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Are there any living descendants of Henry VIII?
Catherine Middleton may have royal ancestry, after all, with a line of descent from Henry VIII, Well, how can that be as Henry has no descendants. None of his three children, Mary, Elizabeth and Edward, had issue, which means no descendants.
Did Mary Boleyn have a child with Henry?
Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period of time. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the king’s children, though Henry did not acknowledge either of them as he had acknowledged Henry FitzRoy, his son by another mistress, Elizabeth Blount.
Is Queen Elizabeth a direct descendant of Henry VIII?
Mr Stedall wrote: “Elizabeth II is descended from Henry VIII’s sister, Queen Margaret of Scotland the grandmother of Mary Queen of Scots. “Although she died before Queen Anne, her son, George Lewis, Elector of Hanover, became George I and is a direct ancestor of Prince William.”
Why was Henry Carey called the Kynge’s son?
Henry Carey was called “the Kynge’s son” in a contemporary (1535) source. Evidence of the non-sexual marriage of William and Mary (Boleyn) Carey. The “paternal” interest shown by Henry VIII in Catherine and Henry Carey as well as the extraordinary favor shown them by Elizabeth I.
How old was Henry Carey when he died?
Seems a little strange. In April 1535, the nine year old Henry Carey was apparently living at Syon, Isleworth, Middlesex when he was referred to as the king’s son. Henry Carey died 23 July 1596 and was buried in St. John the Baptist’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, at Queen Elizabeth I’s expense.
Who was Mary Boleyn, mother of Henry Carey?
Henry Carey’s mother, Mary Boleyn, was mistress to King Henry VIII from 1520. The exact dates when the affair started and ended are unknown, although it is believed to have ended by the time Henry Carey was born on 4 March 1526. Contemporary rumours stated that Henry was an illegitimate child of Henry VIII.
Who was King Henry’s son destined to be king?
Foreign observers were confident that Fitzroy was destined for the throne. The imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys wrote to Charles V that Henry had “certainly intended to make [Fitzroy] his successor”. Another ambassador, Dr Ortiz, agreed, observing that “the king’s determination was that the succession should go to his bastard son”.