I'm watching a serie called 'The Tudors' that is about the Henry's Kingdom and is really good!!!!!! I'm in the season 3 and this serie has 4 seasons. It shows the life that this King had with his wives, the relationship that he had with his two daughters and the desire to have a son, that was really important in this age.
(This video is like the opening of the seasons, but it shows Henry and his wives)
After Henry married to Anne Boleyn, one of the things that allowed him to go with his plans was the doubt about the virginity of Caterine, because she had been married to the king's brother but he died and to keep the alliance England-Spain they got married.
The story of Mary, the first daughter of Henry and Catherine of Aragon, caught my attention. She suffered so much. When his father left her mother, she had to choose who she wanted to support. She, just like her mother, always wanted that the Catoliscism return to England. Mary was declared illegitimate daughter.
When her parents got divorce and her new sister, Elizabeth, came to this world (Anne's daughter) , she was sent to be her sister's lady and serviced her. She was not allowed to visit her mother and when Catherine died she couldn't go to her funeral.
With the help of the 3rd wife of Henry, Jane Seymour, Mary and Elizabeth (who also had been declared illegitimate, after Anne's death), they could be part of the royal family again and with their brother they could have their own rule.
Once Edward VI (Jane's son) got the crown, he wanted that Mary never become Queen because she could bring the Catoliscism to England again. Even when Edward had allies, and made plans to keep his sisters away, Mary became Queen after his death and was the 3rd woman to be queen.
After Mary, Elizabeth turned Queen and she was the last of the Tudors.
I hope you like my post and I recommend you 100% this serie!
I hope for your comments here. Thanks :)
I think is really unfair that the Henry’s daughters were considered “illegitimates” to accede at the throne because of their religions. Moreover, Mary and Elizabeth were sufficiently mature (or more mature than a boy, Edward VI) to reign in England. The fight between the Catholics and the Protestants is simply the lack of tolerance about the cultural differences between different identities.
ReplyDeleteI like very much your post !!! :) and I’ll wait to see soon The Tudors’ serie because it's seem attractive to me and the Kingdom of Henry’s family is a very interesting historical moment about the Kings and Queens.
I think it's very important to have Kings and Queens... I mean, men and women reigning some nation (today it's completely unnecessary). Very strong woman, who had to endure the strange and erratic behavior of his father, Henry VIII.
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