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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio

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<v Speaker 1>and Grimm and Mild from Aaron Minkie. Listener discretion is advised.

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<v Speaker 1>Henry the Eighth died in fifteen forty seven, obese and

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<v Speaker 1>ulcerd one leg still rotting from a bad fall of

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<v Speaker 1>a horse decades earlier. After his corpse was embalmed and spiced,

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<v Speaker 1>it lay in state in the presence Chamber of Whitehall,

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<v Speaker 1>surrounded by burning taper candles, and then two weeks later

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<v Speaker 1>the slow procession to his burial site began a carriage

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<v Speaker 1>followed by hundreds of men on horseback. The carriage itself

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<v Speaker 1>was massive, a laborate tall pulled by eight horses, each

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<v Speaker 1>ridden by a child on top of the hearse in

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<v Speaker 1>full view of the public that had come out onto

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<v Speaker 1>the streets to say goodbye to their king. An effigy

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<v Speaker 1>made of wax and wood meant to resemble the king

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<v Speaker 1>in his more handsome days. The effigy were satin and

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<v Speaker 1>velvet and jewels with rings dotting its gloved hands. It

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<v Speaker 1>wore a crown. But when King Henry's procession finally reached

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<v Speaker 1>its destination, Saint George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. His tomb

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't gilded or flanked by sculptures, the type of pomp

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<v Speaker 1>you would expect for the final resting place of a

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<v Speaker 1>man who saw himself as a dynastic hero, the champion

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<v Speaker 1>of England, chosen by God to lead their church and

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<v Speaker 1>their nation. That was the tomb he had wanted for himself,

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<v Speaker 1>when he had described early in his life, a double

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<v Speaker 1>tomb with effigies in marble, carved angels on the wall,

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<v Speaker 1>and prophets perched on overlooking columns. But King Henry was

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<v Speaker 1>not a man who wanted to acknowledge his own death

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<v Speaker 1>to spend thousands of pounds while he lived celebrating the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that one day he would be gone, He never

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<v Speaker 1>built his own tomb, and so instead he was interred

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<v Speaker 1>simply in the vault beneath St. George's Chapel, beneath a

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<v Speaker 1>plain black marble slab. What was supposed to be his

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<v Speaker 1>temporary resting place became the place that Henry the Eighth,

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<v Speaker 1>one of England's most famous monarchs, remained permanently. But one

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<v Speaker 1>of his wishes for burial was honored. Though at the

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<v Speaker 1>time of his death, Henry the eighth was on his

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<v Speaker 1>sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr. He specified that he

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<v Speaker 1>should be buried not next to her, but next to

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<v Speaker 1>his third wife, Jane Seymour. He was married three times

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<v Speaker 1>after her, but it was her memory that Henry clung to,

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<v Speaker 1>the memory of the wife who had done what all

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<v Speaker 1>of the others hadn't, given him a living son. The

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<v Speaker 1>two of them side by side for history, for eternity,

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<v Speaker 1>the man who had six wives, choosing to be entwined

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<v Speaker 1>forever with the one he idealized and romanticized and missed

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<v Speaker 1>until finally he joined her in death. I'm Danis Schwartz,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is noble blood. Jane Seymour was never going

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<v Speaker 1>to make a very advantageous marriage. That's what she knew

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<v Speaker 1>growing up in the Wiltshire countryside, her mother's seventh child

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<v Speaker 1>with three surviving older brothers. She was still unmarried in

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<v Speaker 1>her twenties, largely because her father wasn't wealthy enough to

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<v Speaker 1>put up an attractive dowry, and so the family used

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<v Speaker 1>what connections they had to send her to court, where

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<v Speaker 1>she would be a lady to Catherine of Aragon, the

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<v Speaker 1>Queen of England. Jane was blond and fair, and while

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<v Speaker 1>she wasn't unattractive, no one would ever call her a

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<v Speaker 1>great beauty. The hope was that she would meet a

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<v Speaker 1>nice man at court, maybe a night Banneret or the like,

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<v Speaker 1>and that she would get married. Jane was raised Catholic

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<v Speaker 1>and raised to be a dutiful wife above all else.

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<v Speaker 1>She was only barely literate, but she was an expert

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<v Speaker 1>at embroidery and housekeeping. And one day she would bear

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<v Speaker 1>a brood of children like her mother. Everyone knew it.

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<v Speaker 1>Her mother had given her father three living sons. There's

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<v Speaker 1>no greater success than that. Good sweet Jane went to

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<v Speaker 1>court and watched as Catherine of Arragon was humiliated and

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<v Speaker 1>banished and betrayed by her husband. Catherine was a devout

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<v Speaker 1>Catholic too. She prayed every day. She was a princess,

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<v Speaker 1>daughter of a king and a queen, and she had

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<v Speaker 1>loved her husband with her whole heart. Catherine never complained,

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<v Speaker 1>never became angry, and her husband flirted with other women,

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<v Speaker 1>danced with other women, slept with other women. Catherine hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>been able to give Henry a son. Now, just the

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<v Speaker 1>little Princess Mary, the girl with red blonde hair like

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<v Speaker 1>her father, and a dutiful Catholic heart like her mother.

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<v Speaker 1>Princess Mary was only a few years younger than Jane herself,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jane had watched Mary's life play out like some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of Greek tragedy. The girl had been the pearl

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<v Speaker 1>of court, beloved and doated on by her father until

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<v Speaker 1>Catherine fell out of favor, until Henry fell in love

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<v Speaker 1>with Anne Boleyn and declared Mary illegitimate. Mary was stripped

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<v Speaker 1>of her title, no longer a princess, just a lady now,

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<v Speaker 1>and banished from court, doomed to teenage years of anguish

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<v Speaker 1>of begging her father for mercy, for a shred of love,

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<v Speaker 1>or even acknowledgment, all while being forbidden to see her

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<v Speaker 1>mother ever again. When Anne Boleyn became Queen and adopted

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<v Speaker 1>the Most Happy as her motto, Anne pushed Henry to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to ignore Mary and let Catherine suffer the misery

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<v Speaker 1>of her own making. Jane didn't mind being Queen Anne's

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<v Speaker 1>new lady, although of course she would never admit out loud,

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<v Speaker 1>she still had sympathy for the former queen and for

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<v Speaker 1>the once princess Mary, still banished from court, even after

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<v Speaker 1>Catherine of Arragon eventually died. Jane was dutiful and disciplined,

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<v Speaker 1>and Queen Anne liked her plenty, mostly because Jane seemed

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<v Speaker 1>to fade into the wallpaper, that is, until she didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>As King Henry began to prickle against his impetuous, wilful,

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<v Speaker 1>stubborn new wife, and as the son she had promised

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<v Speaker 1>him continued to elude her, his eye began to wander.

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<v Speaker 1>In the fall, Henry and Queen Anne had taken a

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<v Speaker 1>hunting trip and they had stopped at wolf Hall, where

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<v Speaker 1>Jane Seymour's family lived. Of course, Jane wasn't there, she

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<v Speaker 1>was back at Court, but Henry had seen the domestic scene,

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<v Speaker 1>the subservient wife, the proud father, and the many, many

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<v Speaker 1>healthy living children, and Henry had remembered the shy smile

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<v Speaker 1>of that blonde girl at court who came from such

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<v Speaker 1>a fertile line. Anne had had another miscarriage earlier in

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<v Speaker 1>the summer. She and Henry were polite but distant for

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<v Speaker 1>most of their ride the next day. By winter, Henry's

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<v Speaker 1>infatuation with the girl everyone else had seemed to ignore

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<v Speaker 1>became the buzz of court. He gave Jane gifts, flirted

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<v Speaker 1>with her in public, and of course, Anne Boleyn's enemies

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<v Speaker 1>made sure to put Jane front and center in Henry's

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<v Speaker 1>eyeline whenever they could. One queen had already been dislodged

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<v Speaker 1>because the king had fallen in love with one of

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<v Speaker 1>her ladies in waiting, the same thing could happen to

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<v Speaker 1>the next queen. Jane was everything Henry realized he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>a wife to be docile, sweet, humble, virtuous. There was

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<v Speaker 1>no chance that once he got her to bed, she

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<v Speaker 1>would be more experienced than he was, that she would

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<v Speaker 1>be a seductress who exposed his own inadequacies. By contrast

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<v Speaker 1>the way his current Queen Anne did. Henry wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>feel like a man again. His wife, who insisted on

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<v Speaker 1>arguing with him, having conversations, debating politics, and winning those debates, well,

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<v Speaker 1>she did not make him feel like a man. Anne

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<v Speaker 1>had gotten her reward. She was queen for God's sake.

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<v Speaker 1>Where was his reward? Henry thought? Where was his son?

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<v Speaker 1>In the spring? Henry propositioned Jane and asked her to

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<v Speaker 1>be his mistress. She responded, I have no greater treasure

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<v Speaker 1>in all the world than my honor, and I would

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<v Speaker 1>rather die a thousand times than tarnish it. Jane dutifully

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<v Speaker 1>returned the letters and expensive gifts that Henry had sent her.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no game, no malice, no intrigue in her behavior.

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<v Speaker 1>She asked nothing of him, and so Henry wanted her

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<v Speaker 1>all the more desperately. Jane was Anne's opposite in temperament

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<v Speaker 1>and personality and looks, but ironically she used the same

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<v Speaker 1>tact distance to make Henry fall in love with her.

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<v Speaker 1>Here was the wife Henry should have married. He thought

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<v Speaker 1>Anne was a witch. She had bewitched him. She was

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<v Speaker 1>sinful and evil, and she had led him astray. The

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<v Speaker 1>day after Anne Boleyn was beheaded, King Henry announced his

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<v Speaker 1>engagement to her twenty eight year old former lady, Jane Seymour.

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<v Speaker 1>Ten days after that, on May six, the two were wed.

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<v Speaker 1>Catherine of Arrogun had been raised as a princess, born

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<v Speaker 1>and bred to be married to a king. Anne Boleyn

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<v Speaker 1>had been cunning and spent her entire life at court.

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<v Speaker 1>She knew how to play the game better than anyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Jane Seymour was a twenty eight year old virgin, completely

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<v Speaker 1>new to the attention and the spectacle of which she

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<v Speaker 1>was now at the center. She informally banned the French

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<v Speaker 1>fashions that Anne Boleyn had popularized at court. As her motto,

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<v Speaker 1>she adopted the phrase bound to obey and serve, and

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<v Speaker 1>as for her symbol, it would be a phoenix. The

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<v Speaker 1>Tutor dynasty would be born anew after the disaster of

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<v Speaker 1>Anne Boleyn, Henry was besotted. Jane was everything he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>in a wife. He even took up embroidery poorly just

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<v Speaker 1>to spend time next to her, to watch her deft

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<v Speaker 1>fingers maneuvered their way between string and cotton, building something

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<v Speaker 1>intricate and beautiful onto a fabric that would find its

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<v Speaker 1>place somewhere in their home. Their home. Henry had a wife,

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<v Speaker 1>and soon he would have a son. He had to

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<v Speaker 1>the summer after Jane and Henry got married, Henry received

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<v Speaker 1>terrible news. Back when he had been married to Catherine,

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<v Speaker 1>he had had a son out of wedlock with a mistress,

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<v Speaker 1>a bastard named Henry fitz Roy, now a teenager. In

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<v Speaker 1>July of fifty six, Henry fitz Roy, the Duke of

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<v Speaker 1>Richmond and Somerset, had died only seventeen years old. They

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<v Speaker 1>say it was consumption, something that had taken hold of

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<v Speaker 1>his lungs. Yes, he had been illegitimate, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>still Henry's son, and before his death, Henry had even

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<v Speaker 1>been contemplating legitimizing him. Henry Fitzroy could have been his heir.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that he was dad in the ground, it was

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<v Speaker 1>all up to Jane Seymour. Though a magnificent coronation for

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<v Speaker 1>Jane to introduce her to the people as their official

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<v Speaker 1>queen had been scheduled in October, uprisings all over England

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<v Speaker 1>put those plans aside for the time being. The people

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<v Speaker 1>were still protesting Henry's break from the Catholic Church, his

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<v Speaker 1>disillusion of the monasteries, and seizing their property to add

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<v Speaker 1>to his own wealth. The largest protest, called the Pilgrimage

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<v Speaker 1>of Grace, took months to quell entirely. Jane, who had

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<v Speaker 1>been raised to devout Catholic, of course, quietly asked Henry

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<v Speaker 1>if he might show mercy to the men involved, After all,

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<v Speaker 1>they had only been attempting to be true to their faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Henry spun his head around and snapped at his young wife,

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<v Speaker 1>to whom he had been married for months and yet

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<v Speaker 1>who still wasn't pregnant. You should hold your tongue when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to matters of the king, he spat. After all,

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<v Speaker 1>you remember well the fate of your predecessors. Jane was

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<v Speaker 1>left alone shaking. She never contradicted or challenged Henry again.

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<v Speaker 1>She learned quickly the way to persuade him of anything,

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<v Speaker 1>to achieve any change, merely mention it. Allude to it

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<v Speaker 1>once casually. It seems such a shame. Your daughter Mary

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<v Speaker 1>isn't here to enjoy the feast, Jane might say sweetly.

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<v Speaker 1>Henry might murmur a response, or he might not. Did

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<v Speaker 1>your daughter Mary enjoy riding? She'd ask? How is Mary's embroidery?

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<v Speaker 1>I heard her embroidery was beautiful and delicate, she might say.

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<v Speaker 1>And so then, when weeks later Henry had the magnificent

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<v Speaker 1>idea to finally allow Mary his daughter back to court,

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<v Speaker 1>Jane just had to smile and clap her hands and

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<v Speaker 1>praise his wisdom. Mary, now one with a world very

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<v Speaker 1>darkness in her eyes, bowed deeply to her father and

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<v Speaker 1>his new wife. Jane would become something of a big

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<v Speaker 1>sister to her, a figure of kindness who shepherded her

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<v Speaker 1>back into the fold. Jane's coronation was delayed again for

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<v Speaker 1>good enough reasons. There was a plague in London, they said,

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<v Speaker 1>there were still aftershocks of rebellions about the monasteries around

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<v Speaker 1>the country. But in the back of Jane's mind, she

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't help but think that the true reason, the true

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<v Speaker 1>reason she wasn't being celebrated out in the streets with

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<v Speaker 1>the crown on her head and a king by her side,

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<v Speaker 1>was because she hadn't done her duty yet, she wasn't pregnant.

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<v Speaker 1>Why waste a parade on a woman who was still

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<v Speaker 1>as disposable as all the rest. Finally it came her miracle,

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<v Speaker 1>her savior. In February of seven, Jane's period stopped. Her

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<v Speaker 1>petite changed. She had done it all. The soothsayers said

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<v Speaker 1>it would be a boy. Henry would stroke her belly,

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<v Speaker 1>putting his face against her skin and cooing into her flesh. Edward, Edward,

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<v Speaker 1>he whispered. When Jane first felt the baby kick. In May,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a massive celebration, with Jane wearing a gown

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<v Speaker 1>open at the belly and lined with lace. Beneath the quickening,

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<v Speaker 1>they believed was the infant soul entering its body. Here

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<v Speaker 1>was the prince who would secure the tutor dynasty. He

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<v Speaker 1>was on his way throughout the country. There were bonfires

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<v Speaker 1>and parties where wine flowed and singing filled the air.

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<v Speaker 1>With Jane's belly expanding, she mentioned that she had a

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<v Speaker 1>craving for quail. Bring my wife quail, Henry bellowed. The

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<v Speaker 1>quail was out of season in England. He ordered that

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<v Speaker 1>it be brought specially from Calais, with orders to expe

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<v Speaker 1>banned of the search and go even further afield. If

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<v Speaker 1>enough quail couldn't be found, Jane would have everything she

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<v Speaker 1>wanted while she was carrying all of Henry's hopes in

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<v Speaker 1>her belly. In September, she was put on bedrest, confined

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<v Speaker 1>her chamber, and not permitted to leave to prevent any

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<v Speaker 1>trouble with the pregnancy. Henry could not lose another son,

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<v Speaker 1>and this was going to be a son. Everyone knew it. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>it had been long enough enough, waiting, enough maneuvering, enough

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<v Speaker 1>plotting and marrying and beheading. Henry finally had a wife,

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<v Speaker 1>and Henry was about to have a legitimate son. A

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<v Speaker 1>month later, the labor began. Henry took as many precautions

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<v Speaker 1>as physically possible to ensure the survival of his child.

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<v Speaker 1>Most births at the time would be attended to by

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<v Speaker 1>a midwife. Henry insisted instead on a team of all

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<v Speaker 1>male doctors. When the labor began, it quickly became apparent

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<v Speaker 1>that the infant was in a breach position. For two

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<v Speaker 1>days and three nights, Jane did her best to follow

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<v Speaker 1>her doctor's instructions to shut out the pain and to

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<v Speaker 1>think of nothing but how happy Henry would be when

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<v Speaker 1>he finally met his son. And then, finally, with a

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<v Speaker 1>final scream of pain and a whimper, it was over.

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<v Speaker 1>She had done it the day before St. Edward's day.

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<v Speaker 1>On October twelve, Prince Edward was born, a healthy, living,

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<v Speaker 1>legitimate male child. Jane wept with relief. A few days

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<v Speaker 1>after the birth, the baby was made Duke of Cornwall

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<v Speaker 1>and Earl of Chester, Jane's brother got promoted to Earle,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jane was well enough to dress and sit in

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<v Speaker 1>the receiving room for edward It's christening, greeting the well

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<v Speaker 1>wishers who congratulated her on achieving with the two women

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<v Speaker 1>before her had been unable to do. Mary, the boy's

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<v Speaker 1>half sister, was the godmother, But a week later Jane

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<v Speaker 1>felt woozy and lightheaded. Within the hour, her fever spiked.

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<v Speaker 1>She was delirious and sweating. By the time she awoke

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<v Speaker 1>early the next morning. It was obvious that a priest

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<v Speaker 1>would need to be summoned. Jane Seymour died at noon

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<v Speaker 1>that day in a rush of fever and blood, just

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<v Speaker 1>after she had given Henry everything he wanted, after she

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<v Speaker 1>had just ensured that her position as queen was secure.

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<v Speaker 1>It's difficult to know exactly why Jane died twelve days

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<v Speaker 1>after childbirth, whether it was child bed fever, a pulmonary embolism, hemorrhaging.

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<v Speaker 1>It also seemed possible, even likely, that Jane hadn't fully

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<v Speaker 1>expelled the placenta after giving birth, left in her body,

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<v Speaker 1>the placenta became infected. Ironically, male doctors at the time

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<v Speaker 1>had far less experience when it came to childbirth than midwives.

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<v Speaker 1>If Jane had been attended to by a midwife who

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<v Speaker 1>had been through hundreds of births, the midwife would have

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<v Speaker 1>known exactly what to do and could have solved the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>After Jane's death, King Henry was so depressed that he

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<v Speaker 1>could barely speak. He left the funeral arrangements to two

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<v Speaker 1>of his advisers and went off to mourn in isolation.

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<v Speaker 1>Jane Seymour's body was brought to a wax chandler who

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<v Speaker 1>removed her entrails and embalmed her body with spices, before

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<v Speaker 1>she was passed off to a lead plumber, who soldered

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<v Speaker 1>her into place. She lay in state, then at Hampton Court,

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<v Speaker 1>surround did by candles with a nightly watch to prevent

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<v Speaker 1>any more harm from coming to her. Jane is the

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<v Speaker 1>only one of Henry's six wives who received an official

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<v Speaker 1>queen's funeral. The route for her casket to get to Windsor,

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<v Speaker 1>where she would be buried, was hung with black cloth

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<v Speaker 1>out nearly every window. Her wax effigy atop the casket

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<v Speaker 1>rested on a golden pillow. It wore golden shoes and

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<v Speaker 1>rings on its finger, and it was dressed in beautifully

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<v Speaker 1>embroidered stockings. The carriage was trailed by twenty nine wailing mourners,

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<v Speaker 1>one for each year of Jane's life. Young Mary was

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<v Speaker 1>Jane's chief mourner. Stories would come out later, ballads martyring

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<v Speaker 1>Jane saying that she had chosen to get a cesarean section,

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<v Speaker 1>or that she was given the option to either save

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<v Speaker 1>her own life or save the life of her child,

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<v Speaker 1>and she had chosen the latter. It's pleasant to imagine

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<v Speaker 1>her heroic to give agency to the woman who was

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<v Speaker 1>most often characterized in history books as just the opposite

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<v Speaker 1>of Anne. A pendulum swing from raven, herod and witty

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<v Speaker 1>to blonde and docile. The phoenix dies to bring new

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<v Speaker 1>life that was Jane Seal the phoenix death turns to

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<v Speaker 1>new life. Henry finally got his son, but he would

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<v Speaker 1>spend the rest of his life mourning and yearning for

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<v Speaker 1>the wife he lost too soon, because now that she

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<v Speaker 1>was gone, in her memory she would always be perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>Eight years after losing Jane, Henry the Eighth commissioned a

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<v Speaker 1>family portrait. By this time, he had already gone through

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<v Speaker 1>two more wives and had finally landed on his sixth

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<v Speaker 1>and final wife, Katherine Parr. In the family portrait, Henry's

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<v Speaker 1>at the center, with his son Edward directly to his right.

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<v Speaker 1>On either far side of the frame stand Princess Mary

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<v Speaker 1>and Princess Elizabeth, daughters respectively of Catherine of Aragon and

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<v Speaker 1>Anne Boleyn, And to King Henry's left standing is his queen,

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<v Speaker 1>not the woman he was married to at the time No.

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<v Speaker 1>Nearly a decade after her death, Henry insisted that the

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<v Speaker 1>family portrait be painted to feature his queen as Jane Seymour.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the short life of Jane Seymour, but stick around

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<v Speaker 1>after a brief sponsored break to hear a bit more

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<v Speaker 1>about Little Baby Edward. Little Baby Edward was given his

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<v Speaker 1>own household at Hampton Court, where King Henry forbid both

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<v Speaker 1>dogs and serving boys too clumsy. No one was allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to leave for London in the summer. When illnesses ran rampant,

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<v Speaker 1>No food or dirty utensils could be left within sight

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<v Speaker 1>of the infant. The floors, walls, and ceilings of his

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<v Speaker 1>chamber were scrubbed down daily. Guests would need written permission

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<v Speaker 1>to be allowed to approach Edward's cradle. A brand new

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen and washhouse were built at Hampton Court just for

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<v Speaker 1>Edward to prevent any possible contamination by the rest of court.

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<v Speaker 1>Before a single article of clothing was put on the

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<v Speaker 1>young prince, it needed to be washed, brushed, tested for poison, perfumed,

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<v Speaker 1>and then dried fully by the fire. Henry's protections worked

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<v Speaker 1>sort of. Edwards survived infancy. He lived long enough to

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<v Speaker 1>become king after Henry's eventual death when he Edward was

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<v Speaker 1>just nine years old. He lasted until he was fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>King Henry's daughters, then, who he thought of as his failures,

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<v Speaker 1>took the throne, next Mary, who tried to restore Catholicism

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<v Speaker 1>to England, and then finally the last tutor ruler, Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 1>the First. She was the daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry,

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<v Speaker 1>who had tried so hard to produce a male heir,

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<v Speaker 1>who would have thought that it would be a daughter

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<v Speaker 1>all along who would usher in a golden period of

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<v Speaker 1>art and stability for England. Noble Blood is a production

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<v Speaker 1>of I Heart Radio and Grimm and Mild from Aaron Manky.

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