Unknown Lady by Hobein (believed by some to be a pregnant Anne Boleyn)
Claire Ridgway from The Anne Boleyn Files has written a guest post for On the Tudor Trail readers about Anne Boleyn’s pregnancies.
There is a lot of confusion and countless misconceptions surrounding Anne’s pregnancies and for that reason I invited Claire to write on this topic. It is a very clear, informative and well researched article that I am sure you will enjoy. I thank Claire for her time and for sharing some of her knowledge about Anne with us.
If you want to find out more about Claire I direct you to our Q & A. I know that Claire is not yet a published author but I admire the contributions she has made to our Tudor crazy community and her commitment to dispelling rumours about Anne Boleyn and searching for the truth.
The Pregnancies of Anne Boleyn
On the 29th January 1536, according to the Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, Anne Boleyn miscarried a male child of around three and a half months in gestation. Anne’s miscarriage was a huge blow for both Anne and her husband, Henry VIII, particularly as it was a boy, but it is not clear how much impact this miscarriage had on the couple’s relationship and whether it was the beginning of the end for Anne Boleyn.
Continue reading here.
Read my interview with Claire here.
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