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Grace_B
What did Elizabeth I think of her mother, Anne Boleyn?
Aug 20 2012, 5:07 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 20 2012, 5:07 PM EDT
This is one of the questions that is dragging me down! Infact, there is no other tudor question I could even think of right now - I want to investigate evidence of Elizabeth's thoughts on her mother and the best place to do it is probably on a wiki.

I heard she had a locket with minis of her and Anne in it when she was about 2 or 3 years. I also heard that she was crowned with the crown Anne B was crowned with. And one of my theories is that one of the reasons Elizabeth refused to have a husband aka 'A man who could rule over her' was because her father and power and ruled over her mother and look what happened... her head escaped her. I know she could never end up on the block herself but she didn't want a man to reign over her or have more power than her. 1  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
LadyTudorsFan
LadyTudorsFan
1. RE: What did Elizabeth I think of her mother, Anne Boleyn?
Aug 27 2012, 1:45 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 27 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
I do think Elizabeth thought her mother was innocent and loved her. Even though she never pubicly supported her mother, she did still show allegiance to her mother and her Boleyn relatives in other ways. For example, she was generous in giving Mary Boleyn's son Henry Carey a title. There was even a story that she wanted to make a public enquiry into her mother's trial and execution, but this never happened. On Elizabeth's death bed, a ring was removed from her finger which opened. When it opened up, there were two pictures facing opposite each other - one of Elizabeth and one of her mother. I think that alone says it all that she obviously did love her mother! :) 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
ElizabethRegina
ElizabethRegina
2. RE: What did Elizabeth I think of her mother, Anne Boleyn?
Aug 28 2012, 9:09 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 28 2012, 9:09 AM EDT
As a regular first-person interpreter of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and an Education Interpreter at the Higgins Armory Museum, I am constantly asked "How did Elizabeth I feel about her mother?"

I have researched this topic at length, and compiled the evidence from all stages of Elizabeth Tudors life, proving that she I felt positively about her mother in my article, "Death Could Not Separate Them: How Elizabeth I Connected to Her Deceased Mother."

Please click the link, below, and feel free to leave a comment. I hope it provides you with the information you are looking for!
SEMPER EADEM,
Ashlie of "BeingBess"
http://www.beingbess.blogspot.com/2012/08/death-could-not-separate-them-how.html 3  out of 5 found this valuable. Do you?    

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