[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 10/12/2007 9:03:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
the story of the bastard monarch
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It was my impression the Ann and Henry were actually married when Liz was
conceived, and that cutting someone's head off for supposed adultery is different
from an annulment.
The exact date of the marriage of Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII is not
known-- it was some time during late 1532 or January, 1533. Elizabeth
was born in early September, so it's not possible to know with certainty
whether she was conceived just before or just after the marriage took
place. Her parents were definitely married when she was born, though,
which is what matters in terms of legitimacy.
However, before Anne lost her head, her marriage to the King was
annulled on the grounds of the consanguinuity of a previous sexual
relationship between Henry and Anne's sister Mary, for which no
dispensation had been granted (or sought, for that matter). Elizabeth
was declared a bastard.
--
Adele de Maisieres
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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
hominem meam. Expectat alium quid?
-Georgeus Gershwinus
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