I'd be anne of cleves.... you didn't have to "sleep" with him and walked away with your head and a big payment.
2007-09-15 11:47:17 · 21 answers · asked by nicola b 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'm with you 100%. Anne of Cleves and Katherine Parr were the only ones with simple common sense. But Parr did have to go to bed with him and put up with that putrid leg. Anne got lots of nice properties out of her settlement, and didn't have to return to Cleves where she wasn't well treated. that lady know which side her bread was buttered on!
2007-09-15 11:56:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well my family tree on my fathers side goes back to Anne Boleyn (and therefore Elizabeth I) and Katherine Howard (they were cousins) and my family tree on my mothers side goes back to an illegitimate son (Sir William Longuespee) of Henry II whos legitimate line (Richard the Lion Heart then King John and his heirs) goes down to Henry VIII and beyond through to the present Royal Family in a round about way.
All this means that I'm probably god knows how many million in line to the throne of Britain and that I am my very own very very distant cousin!
I think my going back to marry Henry VIII would just confuse the whole matter even more so I don't think I'll bother.
2007-09-16 01:16:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anne of Cleves actually lived the longest, until 10 years after Henry's death,and she did so in great comfort. Henry had to give her a whacking big settlement to escape the wrath of her family, as they were very powerful in Cleves.
Catherine Parr died a year after his death in childbirth, after marrying the man she always loved.
2007-09-16 07:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by Thia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wife? None of them; I'd rather be his daughter.
Back then the king's wife, though she held the title of Queen, had no real power. She had to please her husband, put up with him taking mistresses, and lived in constant fear Henry ordering her head be cut off.
Meanwhile, his daughter Elizabeth the First, became Queen in her own right, because there were no surviving sons. She had all the power at a time when the tides of political power were just starting to turn in England's favor.
Yes, she had to be careful about how she behaved in public, for fear of causing a scandal, but she also had the power to order other people beheaded. Not too many people spoke openly against her for that reason.
2007-09-15 18:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by devil_bunny_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to say Anne of Cleves. OK, I'll say Katherine Parr then. At least she out lived him
2007-09-15 19:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by JanJan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Me too, Anne of Cleves would be my choice. I know Katherine Parr survived him, but i wouldn't have fancied dressing all those sores on his legs. Eeeeewwwww.
2007-09-15 18:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Maggs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definately Anne of Cleaves,i dont know how the rather grotesque looking king got anyone to sleep with him,and she did keep her head while all theres!
2007-09-16 13:04:14 · answer #7 · answered by loubylou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bit difficult for me to decide as i`m male but if i was henry viii myself, i`d pick catherine parr as they seemed to get on well together. how did he get so many wives anyway? would you marry someone if you knew you could get your head chopped off afterwards? i would`nt even marry sam fox with that risk. (although i do tend to lose my head over her anyway)
2007-09-15 20:24:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point! Next best would be Catherine Parr who survived him.
2007-09-15 20:28:54 · answer #9 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be frank and honest i would not be any of them because they are all dead and dust by now and i am very much alive and with my wife and 1 year old son lol.
2007-09-15 18:56:37 · answer #10 · answered by Father Jacks Drinking pal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋