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King Henry VIII of England 1509 - 1547 House of Tudor

Bad Blood

Bloodline

- Henry VIII didn't just fail to produce sons. he destroyed women trying to get them.
- Six wives, 2 executions, a church broken, a religion rewritten.
-  After all of it, after all that suffering, the sons kept dying and history blamed the women every single time.
- But there's a detail buried in the records, one the court tried to hide, that points the blame somewhere else entirely.
- Not at any of his wives, at the king himself.
- Something written in his own blood, that no one in Tudor England had the language to name, and no institution had the courage to say.

Hampton Court Palace

- 11 pregnancies, 4 women, a pattern of loss that looks like tragedy until you map it.
- Until you lay every single death, every failed marriage, every desperate remarriage side by side in order.

Queen Catherine 1543-1547

- A pattern so consistent, so damning, that the whole story of Henry's reign starts to look like one long cover-up.
- Designed to protect one man at the expense of every woman who stood beside him.
- The answer was closer to him than he ever realized.

Tower of London Menagerie

- Researchers have recently figured out that Henry VIII was Kell Positive which means he carried a specific protein on his red blood cells called the Kell antigen which is very rare.
- When a Kell positive man, and a Kell negative woman conceive a child, the first pregnancy usually proceeds normally because the woman's immune system has never encountered the Kell antigen so the baby is born safely.
- But during that birth, blood from the baby enters the mother's bloodstream and her immune system encounters the Kell antigen for the first time and identifies it as foreign.

Red blood cells

- Her immune system builds antibodies against it and prepares to fight.
- From that point on, any Kell positive baby she carries is under attack from inside her own body and the antibodies cross the placenta and destroy the baby's red blood cells.
- The fetus becomes anemic and growth slows and the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or death within days or weeks of birth rises with every subsequent pregnancy and each loss is worse than the last.

Kell incompatibility is an immune reaction that happens when a Kell-negative person is exposed to Kell-positive red blood cells, most often during pregnancy or a blood transfusion. The Kell antigen is a specific protein found on the surface of red blood cells. People who have it are Kell positive, and those who do not are Kell negative. If a Kell-negative person's immune system encounters Kell-positive blood, it treats it as a foreign invader and creates antibodies (anti-Kell). (Assistant)

Miscarriages coupled with impotence

- That is why Henry VIIIs first wife, Catherine of Aragon experienced at least 6 documented pregnancies between 1509 and 1518, resulting in 5 infant losses and one surviving child, Queen Mary.
- In fact, her 2nd child, Prince Henry, Duke of Cornwell was born alive and died 52 days later, and 2 years later a stillborn male was delivered, and again, within 3 years, another male was born prematurely and died shortly after.
- Babies born with Kell don't always die immediately, they can survive for weeks as anemia gradually overwhelms them.
- Catherine gave birth to another 2 females, one died prematurely, and the other stillborn.
- Her daughter, Mary survived very possibly because she was Kell negative like her mother, so her immune system saw no threat and the sons may have died because they carried Henry's inherited Kell antigen.

Family tree

- Anne Boleyn had 2 unsuccessful pregnancies, including a late term miscarriage of a boy at 15 weeks in 1536 before giving birth to Queen Elizabeth I.
- Jane Seymour who had only one pregnancy gave birth to the future King Edward VI before dying of complications in 1537 although the baby was unaffected.
- Henry's mistress Bessie Blount had only one pregnancy and successfully gave birth to another boy, Henry Fitzroy who died at age 17.
- First pregnancies are always shielded because the immune system hasn't been activated yet.

Rh Factor

- But Rhesus incompatibility works almost identically and may also have been a factor because it's the same mechanism, just a different antigen.
- In fact, the first pregnancy is usually unaffected, however, later pregnancies store antibodies that can attack a positive fetus' red blood cells.
- This can result in hemolytic anemia, organ damage, and fluid buildup known as hydrops fetalis.
- Today, routine prenatal blood tests can catch Rh status early.

Rhesus (Rh) incompatibility is a blood type mismatch that happens when an Rh-negative mother carries an Rh-positive fetus. The Rh factor is a protein on red blood cells. Having it means you are Rh-positive; lacking it means you are Rh-negative. If an Rh-negative mother is exposed to Rh-positive blood, her immune system treats the protein as a foreign invader and creates antibodies. (Assistant)

McLeod Syndrome

- The maternal line doesn't carry the Kell trigger, the paternal line does and can often be seen in men after age 40 as the McLeod Syndrome which causes progressive physical deterioration, muscle weakness, personality changes, and cognitive decline.
- Henry during his 40s and 50s had explosive rages, paranoia and the inability to reason through problems that he didn't face when he was younger.
- But since the young Henry was played by Lucifer (McCluskey) from Alpha Centauri and the old Henry was played by Lucifer's clone (Theotos/Trump) from Omega Centauri, that is a big part of the reason for Henry.
- The body deteriorating far beyond what age and injury alone seem to explain.
- Also, Donald Trump's mother maiden name was Mary Anne MacLeod, a Scottish version of the name and his family is a carrier of the syndrome.

Henry's mess

- So was Henry VIII infertile?
- Not in the way the word usually means because he conceived at least 11 times across 28 years with 4 different women so there's no doubt he was fertile.
- Although it was stated in court during Anne Boleyn's show trial that he was impotent and couldn't perform.
- But what he almost certainly had was a blood incompatibility, most likely Kell and possibly also Rhesus coupled with the McLeod Syndrome.
- Also he had progressive impotence which is the compound result of his worsening physical and psychological health which explains the complete lack of any pregnancy in the final decade of his life despite his final 3 marriages.
- No wonder Trump's so screwed up and it was all written into his biology at birth.

Armor with 54" waist

- Although his wives were healthy and went on to have healthy children proving he didn't have syphilis.
- Henry's body was failing publicly by the 1540s and his military armor shows the story, a waist that expanded decade after decade from 37" until his courtiers were lifting him up staircases and assisting him in the bathroom.
- His leg was infected and oozing constantly, the smell was something people had to brace themselves to endure.
- He moved around less, ate more, and avoided physical exertion.
- His face changed, his temperament changed, and with each successive wife he was trying to prove he could still father a child.
- Henry could not tell the truth and admit that the problem was his body was failing him because that would undermine his claim to 'divine' favor which was politically dangerous.
- As a result, he did what he always had done, he blamed, rewrote history, and destroyed his wives.

Traitor

- Catherine of Aragon became past her prime, defiant and obstinate, so he divorced her and stripped her of her title and erased her.
- Her body having borne the wreckage of 6 of his pregnancies which may have been caused by his blood all along.
- Anne Boleyn was labeled a witch, a seductress and a traitor.
- He executed her on charges that everyone in that courtroom knew were fabricated.
- Jane Seymour died before he had a chance to turn on her so she became his 'perfect' queen but some wonder what really happened to her because she died just as she completed her 'job.'
- Anne of Cleves was called unattractive, humiliated into an annulment and blamed for his own body's failure and she survived by agreeing to his every indignity.
- Catherine Howard was executed before she turned 20, whether the charges were true or not, and Catherine Parr only survived because he died and then she married again and conceived within months.

Court

- This is the pattern and what the record shows, not a string of cursed women, not 6 failures in a row caused by them, instead a biological reality he could not name or accept.
- Resulting in a court, a church, a legal system, an entire civilization constructed to insure that no one ever said it aloud.
- The deepest wound in the story is what happened to the women whose bodies became the battleground for one man's terror.
- The medical establishment participated fully with physicians who examined queens, pronounced them responsible for their own miscarriages and never once entertained the question of whether the king's own blood, age, health, injuries, or biology, were the real cause.

Six wives

- All these wives were not just a victim of Henry, they were victims of a system, a court, a church, a legal structure, a medical establishment that had every reason to protect the king, and none to question him.
- That looked at evidence pointing in one direction and drew conclusions pointing in another, evidence all falsely created by him.
- A system that called women cursed, past their prime, bewitching, obstinate and barren, because the alternative, that the king's body was the source of the tragedy, was a sentence that no institution in Tudor England was allowed to say.
- The cover-up wasn't a conspiracy, it was structural, automatic, and power protected itself by constructing narratives that placed the blame on the powerless.

Succession crisis

- No heirs, and the succession crisis that Henry VIII had spent his entire life trying to prevent descended upon England the moment Edward Vs last breath left him.
- Henry VIIIs and Catherine of Aragon's daughter Mary I took the throne next, the one surviving child from all the losses, and who had been declared illegitimate and separated from her mother and humiliated publicly for years.
- She wanted desperately to have children to secure the Catholic succession, to undo what her father destroyed, although none of her pregnancies resulted in any live births.
- Whether they were phantom pregnancies, or medical conditions mimicking symptoms, or possibly the same blood incompatibility that haunted her  mother, no one knows.
- Mary died in 1558, childless and broken at age 42.

Shakespeare's Henry

- And finally, Elizabeth I, the daughter of the executed 'traitor' Anne Boleyn, the girl Henry had considered proof of failure, proof that Anne had not delivered and that his God had not blessed him and that he had destroyed everything for just a 'worthless' daughter.
- Elizabeth I took the throne at 25 and ruled for 45 years and transformed England into a global power.
- However, she died without an heir and ended the Tudor succession and apparently was not willing to hand the throne over to her illegitimate son, Edward de Vere.
- All that destruction, all that suffering, all those women, ground down in service to a male heir for a legacy that dissolved.
- Henry VIII spent his entire reign being remembered as the king who ended his own bloodline.
- Not the story that blames the women and moves on, to the one that follows the evidence where it actually leads.

Bloody Henry

- So the question whether Henry VIII was infertile is much more complicated and more damning than a simple yes or no.
- What his psychology, his power, his court and his entire civilization built around him ensured that the blame would never land where it belonged.
- He was not the victim of a curse, he was the source of one, and 6 women paid the price for a truth that Tudor England was never going to say.

King Edward VI of England 1547 - 1553 House of Tudor
Edward VI as Dennis McCluskey

Edward Tudor 1537-1553 10/12  7/6 King of England	Dennis Owen McCluskey 1947  7/27 Jesus Christ/Lucifer shapeshifter from Alpha Centauri
AI baby

- Edward VI took the throne at age 9, a child king, surrounded by political factions tearing at each other for influence.
- Devoutly Protestant without knowing what it really was, that all religion is fake and made up by the fallen angels.
- Intelligent, but also ignorant and fragile, Edward died in 1553 at age 15, after having reigned for 6 years and leaving nothing of lasting significance behind.

Father and son

- Edward grew up motherless and essentially fatherless too.
- Despite dearly loving his son, Henry VIII sent Edward away almost as soon as the child was born and spent very little time with him in the first few years of his life.
- The boy was surrounded by women in infancy under strict supervision of Lady Margaret Brian who also cared for his 2 half-sisters, Mary and Elizabeth.
- Access to Edward was severely restricted, only for the elite, no rank lower than a knight, and visitors had to kiss his hand to show reverence.
- In his early years, Lady Brian reported that Edward was a very cheerful, healthy and energetic child.
- Edward's closest childhood friends included the Duke of Suffolk's sons and 2 Irishmen, including Barnaby Fitzpatrick who remained Edward's most favored companion throughout his life.

Barnaby Fitzpatrick as Elon Musk

Barnaby Fitzpatrick c. 1535-1581 ?   9/11 Friend of Edward VI	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Whipping Boy

- Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Upper Ossory (c. 1535-1581) was educated at the court of Henry VIII of England with Edward, Prince of Wales.
- When he was a child he was Edward's friend and 'whipping boy' and that's the boy who was chosen to take the punishment for the prince's wrongdoing.
- According to popular history, a whipping boy was a companion to a young prince or royal heir in early modern Europe. Because a tutor or commoner supposedly could not strike someone of higher royal status (or divine right), this companion would receive corporal punishment, like a whipping, in the prince's place when the prince misbehaved or failed his lessons.
- Except boys chosen for this duty were very naughty so don't feel bad for them because they didn't choose good boys for this role.
- Barnaby went on to kill his cousin, the rebel Rory O'More in 1578.

Witchcraft in Tudor times

- Henry VIII spoiled Edward immensely, his lesson books were even bound in gold and studded with jewels, reflecting the extravagance and expectations placed on the heir.
- However, tragedy struck right away, Edward's mother, Jane Seymour and Henry's 3rd wife and the only one to bear him a son died just 12 days after giving birth due to complications.
- This was a devastating event, leaving the child never knowing his mother's face.
- Ever since childhood, Edward had a disturbing fondness for witchcraft while his older half-sister Elizabeth had a strange obsession with magic and astrology and they liked to recite spells together.
- Was this just childish curiosity or an early sign of a mind inclined to seek things beyond the ordinary, something that would shape the person that he would later become?

Minature Henry

- Henry even replaced Edward's clothing with smaller versions of his own and he hoped that he would be just like him.
- But that did happen and Edward eventually became almost as deranged and evil as his father.
- The pressure to become like the heir his father craved combined with strict education and brainwashing about religion as well as intense isolation, shaped an intelligent but potentially unstable boy.
- So how would this carefully shielded boy steeped in radical Protestantism and carrying the complex legacy of his father become the king he meant to be when the throne unexpectedly became his?
- Henry VIII died on January 28, 1547, at the age of 55 and his death marked the end of a tumultuous reign.

 

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Edward VI spoiled child

- Edward VI was a young king who ascended to the throne too soon, a tragic, pitiable figure, yet the truth is much darker.
- He ascended the throne at age 9 and his reign, like his fathers, quickly descended into chaos and he was completely dominated by high-ranking political figures..
- Henry VIII had left instructions for a council to rule jointly but this collapsed in days as counselors vied for power.
- Ultimately, Edward Seymour, Edward VIs uncle and his mother's brother, emerged victorious.
- He was granted the title of the first Duke of Somerset to signify his preeminence.
- Seymour was the one Henry VIII had sent to devastate Scotland in the 'Rough wooing' and burn Edinburgh down.

The "Rough Wooing" (1543–1551) was a brutal military campaign launched by England to force Scotland into a marriage alliance. King Henry VIII of England wanted an infant Mary, Queen of Scots to marry his own son, Prince Edward (later King Edward VI). (Assistant)

Edward Seymour as Elon Musk

Edward Seymour 1500-1552 ?     1/22 Lord Protector of England	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Summer setting

- Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp (1500[-1552) was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI.
- After his sister Jane Seymour married Henry VIII, Seymour had aimed for power and with his nephew in place he quickly proved he would do anything to increase his influence.
- Immediately after Henry VIII died, Seymour began bribing and became Lord Protector withing days.
- He ruled with an iron fist and created countless enemies and quickly became arrogant and careless and the most dangerous was betrayal from within his own family.
- His brother, Thomas Seymour attempted to bribe young Edward VI by secretly giving him money.

Thomas Seymour as Elon Musk

Thomas Seymour c.1508-1549 ?     3/20 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Not a protector

- Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (c.1508-1549) was a brother of Jane Seymour, the3rd wife of King Henry VIII.
- With his brother, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, he vied for control of their nephew, the young King Edward VI (r. 1547–1553).
- In 1547, Seymour married Catherine Parr, the widow of Henry VIII.
- During his marriage to Catherine, Seymour involved the future Queen Elizabeth I (then 14 years old), who resided in his household, in flirtatious and possibly sexual behavior.
- He even intended on marrying Elizabeth and then kidnap Edward VI and force him to abdicate so he could seize power.

Ket's rebellion

- The plan was exposed and Thomas Seymour was caught trying to break into Edward's room and shot the guard's dog and in a shocking move, Edward Seymour had his brother executed for treason which damaged his power.
- Edward VI recorded the incident in his matter-of-fact style in his personal journal showing no emotion.
- Regions of the country that were Catholic also objected to Somerset Edward Seymour and rebellions erupted across England in the summer of 1549, the Prayerbook rebellion and Ket's rebellion.
- Edward VI recorded all the details but showed a lack of understanding and no empathy and was even thrilled when 900 rebels were massacred.
- This revealed a cold, calculating and even brutal side to the young king.

 

Seymour executed

- By October 1549, the Privy Council no longer supported Somerset and he fled with Edward VI but was arrested on the suspicion of a new plot.
- As a result, he was executed int he Tower of London on January 22, 1552.
- Somerset's fall was a testament to the brutality of the power struggle around Edward's throne and also a dark stain on the reign of Edward VI.
- If that's not bad enough, John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, soon stepped into the limelight and was the next head of government.

 

John Dudley as Elon Musk

John Dudley 1504-1553 ?    8/22 1st Duke of Northumberland	Elon Reeve Musk 1971 6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Wicked Duke

- John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504-1553) was an English military officer and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death.
- The son of Edmund Dudley, a minister of Henry VII executed by Henry VIII, John Dudley became the ward of Sir Edward Guildford at the age of 7.
- Dudley is described by some sources as a brutal tyrant, however, he would never hold as much power as his brother, Somerset.
- There were 2 main reasons, first the council was unwilling to trust any single individual after the experience with Somerset, and second, and more importantly, was the change in Edward V himself.

Robert Dudley as Elon Musk

Robert Dudley 1532-1588 6/24    9/4 1st Earl of Leicester	Elon Reeve Musk 1971 6/28
Eyes

- Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532-1588) was an English statesman and the favorite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death.
- He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many years.
- Dudley's youth was overshadowed by the downfall of his family in 1553 after his father, the Duke of Northumberland, had failed to prevent the accession of Mary I.

 

Robert Dudley at war

- Under Robert Dudley, England faced military defeat when the French defeated him in the field.
- Dudley sought to escape war through a marriage through a peace treaty with France and Scotland in 1550 was considered shameful as England had to withdraw its forces from both France and Scotland.
- To formalize the treaty, Edward VI was agreed to marry Princess Elizabeth of Valois, however, this arranged love story was doomed from the start and never materialized.
- The main concern after the war was restoring government finances.
- Edward was involved in these efforts and Robert Dudley, with his support implemented many measures including France paying 180,000 pounds for Bologna, a currency reform and efforts to improve the value of the pound.

Personal letters

- Around 1551, as Edward began to enter his teenage years, he began to develop his own awareness and determination to rule alone.
- He increasingly stamped his own personal mark on the government and there is evidence of disagreements with the council and letters reprimanding officials when they didn't follow his wishes.
- For example, Edward personally stamped out references in the oath of Bishop John Hooper, showing his firmness on religious matters.
- Here was a Henry VIII in the making, Edward was beginning to show the strong will, decisiveness and centralizing tendencies similar to his father.
- No longer a timid boy but a king full of potential to be evil.

Countrymen

- In the summer of 1552, Edward and his retinue undertook a royal progress along the old road between Salisbury and Wilton.
- This was his first opportunity to inspect his England, particularly to assess the state of the country he had begun to shape towards Protestantism.
- During this journey Edward showed deep interest in managing the country and he directly participated in managing money, expressing distress at the almost bankrupt financial situation due to the previous council's incompetence and corruption.
- He was anxious and tried to find ways to rescue the national treasury.

Edward inspection

- The royal party traveled down the south coast at Portsmouth where Edward inspected his father's naval military works with a cold, expert eye.
- He examined South Sea Castle and proposed improvements and at Portsmouth, he was enthusiastic about the harbor, but less so about the two forts, poorly built, outdated, misplaced.
- Edward ordered them immediately rebuilt and he was a great modernizer.
- He believed in planning, central control, and efficiency.
- The journey also showed that he was capable of enjoying himself through hunting, fine food, beautiful homes, and rural landscapes.
- Unlike France, he was uninterested in ravaging the territories of friends or neighbors, he only cared about consolidating and protecting his own country.

Illness

- But April 1552, marked the beginning of his health decline when he contracted measles.
- He recovered but the illness had completely destroyed his immune system.
- Edward was also affected by the outbreak of the sweating sickness that same year which caused the deaths of his 2 closest childhood friends, Henry and Charles Brandon.
- When the next illness came, Edward's immune system had nothing left to fight.
- He began coughing in February 1553, and by March, he was visibly weak and thin and by April, the situation worsened.
- Edward began vomiting blood and liquids that were yellow, black or green.

Death bed

- Doctors diagnosed him with purulent lung infection, which was then often called tuberculosis, despite all efforts, they could do nothing.
- Initial symptoms were flu-like, but quickly deteriorated, leaving Edward in pain for months but in May he seemed to show signs of recovery, bringing a glimmer of hope.
- However, within days, the cough returned, more violent than ever and his body rapidly wasted away.
- He became swollen and painful sores appeared all over his skin.
- Although his body was weakened, Edward VIs mind remained mentally sharp until the last moment.
- Knowing that he was dying, Edward thought of only one thing, insuring that his sisters, especially the Catholic, Mary, never ascended the throne.

Siblings

- The close relationship he had with his sisters in childhood had deteriorated as he grew older, especially with Mary a staunch Catholic and set to overturn his Protestant achievements was the clearest reason for Edward wanting to exclude her.
- Although the reason for hating the Protestant Elizabeth was unclear, perhaps because she was firm on legal principles and wouldn't simply replace Mary as Edward wished.
- There is a theory that Edward's death was caused by poisoning by John Dudley  or Mary, who had motives to eliminate him, however, in reality it's very likely the cause was tuberculosis or a similar illness.
- Edward knew he was gravely ill, perhaps near death, and desperation fueled his final actions.

Physical decline

- On July 1, 1553, he made his last public appearance and the sight of him sent shivers down the spines of those who witnessed him because the crowd realized that Edward was dying.
- Amidst the pain and physical decay, Edward was recorded whispering to his closest attendant, 'I am glad to die.'
- He died on July 6, 1553, at just 15 years old.
- His death was kept secret, even from his sisters, as not to hinder his and his supporters plan to protect Protestant England.
- But his final act while alive, would ignite an unprecedented succession crisis.
- Would his death be enough to change the course of English history.

Greenwich Palace

- According to Henry VIIIs will, the order of succession was Edward, then Mary, finally Elizabeth, however, in an effort to protect the achievements of the Reformation he wanted to exclude both his sisters.
- Initially believing that women should not rule, he left the crown to the son of his niece, the descendants of his aunt, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
- But realizing he didn't have much time left, Edward revised the plan and he changed it to Lady Jane Grey, his aunt's granddaughter, and her male heirs the heir to England.
- John Dudley exploited Edward's weakness to persuade him to disinherit his sisters because Jane Grey was his daughter-in-law and he was planning a dangerous game, staking his family's entire future.

Lady Jane

- However, both Edward's and Dudley's plans failed because Mary had a much stronger claim to the throne and she quickly gathered thousands of supporters.
- Mary disposed Jane Grey who reigned for a mere 9 days and is known as the 9-day Queen.
- She declared herself as Queen of England and Jane and her husband were imprisoned in the Tower of London for almost a year and after Wyatt's Rebellion in 1554 she was executed by beheading.
- Mary also took revenge on John Dudley and he was executed and the angry crowd demanded his blood.
- Despite his last ditch effort, Edward's succession plans failed miserably, the English wanted a true Tudor as their next monarch.
- Although it's unclear why.
 

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Edward VI spoiled child

- His death at age 15 was described as horrible, with a body swollen like overripe fruit and painful sores covering his skin was perhaps a blessing for England.
- Because even at a very young age, Edward showed he was almost as twisted as Henry VIII, maybe even more twisted and he wasn't just a 'frail' boy.
- But how did a boy who was hailed as the 'most beautiful boy ever seen' and called the 'most precious jewel of this realm' by his father come to such a painful end and leave behind such a controversial legacy?
- England dodged a major bullet when he died so young.
- He was not the innocent, tragic figure that history might lead one to believe.

Puritan religion

- The truth is much darker, he is described as a spoiled child with a bad temper but he had a malicious temper and showed disturbingly cruel actions from a young age.
- The most shocking detail is that in a rage, Edward tore a living falcon into 4 pieces with his bare hands, revealing a frightening dark side to his personality.
- If he had survived, then England would have been a different place, it would have been even more heavily militarized with a massive standing army and an efficient network of fortifications.
- But most importantly, he would create a radical religion, a Puritan religion that would be strictly enforced, intolerant of any descent, whether Catholic, or even more moderate forms of Protestantism, more akin to Prussia or Sweden.
- Extremely authoritarian, religiously intolerant and extremely brainwashed by his father.

I am faint; Lord have mercy upon me, and take my spirit. (Edward VI)

Queen Mary I of England 1553-1558 House of Tudor

Mary I

Marian Restoration of Catholicism

- Mary I (1516-1558) was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II (1527-1598) from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
- She made vigorous attempts to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, King Henry VIII.
- Her attempt to restore to the Church the property confiscated in the previous 2 reigns was largely thwarted by Parliament but, during her 5-year reign, more than 280 religious dissenters were burned at the stake, in what became known as the Marian persecutions, leading later commentators to label her 'Bloody Mary.'
- Most of the dissenters didn't end up bloody, she burned them at the stake.
- The title given to her is very unfair considering the thousands upon thousands that Henry VIII murdered.
- Mary took the brunt of the wrath for the Reformation it appears.

Princess Mary

- Born a princess, Mary Tudor was declared illegitimate by her father, Henry VIII when he divorced her mother, Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), in his desperate attempt to father a male heir.
- When her younger half-brother, Edward VI, age 15, died he passed her over and named their cousin, Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) also known as Jane Dudley, queen  instead when she was 15-years-old.
- But the people of England supported Mary and she rode to London and had her usurper was beheaded.
- Now the first unquestioned regnant Queen of England, she undid her father and her brother's work to convert the nation to Protestantism and she reverted back to Catholicism.
- In doing so, she burnt 280 Protestants at the stake.

 

Henry VII and his son Henry VIII

- Henry VIII was only the 2nd Tudor king of England after his father, Henry VII had defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and taken the crown with a somewhat shaky genealogical claim.
- But Henry was a powerful king and cemented his authority on the throne with the help of his wife, Catherine of Aragon, who was Mary's mother.

Princess Mary as a child

- Henry VIII didn't have any brothers to follow him in succession so to him, having a son was absolutely imperative.
- He did comfort Catherine of Aragon after Mary's birth on February 18, 1516, and told her she had many years to produce a son and besides, girls could be used as bargaining chips in the European marriage market.
- Except within the 7 years that followed, after 6 pregnancies, no sons were ever born and Mary, who was named after Henry's favorite sister, was the only child who lived.

 

Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

- As was customary, Mary was raised away from her parents and she had her own household with servants by age 9.
- Henry's cousin, Margaret Pole (1473-1541), a Plantagenet, was appointed to be her governess and was the central figure in Mary's childhood.
- At age 2, Mary was betrothed to the 6 month old Dauphin Francis who son of King Francis I of France.
- The engagement was arranged to secure a political alliance between England and France, but the contract was canceled 3 years later and he was betrothed to Mary Queen of Scots, King James Vs daughter when she was 9 months old and he was age 4.
- Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, her mother's nephew, was later betrothed to Mary when she was 6 years old and he was 22, though he eventually called off the match.
- He decided he couldn't wait to start his own dynasty and married Isabella of Portugal who was closer to his own age.

Ludlow Castle traditional seat of the Prince of Wales

- Mary received a much better education than most royal girls after her mother had a treatise on education created.
- She was a serious child and studied religiously and could read and write in Latin by age 9 and she also learned French, Spanish and Greek.
- Henry VIII at that time doted on her and she was his spitting image with Tudor reddish gold hair, a fair complexion and ruddy cheeks and he claimed she was his rightful heir. 
- Although she was never given an official title of an heir as Henry was still holding out hope for a son.
- But by now, her mother, Queen Catherine was 40 and had not become pregnant after Mary's birth.
- Although Henry had fathered a son, Henry FitzRoy (1519-1536) with his mistress Bessie Blount so he still felt confident and believed that the fertility problems were his wives.

Henry VIII and Mary I

- Henry then asked Catherine to retire to a convent and allow him to remarry.
- Had Catherine of Aragon agreed, Mary would have remained legitimate and remained in the line of succession but the Queen refused to give up her place.
- Henry VIII obsessed over a biblical passage that stated that it was a sin to marry your brother's widow and that such a couple would be childless, but Catherine noted that the marriage was not childless showing how little Henry thought of the value of the female gender.
- By that time, Henry was already infatuated with Anne Boleyn (1501-1536) and used the Protestant movement to end the marriage to Catherine with annulment.
- He also dissolved the monasteries and made himself rich by looting their wealth.
- Much to the horror of Catherine and by 1531 she was banished and her jewels were given to Anne Boleyn.

Margaret Pole executed

- Catherine went to Windsor to be with Mary who had been ill and suffering depression, likely due to anxiety about her and her mother's precarious position.
- After spending one last summer together, mother and daughter would never see each other again.
- In 1531, Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn and required everyone to swear the Oath of Supremacy that he was the one, supreme head of the church, that his marriage to Catherine was invalid, and that Mary was illegitimate.
- Those who refused to swear were executed, this included the woman who raised Mary, Countess Margaret Pole who refused to kneel and the executioner raised his axe and chased her all around the scaffold and finally hacked her to death.
- Mary was downgraded from Princess to the Lady Mary and her servants were dismissed and she was sent to wait on her new half-sister, Elizabeth.

Royal daughter

- Despite the danger, the 17-year-old refused to swear the oath and she was headstrong.
- Father and daughter exchanged many furious letters and didn't see each other for 3 years.
- When Henry VIII went to visit his daughter Elizabeth, he refused to see Mary and would not allow her to set foot in his royal court.
- Catherine and Mary were not allowed to exchange letters and when Catherine died at age 50, Mary was not allowed to attend her funeral.
- Within 3 years, Anne Boleyn was beheaded for failing to deliver a child and Princess Elizabeth was also declared illegitimate and removed from the succession.
- And 11 days later, Henry married Jane Seymour (1508-1537) who had been a maid of honor to Queen Catherine and she felt kindly toward Mary.

Knights came to bully Mary

- Jane urged Henry to make peace with Mary, and he agreed, if Mary would swear the oath.
- Mary wrote back that she would submit to his authority as far as God and her conscience would permit her.
- Meaning she didn't agree, so Henry sent some of his men to bully her and they threatened to beat her to death.
- Realizing her dire predicament, Mary finally signed a document agreeing to all his demands and once she agreed, he welcomed her back in court and allowed her fine clothes. a generous allowance and the return of her household.

Happy years

- During these happy years, Mary enjoyed music, playing cards and she even became a trendsetter and was very popular with the people of England.
- But rebels in the north acted out against Henry's Oath of Supremacy and one of their demands was that Mary be made legitimate during the Pilgrimage of Grace, which was ruthlessly suppressed by Henry and many were executed.
- In 1537, Queen Jane Seymour finally gave birth to Edward VI and secured Henry's dynasty, but she died 12 days later and Edward was raised motherless.
- Mary was now 23 and past her prime in the Tudor marriage market but her lack of a title made her matrimonial prospects challenging.

William of Cleves as Elon Musk

William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 1516-1557 7/28   1/5  Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Rich Reiche

- William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1539–1592), was a Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
- He was born in and died in Düsseldorf and was the only son of John III, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg.
- William took over rule of his father's estates (the Duchy of Cleves and the County of Mark) upon his death in 1539.
- Despite his mother having lived until 1543, William also became the Duke of Berg and Jülich and the Count of Ravensberg.
- A potential marriage treaty for Mary was signed with William of Cleves (1516-1557), however, Henry saw a portrait of his sister, Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), he decided that their marriage should be the one in the treaty instead.
- But the marriage to Anne of Cleves only lasted 6 months and his next wife, Catherine Howard (1523-1542) was also beheaded.

 

Catholic mass

- At the Christmas celebration in 1542, Henry had his eye on one of Mary's lady in waiting, Catherine Parr (1512-1548) who he made his 6th and final wife.
- She urged him to reconcile with both his daughters and both Mary and Elizabeth were added back to the succession line after their brother, Edward VI, but they remained illegitimate and without the title of Princess.
- In 1547, Henry VIII died at age 55 and Edward VI took the throne.
- Mary was left a wealthy woman with estates in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
- Henry was still basically a Catholic and had done little to reform the church, but Edward VI went heavy duty into Protestantism and banned the Catholic mass.
- Mary was not raised to be especially devout but in loyalty to her mother and defiant to Edward, she remained faithful to Roman Catholicism.

Charles V of Spain as Elon Musk

Charles V 1500-1558 2/23   9/21 King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily Holy Roman Emperor	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Conquistador

- Charles V (1500-1558 was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516 to 1554, and also Lord of the Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy (as Charles II) from 1506 to 1555.
- Edward VI argued frequently with Mary over her refusal to convert and Mary asked her cousin, Emperor Charles V for diplomatic pressure.
- Charles V even sent ships to rescue her from England but she didn't want to leave her wealth behind.
- In 1550, at the Christmas celebration, Edward brought her to tears by reproving her in front of his entire court for ignoring his religious laws.

Cousin Jane Grey

- At 15, after Edward fell seriously ill and died, he changed the succession order and appointed 16-year-old cousin, Lady Jane Grey as the next queen.
- Mary was summoned to court to see her dying brother, but she was warned that the visit was a trap to prevent her from claiming the throne, which was rightfully hers.
- She fled to East Anglia where she had many Catholic supporters and upon Edward's death, she wrote to the Privy council demanding that she be made queen per her father's will.
- Jane Grey, was declared queen by the council instead, but the council underestimated the people's loyalty to Mary, and they felt the throne had been stolen from her.

Protestants arrested

- Mary marched toward London and gathered an army of 20,000 and as a result, Jane Grey only served for 9 days and she was imprisoned in the Tower of London and later executed.
- Mary rode into London on August 3, 1553, and claimed the throne.
- She felt bad for Jane Grey and didn't want her executed and she made a proclamation that she would not force her subjects to follow her religion.
- But within months, the Protestants caused so many problems, she ordered the arrests of a number of prominent Protestants.
- Her first Parliament declared her parents marriage valid and herself legitimate, abolished Edward VIs religious laws and made peace with the Pope.
-- She also reinstated the heresy laws that Henry VIII had overturned which allowed those who went against the Catholic faith to be burned at the stake.

Reginald Pole as Elon Musk

Reginald Pole 1500-1558 3/12   11/17 English cardinal and the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Angelic Cardinal

- Reginald Pole (1500-1558) was an English cardinal and the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558 during the Marian Restoration of Catholicism.
- Now aged 37, Mary turned her attention to finding a husband and producing an heir, which would prevent Elizabeth who was still next in line under the terms of Henry VIII's will and the Act of Succession of 1544 from succeeding to the throne.
- A number of suitors came forward, including Reginald Pole, but Mary wanted to marry a royal.
- Her former fiance, Charles V, suggested she marry his only son, Philip II of Spain who was heir to vast territories in Europe and the New World.
- The resulting marriage was very unpopular with the English because according to law, a wife's possession and titles rightfully belonged to her husband.
- Plus, the English did not want to be swallowed up by the vast Habsburg Empire.

Philip II of Spain as Elon Musk

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Prudent

- Philip II (1527-1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.
- He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 until her death in 1558.
- Further, he was Duke of Milan from 1540 and from 1555, he was Lord of the 17 Provinces of the Netherlands.
- When Mary insisted on marrying her cousin, Philip, riots broke out and one in particular, Wyatt's Rebellion counted Jane Grey's father as one of its leaders.
- He wanted to put Jane back on the throne and Mary faced the fact that as long as her cousin was alive she would be a threat so she unwillingly had Jane beheaded.
- Desperate for a child, Mary decided on an unpopular marriage to Philip II of Spain.

Intense rivalry between Elizabeth and Mary

- Princess Elizabeth was also implicated in the rebellion plot and she was interrogated and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
- Mary didn't trust her sister who was also a rallying point for Protestants.
- She let her out of the Tower 2 months later but kept her under house arrest and surveillance.
- Philip finally arrived in England with 70 ships and 2 days later, on July 25, 1554, the wedding took place at Winchester Cathedral.
- He was only 26 and she was 37 and he had no interest in his bride aside from the political advantages the marriage brought because he became a King of England.
- But England was not obligated to provide military support to his father and Spain, and Philip could not act without Mary's consent.
- He was a man who didn't care for her and over the years she suffered 2 humiliating false pregnancies.

Protestants burned at the stake

- Charles V appointed his son to the crown of Naples as well as the kingdom of Jerusalem in order to elevate him to Mary's level and she also became queen of both.
- Philip could not speak English so they conversed in a mixture of French, Spanish and Latin.
- Mary suffered a false pregnancy and Philip left her to wage war on the continent and heartbroken, she fell into a deep depression.
- Considering it God's punishment for allowing heretics, she ordered 3 prominent Protestants burned at the stake including Thomas Cranmer who had facilitated the Act of Supremacy.
- As a result, 800 rich Protestants fled the country and she named Reginald Pole as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Those who remained became targets of persecution and local governments used the heresy laws to burn men, women and even children in a Witch hunt atmosphere.
- All together, 280 Protestants were burned at the stake.

Spanish Armada

- Although Henry VIII executed 70,000 and Elizabeth executed many hundreds of people, including her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.
- Charles V abdicated and made his son Philip II king of Spain and Mary wrote to him begging him to return.
- He did so, but only to beg her for troops for his war with France which she agreed to, but eventually lost the last British possession in France as a result and was humiliated.
- She took action to improve the lives of her people and promoted education and economic reform, most of what was not realized until after her death.
- Elizabeth was implicated in yet another plot to overthrow Mary but Philip asked Mary to spare her sister's life.

Queen

- Within a few months, Philip left again, and Mary had another false pregnancy but it was really ovarian cancer.
- Desperately ill and confined to her bed, she named Elizabeth as her heir knowing that she would undo all her Catholic reforms.
- Mary died in her sleep at age 42, on November 17, 1558, passing the throne to her younger sister, Elizabeth I, who's 45 year reign overshadowed her for the rest of history.
- Elizabeth spent an equivalent of over $2 million on her funeral in Westminster Abbey and Philip II sent a marriage proposal to her but Elizabeth rejected him.
- 30 years later, Philip II attempted to invade England with the Spanish Armada but Elizabeth won an unlikely victory.

 

Queen Elizabeth I of England  1558-1603 House of Tudor

Elizabeth I

Virgin Queen

- Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from November 17, 1558, until her death in 1603.
- She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor.
- Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era.
- Elizabeth I reigned for 45 years of economic gains for England.
- But some of her actions were dubious, such as invading America even though it's been glorified, and the artistic 'revolution' she was credited with such as Shakespeare and Marlowe were in truth, mocking her.
- Elizabeth died on March 24, 1603. and was buried on top of Mary in Westminster Abbey and an inscription was placed on their shared tomb.

 

Princess

- Queen Elizabeth I was known as the Virgin Queen and its believed that she never had a lover throughout her reign as Queen of England.
- This has been debated and she was incredibly close with one man, Robert Dudley who was the Earl of Leicester.
- Many historians have claimed that she and Dudley were intimate and the pair would exhibit their relationship to the court on a daily basis.
- But as much as she possibly loved Dudley, the two never married and they would never have a legitimate child meaning that Elizabeth was the last Tudor monarch.
- Elizabeth never married, but unfortunately, Dudley remained the great heartbreak of her life.

Shakespeare Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Edward de Vere

- Edward de Vere (1550–1604) was the 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan courtier and poet who is famous as the author of Shakespeare's works, which he wrote with help from Francis Bacon's sophisticated printing press.
- He thought it all up, and Bacon typed it in, although much like Bacon's Bible, it was mainly sarcastic gibberish, riddles and rhymes.
- He was also the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth I but he wasn't supposed to know that, meaning that he was next in line for the throne but was denied.
- She stole his inheritance before he even reached adulthood by first looting his father and then after his father died, she looted his estate.
- She gave birth to Edward de Vere who was fathered by Robert Dudley but gave him up for adoption at birth.
- It was the Queen Elizabeth’s mismanagement of de Vere’s wardship and the stranglehold which she held over his finances during his entire lifetime which led inevitably to his financial ruin and she was unwilling to make him heir to her Tudor throne.

Heel

- Except the real story is that she wanted to marry Robert Dudley and she gave birth to his son, Edward de Vere, but Dudley was unwilling to marry her or give his son his name.
- Then Dudley remained (hung out) in her court and the reason she stripped Edward de Vere of his wealth was to spite Dudley who she dropped as a romantic partner.
- In fact, over the years, Elizabeth gave birth to a total of 4 children who she gave up for adoption to prominent families.
- They'll all be coming out of the woodwork soon.
- With her the Tudor line of kings and queens died out, but throughout her reign there were a number of men who tried to court and charm Elizabeth and become her husband.

Loves

- Even her former brother-in-law, Philip II of Spain, sought to marry Elizabeth after her sister Mary I died.
- But he proposed to her because he was trying to seize power in England.
- Elizabeth stated that she was married to her country, but much is known about her relationship with Dudley.
- But who were the other men that sought to catch the eye of the Queen?
- At the time of her crowning, many feared having a queen on the throne and they were concerned that a woman would not be able to ward off the huge threats from the Spanish Armada.
- Except Elizabeth was the monarch who did just that.

Robert Dudley as Elon Musk

Robert Dudley 1532-1588 6/24    9/4 1st Earl of Leicester	Elon Reeve Musk 1971 66/28
Eyes

- Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532-1588) was an English statesman and the favorite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death.
- He was believed to be a suitor for the queen's hand for many years.
- Dudley's youth was overshadowed by the downfall of his family in 1553 after his father, the Duke of Northumberland, had failed to prevent the accession of Mary I.

Master of the Corset

- Dudley was Elizabeth Is favorite obsession and he had been since the day she took the throne and possibly even since her childhood.
- Their relationship was the defining emotional bond of Elizabeth's life.
- Elizabeth's possessiveness over Dudley was absolute public and ferocious but obviously it became a power struggle.
- She had spent years dangling the prospect of marriage before him without ever committing.
- She ruled a kingdom but couldn't marry the man she loved but their relationship spurred gossip and speculation in her court.
- Their relationship was marked by loyalty, friendship and a shared passion for the arts and culture.

Never married

- The two were friends from childhood and when she became queen, their closeness shocked the court.
- Ambassadors claimed that they behaved like a married couple, and many believed she would wed him.
- There was one obstacle, he was already married to a noblewoman named Amy Robsart.
- In 1560, Amy Robsart was found dead at the bottom of a staircase and rumors spread across England that it was an accident, or something darker, such as Dudley pushed her.
- This scandal ended any chance of a royal marriage but obviously that chance had already ended with the birth of Edward de Vere.
- Years later, Dudley secretly married Lettice Knollys, the queen's cousin and lady-in-waiting.
- When Elizabeth discovered the marriage, she was furious and Lettice was banished from court for life.

They married in secret in September 1578 without Queen Elizabeth I's knowledge or permission. They kept the marriage hidden because Dudley feared the violent reaction of Queen Elizabeth I, who was Dudley's close confidante and former suitor, as well as Lettice's cousin. (Assistant)

Many

- But there were many reasons why Elizabeth I didn't want to get married.
- First, she had a traumatic childhood witnessing her father's tumultuous marriages which ended with her mother, Anne Boleyn, being executed.
- Then as a teenager, she was allegedly abused by Thomas Seymour which may have left her with lasting trauma (from being caught).
- Another reason was that the queen believed that she wasn't very attractive which led her to use mercury to cover her face.
- But the main reason was political and she worried that marriage would mean sharing power or being subordinate to her husband.
- There's also a rumor that she didn't want to marry because she was actually a man, but that's not true and all those rumors were started because the males didn't want a female ruler so they had to demean her.

Francis Duke of Anjou as Elon Musk

Monsieur François 1555-1584 3/18    6/10 Duke of Anjou and Alençon	Elon Reeve Musk 1971 6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Hercule

- Monsieur François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (1555-1584) was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.
- Early years he was scarred by smallpox at age 8, and his pitted face and slightly deformed spine did not suit his birth name of Hercule.
- He changed his name to Francis in honor of his late brother Francis II of France when he was confirmed.
- There have been throughout Elizabeth Is reign a lack of husband, and marriage negotiations in the latter part of her reign were not considered following the potential match with Francis, the Duke of Anjou, who Elizabeth referred to as her little frog.

 

Status

- However, there were constant rumors about the queen's relationship status, and many people were accused at the time of sleeping with the queen.
- One of the people who was linked to Elizabeth was a man named Thomas Heneage, who it's believed had the least cause to take the bed of the queen.
- He was a minor politician from a family of the minor nobility, but in the mid-1560s he became a courtier and was close with Robert Dudley and William Cecil.
- It was through these men, Heneage would find himself in the good books of Elizabeth I, however, he then became a gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
- In Elizabeth's circle, opportunities for men like this were limited and Thomas Heneage was given a rare position granting him intimate access to the Queen and there were rumors of an affair.

Thomas Heneage as Elon Musk

Thomas Heneage 1532-1595 ?    10/17 Courtier	Elon Reeve Musk 1971 6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
My Thomas

- Sir Thomas Heneage (1532-1595) was an English politician and courtier at the court of Elizabeth I.
- Heneage the Younger was born at Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, the son of Sir Robert Heneage and Lucy Buckton.
- Robert and his brother Thomas were members of Henry VIII's Privy Chamber, the latter holding the important office of Groom of the Stool.
- He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.
- In 1554 Heneage married Anne Poyntz, daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz and Joan Berkeley.
- Their only daughter Elizabeth married Sir Moyle Finch and was created Countess of Winchilsea.
- Following Anne's death in 1593, he married Mary Browne, Countess of Southampton on May 2, 1594; this marriage was childless.

Royal court

- Despite being close friends with Robert Dudley, when she wanted to make him jealous, she would flirt with Heneage and with this many heads in court were gossiping.
- Elizabeth openly flirted with Heneage to make the true purported love of her life Dudley jealous and now you understand why.
- When Dudley and Heneage argued, Elizabeth only liked him more.
- But he was there to make Dudley jealous, however, Heneage was married before he came to court.
- He also wasn't the most likely person to have an affair with the Queen despite her flirtations.
- He remained friends with Dudley, but he was then chosen by Elizabeth to go to Dudley to revoke a number of jobs that Dudley had.
- There was also at this time another gentleman at court who was rising through the ranks, and this was Christopher Hatton.

Christopher Hatton as Elon Musk

Sir Christopher Hatton 1540-1591 12/12    11/20 Lord Chancellor of England	Elon Reeve Musk 1971 6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Mutton

- Sir Christopher Hatton (1540-1591) was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favorite of Elizabeth I.
- He was one of the judges who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason.
- Hatton came to the queen's attention when he was commended for his brilliant dancing at a court ball and he had a close relationship with Elizabeth until he died.
- But according to a historian, it was said that a delighted Elizabeth could be forgiven for concluding that here was a man who really might die for love of her.

Hatton at court

- Hatton sent many letters to Elizabeth which were considered love letters, and Mary Queen of Scots even accused her of having an affair with Hatton.
- He may have been in love with the Queen, and he never married and his letters to her were excessively romantic.
- Also, he was a constant defender of Elizabeth, and he led prayers for her health and safety inside of the House of Commons.
- He was Elizabeth's spokesman for Mary Queen of Scots and he spent a huge amount of time with her at court.
- But then he managed to set to work building a huge amount of property and working as an architect building brilliant house across the country.
- One letter Hatton said to Elizabeth said, 'No death, no, not hell, shall ever win of me my consent so far to wrong myself again as to be absent from you today.'
- When he was in his dying moments, Elizabeth I visited Hatton.

 

' I lack that I live by, the more I find this lack, the further I go from you. To serve you is heaven, but to lack you is more than hell's torment. Would God I were with you but for one hour.My wits are overwrought with thoughts. My mind is filled with thoughts, bear with me, my most deat, sweet Lady. Passion overcome me, I can write no more. Love me, for I love you. Love me forever.'  (Sir Christopher Hatton)

Sir Walter Raleigh as Elon Musk

Walter Raleigh c.1553-1618 ?     10/29 English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Fails at everything

- Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1553-1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer.
- One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonization of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I.
- Raleigh was born to a landed gentry family of Protestant faith in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne, daughter of Sir Philip Champernowne.
- He was the younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville.
- Raleigh was another man who is also known to have flirted with the Queen a lot and he became infamous for his explorations.

Sir Walter Raleigh

- Raleigh was also known for laying his cloak across a puddle so that Elizabeth did not get her feet wet, and the relationship with him has been a subject of films.
- But Raleigh did not come to the Queen's attention through the normal routes of court life, instead, he attracted her attention through his actions for the English realm.
- He rose from being a commoner to the royal circles, and he came to her attention in the 1580s when he returned from a voyage to America.
- Raleigh was known to be rather handsome, and he flaunted his looks.
- He wore the Queen's colors, and her favorite jewels to appeal to her.
- Raleigh was then given a number of positions at court including being appointed the Captain of the Queen's Guard.

Raleigh quite a dandy

- Then he was granted access to the Queen's private chambers and he was allowed to be with her when she wasn't wearing heavy make-up, showing how close the pair were.
- There were also rumors that the pair were lovers, and Raleigh was devoted to the Queen, and she was enamoured with him.
- However, then he began an affair with her friend and lady, Bess, Throckmorton, and when she fell pregnant, the pair married in secret.
- When Elizabeth found out she was furious and sent Raleigh to the Tower of London and Bess would never come back to court, and was banished forever.
- Elizabeth kept a close watch on her women and she was outraged that the information got past her.
- Following Raleigh's downfall there would be another young man who would enter the fray of Elizabeth's affections.

Robert Devereux as Elon Musk

Robert Devereux 1565-1601 11/10     2/25 English nobleman and army officer	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Essex

- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601) was an English nobleman and army officer who was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I.
- A charismatic and ambitious youth, Essex grew up in a family of courtiers with strong ties to the Queen, who was his distant cousin.
- He became a royal ward following his father's death in 1576.
- Devereux (Essex) entered court in 1585 as a member of his stepfather Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester's entourage.
- Essex rose quickly at court and developed a close personal relationship with the Queen.
- He played a prominent role in England's military campaigns during the Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, including expeditions to Portugal and the Azores, particularly a victory at Cádiz, which gave him celebrity status among the London elite.
- Essex was very young and was said to have had good looks and his personality captivated the Queen.

Devereux

- Devereux was a replacement in her affections for Dudley and was then appointed the Master of the Horse.
- Although he wasn't the best suited to these jobs, he took them for the Queen's favor, however, he didn't always respect Elizabeth.
- One time he argued with her and the Queen slapped Devereux, and then he drew his sword on her which caused chaos.
- But he was then restored to favor, and despite the 35-year age gap, there were rumors that the pair were lovers.
- They would stay up all night and would play cards and read poetry together.
- He then went too far, and was involved in a rebellion that resulted in his execution by axe after being found guilty of treason.
- However, it was suggested that Devereux was not fully aware that courtly love was a game to Elizabeth, and he believed that she loved him and that he might become the King.

Devereux youth

- But we don't know necessarily if the Queen took to the bed of these men and even Devereux.
- One thing that counts against it is the fact Raleigh and Essex were both married in the early years, meaning that if they were engaged in a physical relationship with the Queen it would have been adultery at the highest level which would have been shocking.
- Devereux himself had no shame in regards with the Queen, as he would burst into her quarters while she was not dressed appropriately.
- However, did these men sleep with Elizabeth?

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. (Benjamin Franklin)

Thomas Seymour as Elon Musk

Thomas Seymour c.1508-1549 ?     3/20 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley	Elon Reeve Musk 1971  6/28 Satan from Alpha Centauri
Not a protector

- Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (c.1508-1549) was a brother of Jane Seymour, the3rd wife of King Henry VIII.
- With his brother, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, he vied for control of their nephew, the young King Edward VI (regent 1547–1553).
- In 1547, Seymour married Catherine Parr, the widow of Henry VIII.
- During his marriage to Catherine, Seymour involved the future Queen Elizabeth I (then 14 years old), who resided in his household, in flirtatious and sexual behavior (which was initiated by Elizabeth).
- Elizabeth had stepped over the line with the Thomas Seymour debacle in her youth, and many would believe that she was a victim of grooming by Seymour.
- This possibly turned her off to romantic relationships with men, as far as marriage went, and her title as the Virgin Queen was upheld by Elizabeth throughout her life, although only as a guise.

Promiscuous or just busy?

- Elizabeth I, the 'Virgin Queen,' crafted an image of chastity to bolster her authority in a male-dominated world.
- Her public persona hinged on being married to her kingdom, yet whispers of secret romances most notably with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester persisted and were true in the early days.
- The architecture of Tudor palaces, designed with private 'secret chambers,' helped shield her personal life from scrutiny.
- She was the mother of Edward de Vere and 3 other children who she placed with good homes.
- Was Elizabeth I sexually active?
- Absolutely.

Farewell (sweet place) where virtue then did rest, And all delights did harbour in her breast, Never shall my sad eyes again behold Those pleasures which my thoughts did then unfold.  (Aemilia Lanyer)

 

The Queen’s Bed: Elizabeth I and her Intimate Bedchamber

- As Queen, Elizabeth would have a number of beds, sumptuously furnished in bright colors and luxurious fabrics, all ostentatiously decorated and individually designed, each fit for a queen.
- At Richmond Palace, Elizabeth might sleep in an elaborate boat-shaped bed with curtains of ‘sea water green’ and quilted with light-brown tinsel.
- At Whitehall her bed was made from an intricate blend of different colored woods and hung with Indian-painted silk.
- Her best bed, which was taken with her when the court moved from place to place, had a carved wooden frame which was elaborately painted and gilded, a valance of silver and velvet, tapestry curtains trimmed with precious buttons and gold and silver lace, and a crimson satin headboard topped with ostrich feathers.

Thou English goddesse, empresse of our sex.  (Anne Bradstreet, 1672)

 

Elizabethan woman

- An unmarried queen heightened fears.
- Women were expected to marry and Elizabeth’s decision to remain unwed ran counter to society’s expectations.
- It was generally believed that women were inferior to men and so subject to them by divine law.
- Women who ignored religious precepts and did not submit to male authority were potentially a source of disorder and sexual license.
- Medical discourse regarded women’s bodies as being in a constant state of flux and so possessing dangerously unstable qualities.
- Such medical axioms were influenced by theology, with the belief that Eve’s moral and intellectual weakness had been the primary cause of the Fall of Man and succeeding generations of women were similarly flawed.

 

Now say, have women worth? or have they none? Or had they some, but with our Queen is’t gone? Nay masculines, you have thus taxed us long, But she, though dead, will vindicate our wrong; Let such as say our sex is void of reason, Know ’tis a slander now, but once was treason. (Anne Bradstreet, 1672)

Queen Elizabeth I as family member

- Elizabeth I not only ripped her son Edward de Vere off, she also ripped off her current day family in the form of their inheritance.
- It all came to Sophia in a very vivid dream given to her by the Most High Father who's waking her up.
- She was Sophia's daughter and now she is her sister in this life.
- What you need to know as that she was the angel in heaven who was perverted by Lucifer (Jesus Christ) and Satan (Musk) who were not from the Most High Father and Sophia's universe.
- Lucifer made both of them outside the universe in the image of Baphomet.
- Anyway, when the Most High Father banished both of them from Omega Centauri, Elizabeth I followed them down and then 200 angels from Omega Centauri followed Elizabeth I down because she perverted all the males.

Mother of Queen Elizabeth I

- When Elizabeth I first came to Earth she played the part of Ereshkigal was was the ancient Mesopotamian goddess and queen of the underworld, known in Sumerian mythology as Irkalla or Kurnugia.
- Her name translates to 'Queen of the Great Below' or 'Lady of the Great Place.'
- She has been following Sophia around through all her lives and helping to destroy them but the thing is, in truth underneath all this, she really does have a good, well-meaning heart, but greed gets in the way.
- Also, if you're wondering what happened to all Anne Boleyn's portraits, it wasn't Henry VIII who destroyed them, it was Elizabeth.

Past Lives - Tudor