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- Yet Mary’s early renown was something of a dubious honour, since it was based on her adulterous affair with King Henry VIII: Mary is thought to have been Henry’s mistress for a brief period in the early to mid-1520s, a few years before he married her sister, Anne.
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Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary, [ 1 ] (c. 1499 [ 2 ] – July 1543) was the sister of English queen consort Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII. Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period.
In 2010, Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress by Josephine Wilkinson was published, and in 2012, Alison Weir published Mary Boleyn: The Great and Infamous Whore. In 2013, this was followed by Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII by Elizabeth Norton.
Jan 19, 2023 · Mary Boleyn was one of Henry VIII’s mistresses. As a product of their affair, Mary is rumoured to have borne King Henry VIII two children, although none were recognised as the king’s or afforded ‘royal bastard’ status and privilege.
- Richard Bevan
Nov 2, 2020 · Henry VIII’s mistresses: who else did the Tudor king sleep with? Famed for having six wives, Henry VIII's love life is today the subject of much scholarship and speculation. But what do we know about the king's extra-marital liaisons – the mistresses who shared his bed?
- Ellie Cawthorne
Oct 12, 2020 · Certainly, Henry never acknowledged either, and it is highly likely that Mary’s tenure as mistress had ended by 1526, especially as the evidence suggests he had begun to woo her sister, Anne. Henry Fitzroy: how Henry VIII’s “bastard son” rocked the Tudor court
- Elinor Evans
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Jan 31, 2015 · Mary Boleyn was the sister of King Henry VIII’s second wife, the infamous Anne Boleyn. But she was also the king’s mistress before her sister’s ascendancy. She may also have given birth to his son.
Jul 19, 2015 · The King attended the wedding ceremony giving the couple a present of 6s and 8d. It is also known that Mary Boleyn became the mistress of King Henry VIII. It is estimated that the affair began in 1522. Henry rode out during the Shrovetide Joust of 1522 wearing on his horse the motto “elle mon coeur a navera” which means “she has wounded my heart”.
