The link to the article is: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083826/Henry-VIII-secret-daughter-taken-throne-Elizabeth-I-historian-claims.html#ixzz1iu74zoCQ
The above pictures and the following statement were in the article "Illegitimate: By rights Elizabeth Tailboys, daughter of Bessie Blount, right should have been Queen instead of Elizabeth I"
I wrote the following on my Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/thetudorspage - The Tudor Dynasty)
"very interesting! However, Elizabeth and Mary were only declared illegitimate, on the whim of Henry. They were both, technically, born in wedlock, which still gave them precedence over any children born out of wedlock. Henry Fitzroy was only acknowledged because he was male. Henry often changed the rules to suit himself. One of Mary Boleyn's daughters was also rumored to belong to Henry :-)"
"I don't like to be negative but sometimes I feel as though certain historians make these kinds of claims just to sell a few more books...I haven't read Norton's book on Bessie Blount so I cannot comment with all certainty yet."
What do you think Tudor fans???
2 comments:
I'm not surprised he didn't have many. Certainly Mary Boleyn's children were Henry's and considered as such quietly. Bessie Blount's boy was recognozed though a bastard. If he had another daughter why would he recognoze her when he hardley recognized Mary and Elizabeth,
However, true or not, this girl would never rise to the thrown as she was not in the line of succession. Look what happened to poor Jane Grey. No Elizabeth was the true heir after Mary.
We are in agreement :)
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