Are there any living descendants of Henry VIII?
Catherine Middleton may have royal ancestry, after all, with a line of descent from Henry VIII, Well, how can that be as Henry has no descendants. None of his three children, Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward, had issue, which means no descendants.
There were many other suspected illegitimate children including Thomas Stukeley, Richard Edwardes, Catherine Carey, Henry Carey, Ethelreda Malte and John Perrot. However, due to none of these ever being acknowledged by Henry VIII, none had any claim to the throne and have never been confirmed as his children.
Elizabeth was the only daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. After the execution of her mother on charges of adultery and treason when Elizabeth was only 2, the little princess found her royal status threatened.
Conclusion on the Boleyn Lineage
There you have it – the Queen Mother and HM Queen Elizabeth II are the direct descendants of Mary Boleyn.
The current descendant of this line is Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun. The line of succession is as follows: George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, third son (second "legitimate" son) of Richard, 3rd Duke of York. Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, first son of George.
The bloodline of the current royal family can be traced back some 1,209 years! This covers 37 generations and goes all the way back to the 9th century.
Anne Boleyn, Boleyn also spelled Bullen, (born 1507? —died May 19, 1536, London, England), second wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
According to legend, the Imperial House of Japan was founded in 660 BCE by Japan's first Emperor, Jimmu, making it the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world. Although Japan's monarchy has mythological origins, the country recognizes February 11, 660 BCE as the official date of its founding.
While Anne Boleyn's sister Mary was King Henry VIII's mistress for several years, Diana's elder sister Lady Sarah Spencer (now McCorquodale) was one of Prince Charles' earlier girlfriends. In addition, they are also related to each other: Mary Boleyn is Diana's 13th great-grandmother.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were actually third cousins. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, who were married for over 70 years, were actually third cousins. Here's how that works. They're both related to Queen Victoria, who had nine kids: four sons and five daughters.
Is Kate Middleton a descendant of Mary Boleyn?
Kate's ties to the British monarchy go back a little further than her marriage to Prince William. She is a descendent of Mary and Anne Boleyn as well, according to The Spectator. As a relative of Sir Thomas Leighton, and his wife, Elizabeth Knollys, the duch*ess is tied to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn.
Anne Boleyn and Diana Spencer came from families with a tradition of service to the Crown, and both were from the aristocracy – Diana was an earl's daughter, Anne was the Duke of Norfolk's niece.
Catherine of Aragon: perfect in every way but one
Many historians believe she's the only woman Henry truly loved. Tiny, delicate, and ladylike, he believed she was perfect in every way — except one. In their years of marriage, Catherine bore him six children.
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| House of Tudor | |
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| Founder | Henry VII |
| Final ruler | Elizabeth I |
Queen Elizabeth II is the sovereign, and her heir apparent is her eldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales. Next in line after him is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales's elder son.
Tudor England was not a place where everyone smelled as sweetly as most people who shower daily today, but its people generally managed not to stink. Of course, the past did smell differently. Even so, being clean and sweet-smelling did matter to many Tudors.
The affair lasted for about three years and ended around 1525. During these years Mary gave birth to two children: first a daughter, Catherine, in 1524, and then a son, Henry, born in 1526. The conception dates of both these children coincide with Mary Boleyn's affair with Henry VIII.
Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, had directly before been found guilty of treason. A jury declared that she had committed adultery with her brother and four other men.
Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period of time. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the king's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either of them as he had acknowledged Henry FitzRoy, his son by another mistress, Elizabeth Blount.
