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Jane Seymour: Anne Boleyn
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After serving as a lady-in-waiting to both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, Henry's first two queens, Jane caught the king's eye. His desire to marry her may have partly motivated him to believe (or pretend to believe) the false accusations of adultery and witchcraft against Anne. Henry became betrothed to Jane on 20 May, 1536, and he married Jane on 30 May, only shortly after Anne's execution. Jane was publicly proclaimed queen on 4 June. She was never crowned because of an epidemic of plague in London where the coronation was to take place. Henry was afraid of contracting the plague and obviously had the same fears for his new bride.
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Jane was born between 1507 and 1509. The Seymour’s were a well-respected and old noble family. Jane had been a maid of honour at the court of both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. As one of Anne’s maids of honour, Jane had been caught by Anne sitting on the knee of the king. The heavily pregnant Anne was so angry, that she miscarried.
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As Queen, Jane was strict and formal. She was close only to her female relations, Anne Stanhope (her brother's wife) and her sister, Elizabeth Seymour. The glittering social life and extravagance of the Queen's Household, which had been masterminded by Anne Boleyn, was replaced by a strict, almost oppressive, atmosphere in Jane's time. Desperate to appear like a queen, Jane became obsessed with tiny details, such as how many pearls were sewn into each lady's skirt, and she banned the elegant French fashions introduced by Anne Boleyn. Politically, Jane was a conservative, but her only intervention into the realm of government in 1536 ended when the king brutally told her to remember the last queen, who had lost her head because she meddled in politics.
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Hester W. Chapman and Professor Eric Ives resurrected Strickland's view of Jane Seymour, and believe she played a crucial and conscious role in the cold-blooded plot to bring Anne Boleyn to the executioner's block. Dr. David Starkey and Karen Lindsey are both relatively dismissive of Jane's importance in comparison to that of Henry's other queens -- particularly Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr. Joanna Denny, Marie Louise Bruce and Carolly Erickson ... -understandably- refrain from giving overly-sympathetic accounts of Jane's life and career.
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Jane was played by Lesley Paterson, opposite screen legend Richard Burton as Henry VIII. Towards the movie's end, Anne Boleyn (played by Canadian actress Geneviève Bujold) dismisses her as a woman with "the face of a simpering sheep and the manners - but not the morals."
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It wasn't until early 1537 that Jane became pregnant. During her pregnancy, Jane's every whim was indulged by the King, convinced that Jane, whom he felt to be his first 'true wife', carried his long hoped for son. In October, a prince was born at Hampton Court Palace and was christened on 15th of October. The baby was named Edward. Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon, was godmother and Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn... played a role in the ceremony.
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