Tribute to the forgotten Queens: Anne Boleyn & Katherine Howard
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| QUEEN ANNE AND QUEEN KATHERINE:  THE TUDOR ROSES:  SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO QUEENS: NIECES OF THOMAS HOWARD WHO BROUGHT THEM FORWARD IN ORDER TO (RE)GAIN THE KING'S FAVOUR    BOTH WERE BETROTHED TO ANOTHER MAN BEFORE THEY MARRIED THE KING (ANNE TO HENRY PERCY AND KATHERINE TO FRANCES DEREHAM)   BOTH SERVED THE KING'S WIVES AS LADIES-IN-WAITING,WHO WERE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND LATELY DIVORCED IN FAVOUR OF THE TWO COUSINS   THEY CAUGHT THE KING'S EYE AND MADE HIM FALL DESPERATELY IN LOVE WITH THEM     BOTH WERE SERVED BY THEIR KINSWOMAN JANE BOLEYN   BOTH WERE VERY CLOSE TO OTHER MEN AND FLIRTATIOUS WITH THEM   BOTH WERE ACCUSED OF TREASON AND ADULTERY WITH OTHER MEN AND WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY DECAPITATION   BOTH WERE RELATED TO ELIZABETH   BOTH HAD A CONFLICT WITH MARY   DIFFERENCES: 1)ANNE WAS WELL EDUCATED, CULTURED,DETERMINED, POLITICALLY SHARP AND HIGHLY CAPABLE  FROM THE OTHER HAND, KATHERINE HAD NEVER BEEN THE MODEL-QUEEN AS SHE WAS NOT EDUCATED AT ALL,WAS FRIVOLOUS,EMPTY HEADED AND IMPULSIVE  2) IN RELIGION...ANNE WAS A RADICAL AND DEVOUT REFORMER  KATHERINE REMAINED A CATHOLIC LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE HOWARD FACTION  3) ANNE WAS MADE MARQUESS OF PEMBROKE BEFORE HER MARRIAGE AND HAD A MAGNIFICENT CORONATION   KATHERINE WAS NEVER MADE A NOBLE NOR DID SHE HAVE A CORONATION, AS HENRY WAITED FOR HER TO FULFILL HER DUTIES BY GIVING HIM A SON  4) ANNE BECAME SEVERAL TIMES PREGNANT ALTHOUGH THE MOST OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY A DISAPPOINTMENT AS SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A GIRL    KATHERINE GAVE NO CHILDREN TO HENRY AND NEVER BECAME PREGNANT AND ALSO THERE WERE SOME RUMORS THAT THEIR MARRIAGE WAS NON-CONSUMMATED  5) ANNE HATED HER STEPDAUGHTER MARY STRONGLY AND WAS DESIROUS TO SEE HER DEAD  KATHERINE WAS ALWAYS KIND-HEARTED AND TRIED TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HER STEP CHILDREN SUPPORTING ESPECIALLY ELIZABETH  6) JANE BOLEYN WAS AGAINST ANNE BOLEYN IN THE END AND DID HER BEST TO BRING HER DOWNFALL AND DESTROY HER BY GIVING FALSE EVIDENCE AGAINST HER  JANE BOLEYN WAS VERY CLOSE FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF KATHERINE HOWARD AND HELPED HER WITH HER AFFAIR TO CULPEPPER. AS A RESULT SHE ACCOMPANIED HER TO DEATH   7) ANNE WAS BEHEADED WITH A SWORD BY A FRENCH EXECUTIONER   KATHERINE WAS BEHEADED IN THE SCAFFOLD BY A COMMON AXE  8) ANNE WAS THE 'UNUSUAL' QUEEN IN TERMS OF APPEARANCE  KATHERINE WAS PROBABLY USUAL                   'The Most Happy' 'No Other Will But His' |