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9:50 am
June 15, 2012
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I was having a conversation with someone today about how history would have changed if Anne had given Henry a son, and I think it’s fascinating to think how different things might have turned out.
For a start, the boy would presumably have inherited the throne, and married and probably had children of his own. He would have had no reason to remain single the way Elizabeth did. Without Queen Elizabeth refusing to marry and procreate, the throne would not have passed to the Scottish king. Would England and Scotland ever have united or would they still be separate kingdoms? There may have been no English Civil war, as that was provoked by Charles I – a Stuart. Without the two kingdoms uniting to form Great Britian, would there even have been a British Empire?
What do you think – what other changes might there have been?
11:29 am
June 7, 2011
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Well presumably Anne would have kept her head and reigned until a Henry’s death. Jane Seymour would have died an old spinster perhaps. I’m sure England and Scotland would have united at some point in time, although pin-pointing when is impossible. The reformation would have passed though with ease no doubt, since there would be no Queen Mary to try and turn the country back to Catholicism. I image Anne and Elizabeth would have been very close. If Cromwell hadn’t helped with Anne’s destruction, it would of been he who no doubt lost his head, meaning Anne could funnel the money made from the destruction of the monasteries into education and poor relief.
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