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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She wasn't a passive pawn, but I doubt she fully "knew what she was getting into."  Henry had divorced his first wife, after all.  Why would anyone expect him to execute his second wife on trumped-up charges?  Plus, if she'd had a son, that would have changed history--with a male heir, Henry would not need to get rid of her, and there would have been good reasons not to.  He could cheat on her as much as he wanted once the line of succession was secure.  [/quote]

This. I don't think she ever would have predicted she'd be executed by axe. Like what Queen of England has been physically murdered after a legal trial before? Even Catharine of Aragorn, his first wife, was allowed to die in her sleep.

Now wives 3 - 6? They have NO excuse. If he could put aside two other wives and outright murder one, they had to know there was nothing protecting them.[/quote]

To be fair, they didn't all have a choice in the matter.  Noblewomen mostly married the men that their fathers told them to.  Anne of Cleves was an arranged marriage.  And I can imagine that it's hard to say no to the King if you are an English subject.  [/quote]

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