed away. Based on a novel, the story follows the Boleyn sisters (Anne and Mary) who are tasked with winning the favor of King Henry VIII during a time of political turmoil in the English court. Henry’s mother Elizabeth of York was her first cousin. Another story, reported third-hand by Chapuys, quotes Henry as telling an unidentified courtier that he had married Anne “seduced and constrained by sortilèges”. Lettice was married three times: 1)Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and father of her children Penelope, Dorothy, Robert (2nd Earl of Essex), Walter and Francis 2)Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, father of her son Robert Dudley, who died young 3)Christopher Blount. Just on my father’s side. When he did eventually die at the age of 55, Katherine was allowed to keep her gowns and jewels and reside in one of his castles. Read, read, read. !What an interesting fact!I never know Elizabeth II was a descendant of Mary Boleyn.It was thrilling to know this really.I guess The Tudor line will never die, I was told that my grandmother Queenie Grace Richardson who was married to A Septimus William Johnson was related to Queen Elizabeth the 1 first I would love to know for sure . Indeed she is! The queen’s link to Margaret Tudor is through her father, King George VI, who was descended from James VI’s daughter, Princess Elizabeth, James VI being great-grandson of Margaret Tudor and her first husband, James IV. A few days later, Anne comforted herself that she would have justice: “She said if any man accuse me I can say but nay, and they can bring no witness.” Crucially, the night before her execution, she swore “on peril of her soul’s damnation”, before and after receiving the Eucharist, that she was innocent – a serious act in that religious age. She made light of her own guilt by stating that “it was little in her case in comparison with that of the queen”. It might seem that this overstepped the normal boundaries of ‘courtly love’ talk only a little. Was Thomas Cromwell responsible for Anne’s demise? Her indictment, however, states that Anne “did falsely and traitoroysly procure by base conversations and kisses, touchings, gifts and other infamous incitations, divers of the king’s daily and familiar servants to be her adulterers and concubines, so that several… yielded to her vile provocations”. Five hundred years after her death, her tragic tale is still the subject of historians and the inspiration for films. Of course! Maybe someone could help me put together whether or not the Boleyn’s descended from the Sassanid and Safavid dynasties of Persia. Her love-match with Henry VIII and her subsequent execution at the Tower of London after only three years of marriage have inspired dozens of books and films.. Everyone wants to know how she really felt and how and why she became queen: was she a ruthless schemer or was her death simply a tragic consequence of court politics? Thank you. I believe Mary became mistress to Henry VIII before Anne was on the scene. Great info and nice work. Comme d’autres personnalités ! Ives, though, pointed out that the primary English meaning of sortilèges at this time was ‘divination’, a translation that changes the meaning of Henry’s comment. We lived in Burystedmunds, the town where Mary Tudor, sister of Henry V111, the Duchess of Suffolk is buried. This never occurred and Richmond would die in 1536, but – until then – it was a possibility. I went to Hever Castle a few weeks’ ago and learnt with horror that all the Tudor and other documents in the basement were thrown out in 1968after a flood. If the Boleyn family being they gave a Frech connection James II who was brother of Charles II, who was son of properly donated his DNA more times than once with the Boleyn girls. Thankyou for the info, I never knew!!! Yet she was described as a lady whom the king “serves” – a telling word implying that he sought her as his ‘courtly love’ mistress. Did Charles Brandon have a French mistress? Sir Walter Ralegh wasn’t born until 1552 and Anne Boleyn died in 1536. Read more about Henry VIII’s wives here, including: On 4 and 5 May, more courtiers from the king’s privy chamber – William Brereton, Richard Page, Francis Weston, Thomas Wyatt and Francis Bryan – were arrested. I think she may have also been related to Henry VIII , theres a chance Catherine Carey is his daughter, I truly believe that. King marries for heirs to continue his dynasty – doesn’t happen very long. I wandered onto this website accidently while searching about Mary – the first crowned queen of England. I was curious about Queen Elizabeth the 2nd and the Bolyne sisters. It truly is a small world. Charles I, who was son of She is decended from marriages of cousins. Absolutely Fascinating!! My new book – The Tudor Puzzle Book: Word Searches, Crosswords and Fiendish Questions, Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday, Pancakes and more. Find out more at suzannahlipscomb.com or by following her on Twitter @sixteenthCgirl, This article was first published in the April 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine. Queen Victoria Its really amazing how far back the connection goes. thanks Lady Alice Boleyn brother of Sir Thomas Boleyn Mary & Annes Aunty is my 10th Great Grandmother . Hi Claire, Historians debate whether Anne was born in 1501 or 1507; the former is more plausible. According to your genealogy there is no blood line from Mary Boleyn to Elizabeth II. That’s really interesting Claire.. That’s fascinating. That’s very interesting! Mary Tudor was well known for her kindness and support in the area. You take one away for the worries of our modern world. I don’t know if there is any truth to this story – I just thought it was interesting. Wow! My ancestors are from Europe. Elizabeth then went for George, his brother, and from this unusual abdication, he became King. De Carles adds a crucial, though unsubstantiated, clause, Henry telling Cromwell that “if it turns out that your report, which I do not wish to believe, is untrue, you will receive pain of death in place of [the accused]”. Your knowledge is absolutely wonderful. In which case she would have Plantagenet connections on both sides. Interesting post, interesting that she was related via the Bowes Lyons connection. That was truly awesome I really had no idea that they were related! For this fascinating article ! I keep seeing they had 4 then 5 and then 6, possibly 7children. And insestreouse basterds. Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen three days later. But Chapuys himself recognised that Henry and Anne had always been prone to “lovers’ quarrels”, and that the king’s character was very “changeable”. But the Treasons Act of 1534 held that even imagining the death of the king was treasonous, so Anne’s conversation with Norris was charged, reckless and, arguably, fatal – useful ammunition if Cromwell were looking for dirt. However it may be considered that her father was half German therefore making her 1/4 German. I’ve been told stories of our ancestry but am curious if they are true. You show Richard Seymour as the son from Charles Seymour’s second marriage being born after Jane Seymour died, so the route from Mary Boleyn is a “step” descendant rather than a “blood” descendant. The key piece of evidence was undoubtedly the confession by the first man accused, Smeaton, that he had had sexual intercourse with the queen three times. As a Catholic and a supporter of Catherine of Aragon, he referred to Anne as “the concubine” or “the she-devil”, and had made bitter assertions about the doomed state of Henry and Anne’s relationship even at the height of their happiness in late summer 1533. Claire, is it true that Henry 8th was the descendent of a Persian? He was born in Kentucky in 1937 and grew up on a farm in Indiana. On 12 May, Smeaton, Brereton, Weston and Norris were tried and found guilty of adultery with the queen, and of conspiring the king’s death. It seems poetic, that the Boleyn bloodline has basically had the last laugh. Henry VIII had changed the course of his country's history in order to marry Anne Boleyn, hoping that she would bear him the strong and healthy son that Catherine of Aragon never did. Thank you for sharing this information as I didn’t realize that the Queen descended from Mary Boleyn. Lady Jane Grey is one of the most romanticized monarchs of Tudor England. This all started with my dna test said I was related to King Richard III he is my 1st cousin 16x removed and my line also goes back to Rollo the Viking aka Robert 1st duke of Normandy Norman kings as well. I thought that Lettice Knollys married Robert Dudley who was also Elizabeth Tudor’s Certainly, Anne maintained her innocence. Fun fact … Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles Bentinck eloped with Anne Wellesley (Lady Abdy) while she was still married. On 10 May, a grand jury indicted all of the accused, apart from Page and Wyatt. Henry VIII was born in Greenwich Palace, and he was the third child of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Walter & Lettice had: Penelope, Dorothy, Robert & Walter. I have heard similar that Anne & Sir Walter Raliegh had a child and he is the true heir to the throne today – dont know if anybody else has heard that. My hat is off to the geneologists who traced that connection through 500 years! I believe that Anne was innocent, but caught out by her careless words. Fascinating! Jane Boleyn was there to witness the scandalous affair unfolding between King Henry VIII and her sister-in-law, Anne Boleyn. Anne and her brother George, Lord Rochford, were also arrested. Hello distant cousin! Was it, as Greg Walker (author of Writing Under Tyranny) has suggested, not what Anne did but what she said that made her appear guilty? I didn’t know that… it must be wonderful to be able to trace your family back so far. Would love to see lineage connecting Henry VIII to the Shah of Persia. Interestingly, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (‘Queen Mother’)was a commoner who originally wanted to marry Edward but he had no interest in her and Married Wallis Simpson after abdicating the throne. Mary's servants, driven away during her days of torment, were allowed back. Her husband Charles Brandon remarried very quickly after her death, which was not uncommon in those days. I agree! Keep up the good work and once again Thank You. That’s ok, they weren’t very imaginative with names! Chapuys mentioned Jane in a letter of 10 February 1536, reporting that Henry had sent her a gift of a purse full of sovereigns, accompanied by a letter. Monarchy Hahaha …ya mean whores and drunks. ). Incroyable ! Henry VIII is my 13th great grandfather through Catherine Carey. Houses across Europe /Russia and parts of the Middle East Henry then left Anne at Greenwich to convalesce while he went to Whitehall to mark the feast day of St Matthew. Everything you ever wanted to know about... 11 things you (probably) didn’t know about Anne Boleyn, Katherine Parr: the truth about the wife who ‘survived’, Henry VIII’s six wives in a different light, Henry VIII: 5 places you (probably) didn’t know shaped his life, Revolution on the western front: the military transformation that brought the Allies victory in the First World War, Richard III: your guide to the last Yorkist king of England. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, brother of George IV and William IV I’m sorry, I don’t know enough English to write all this! But this description comes from a Catholic propagandist, Nicholas Sander, writing 50 years later; there is no contemporary evidence to sustain this salacious theory. These included Sir Henry Norris, a personal body servant and one of his closest friends, whom he questioned throughout the journey. How would I be related to Queen Elizabeth II? ! Accompanied William the Conquerer during the That was in the papers years later as I read it also but it’s just speculation, there’s no evidence that Elizabeth the Queen Mother wanted to marry her brother in law, the papers just said that to make people buy them, when she married George she was devoted to him and heartbroken when he died. It’s John Seymour and Margaret Wentworth. Henry's third queen Jane Seymour gave him his long-awaited male heir, Edward, in 1537. Queen Elizabeth II is descended from Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn. This article was about the Queen’s link to the Boleyns, but you can see the royal line of descent at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_of_Elizabeth_II_from_William_the_Conqueror. Anne Boleyn’s Downfall: Who was responsible? Elizabeth loved her mother Catherine Carey but hated Lettice calling her ‘the she wolf’ for ensnaring the Earl of Leicester, she banished her from court and kept Leicester with her as much as possible to annoy Lettice, then she favoured her son the Earl of Essex who turned out to be a hot head and a rebel, incidentally this would make Lettices son Elizabeth’s third cousin and Mary Boleyns great grandson. Hmm, I don’t think so that’s the place where the Plantagenets died off because the boy princes died in the tower and the Tudor’s, ie Margaret Tudor’s son took the throne. By entering your details, you are agreeing to HistoryExtra terms and conditions and privacy policy. Her nine-day reign was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain Protestant rule. During her imprisonment Sir William Kingston, constable of the Tower, reported Anne’s remarks to Cromwell. Some have proposed that the miscarriage of a male foetus suffered by Anne in January 1536 led inexorably to her downfall. Catherine Howard’s execution – What happened? 1501 (or possibly 1507): The birth. Mary Boleyn’s early life. There is also line back to William the Conqueror. He was born in 1491. There was a newspaper article regarding Kate Middleton being descended from the Boleyns but experts have now disproved this link. And isn’t the Dutchess of Camberage also a decendant of the Boylins? I am confused as to just how many children Latitce and Walter Gilliam really had. Please forgive me for any errors here, like I said I am only going off the history I have learnt from different books. Differences of opinion are thought to have arisen over the use of funds from the dissolution of the monasteries, as well as matters of foreign policy – seemingly slender motives for destroying a queen. I’ve just about finished Alison Weir’s book on Mary Boleyn. Claire, Would you know who the first one in the Royal Line was to move to the American Colonies? Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth In the early months of 1536, Henry was increasing the pressure on Charles V to recognise Anne as his wife. Chapuys wrote that Henry, during his visit to Anne’s chamber after the tragedy, said very little except: “I see that God will not give me male children.”. Norman Conquest if 1066, I’m also related to many Of the European Royal She is related to queen elizabeth the 1 through her aunt margerat tudor who was henry the eighths sister they are cousins many many times removed. I have a book of the genealogy dating all the way back to the Cary/Carey family. Jane had been a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon and had much admired her. Though this is regularly cited as one of the charges of which she was found guilty, it is not mentioned in the indictment. Margaret was his daughter. Could someone please tell me wether there is a DNA site that could tell blood ancestry? Reinforces the fact that she is related via an illegitimate line though if Henry Viii was her father. The Tudors Season 1 Episode 3 – Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey! When you say royal line, what do you mean? true love his first wife was Amy Robar who was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell Thank you for posting. At that time, Henry was having an affair with Anne’s sister, Mary, Henry VIII falls in love with Anne. Have read of Mary Boleyn . Yet, as another Boleyn biographer Eric Ives noted, three-quarters of the specific accusations of adulterous liaisons made in the indictment can be discredited, even 500 years later. He obviously was still married to Katherine at this point and did not want to break his marriage to her at this point. Queen Victoria married her first cousin and several royals before that married cousins. I am descended from the Throckmortons of Coughton Court. Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer I love to read about British heritage. Queen Elizabeth II has connections to King Henry VII, Maragret Tudor, Mary Queen of Scots, her son James I & VII, Queen Mary Tudor, Queen Elizabeth (daugther of Anne Boleyn) and Lord Darnley on her father’s side. The first theory, argued by Boleyn biographer and scholar GW Bernard, is simply that Anne was guilty of the charges against her. Mary is one of my great-grandmothers. I personally don’t believe that Mary’s children were fathered by Henry VIII. There are many fascinating facts about the Boleyn family George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1503 /c. That is fascinating. Did it cause Henry to believe that Anne would never be able to bear him an heir, and thus to consider the marriage doomed? – Hell Yes! Georgiana Spencer, wife of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer If you subscribe to BBC History Magazine Print or Digital Editions then you can unlock 10 years’ worth of archived history material fully searchable by Topic, Location, Period and Person. Or was she indeed guilty of the charges laid against her? On 18 April he invited Chapuys to the court. Truly fascinating! cousin to Queen Elizabeth 2. Love to see the bloodlines and how it all truly links together in one way or another. Henry was the son of her first cousin. George V PLEASE NOTE: Your privacy is essential to us and we will not share your details with anyone. What sacrilege. This was very interesting. This mind boggling to me! Queen Jane treated Mary well, befriending her husband's oldest child, and returning some of the signs of rank that Mary had been denied while Anne Boleyn had been alive. Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII. Have I read that correctly? Je savais les mariages entre cousins et cousins éloignés et que l’Europe actuelle est faite de familles royales de même lignée, issue de la ” même famille ”. It has been suggested that Cromwell’s court faction intended to replace Anne with Jane Seymour. I’M GONNA BE ASLEEP ALL DAY AFTER THIS HAHAHAHAHAHA, I was wondering how Elizabeth I is related to the present queen, Elizabeth II. If you come up empty, after taking a DNA test and finding close relatives, you can probably find some family information on genealogy sites. The official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed, Try 3 issues of BBC History Magazine or BBC History Revealed for only £5, Was she ensnared by a conspiracy, the victim of her own loose tongue, or simply guilty as charged? Catherine Carey born 1524 , certainly rises serious speculations as to who begot her , in 1524 Mary Boleyn was a young maiden no older than 18 .and King Henry VIII being a hot blooded virile Tudor , On 17 May Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared the marriage of Henry and Anne null, and by 19 May, all six convicted had been executed. Thanks you very much ! And I agree that Miss Roland would think you were mad. What could explain this rapid and surprising turn of events? As Sir Edward Baynton put it: “No man will confess any thing against her, but only Mark of any actual thing.” And even Eustace Chapuys, ambassador for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Anne’s arch-enemy, would finally conclude that everyone besides Smeaton was “condemned upon presumption and certain indications, without valid proof or confession”. Ancestry is fascinating. The death of Mary’s father, which … Great post. The previous sentence states that “he himself [Cromwell] had been authorised and commissioned by the king to prosecute and bring to an end the mistress’s trial, to do which he had taken considerable trouble.” If we accept this account, it is impossible to dismiss Henry VIII from the picture – Cromwell claimed not to be acting alone. Fascinating! Thank you for subscribing to HistoryExtra, you now have unlimited access. David Starkey suggested that “Anne’s proud and abrasive character soon became intolerable to her husband”. I am a direct descendant of Mary Boleyn through her daughter Catherine Carey! Anne Boleyn is one of the most divisive figures in British history. All of it is so fascinating and mind-boggling! Anne is born at Blickling, Norfolk, to Thomas Boleyn and his wife, Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Howard, later second Duke of Norfolk). Just wanted the author to know that they misspelled British on #2 the second spelling of it. Really! Yes, through her father she was the great-granddaughter of Edward Seymour, Queen Jane Seymour’s brother. Thanks! Catherine would eventually succumb to her years of illness and die on January 7th, 1536.
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