"The wives' and Henry's fertility is something that I've always wondered about. We do have to take into account the infant mortality rates--back then, they didn't have something as simple as prenatal vitamins, ultrasounds, or amniocentesis tests. That said, you're right: the lack of live births is astounding. But then again, he did get the women pregnant a lot. It's carrying the babies to full term that was a problem. Anne got pregnant a minimum of three times, possibly four, over a period of less than four years. I do think that the theory that she was Rh negative holds some possibility--though we'd have to see how the other women in her family fared as far as carrying babies went. But it wouldn't surprise me at all if Henry was the problem. Bessie Blount went on to have 7 children, and CParr got pregnant almost immediately with Thomas Seymour's child. (Although, that may be owed simply to Henry's possible impotence at that point.) Honestly--what went on with all of those pregnancies is a fascinating mystery.

DuchessGrey--I don't sense hostility, personally, but I do think that some people just get annoyed with the same repetitive complaints. It's over now, and The Borgias will have similar inaccuracies. But it's Hollywood.
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"I might be crazy, but I swore I saw facial hair on the guy who was writing the letter. So, it will probably Edward Seymour or Richard Rich. However. I want to throw Charles Brandon's name in. In the last episode, he noticed that Katherine's eye was wandering, so he might have started an investigation.

Did Henry really ever realize that Seymour and Brandon brought Katherine to court? I thought he just simply saw her next to Seymour and then asked who she was. I really don't think Seymour or Brandon ever benefited from the marriage after Cromwell's death. So, its likely that this connection was never really made. "

"I didn't really like how it showed she was already with Seymour while her husband was still alive either. I can understand why it was put in there though. This woman is in love with Seymour, but can't have him because she is already married to this old guy. He's basically on his death bed and she's waiting for him to die so she can marry her true love, only to find out she's going to have to wait even longer because she has to marry another old guy. Quite a predicament she's in. I assume it was protrayed this way to increase the drama."

"Wow doesn't Joss just glow this season? I wasn't too thrilled to learn that they are setting up Anne of Cleves and Henry to have a fictional fling but she really does seem to be a stand out so who can blame the King? LOL"