Elizabeth Tailboys should have been
queen, instead of Elizabeth I, historian claims.
Henry VIII fathered an illegitimate
daughter who should have taken England's crown before Elizabeth I, a
new research reviewed.
Elizabeth Tailboy is the love daughter
of Henry VIII who should have been queen had Henry acknowledged him.
By rights, she should have been the real Elizabeth I, not the
Elizabeth the daughter of Anne Boleyn. Her accession could have
impacted the British history as well as the succession of every
monarch since.
Historian Elizabeth Norton found this
out after uncovering royal records in line with her investigation of
the love affair of Henry VIII and his mistress Bessie Blount. Norton
found out that Tailboys was actually not the daughter of Blount with
her husband Gilbert Tailboys, but with Henry VIII.
Norton discovered that Tailboys was
born June 1520, a year after her brother Henry, whom the king
acknowledged as his. They were both conceived during the time when
the king was living just a few miles away from Bessie, whom he paid
regular visits, and two years before she married Gilbert Tailboys.
Elizabeth Tailboys was born a later
than the future Mary I and earlier than Elizabeth I. The king
declared both future queens as his illegitimate children when he
deemed his marriage to their mothers null. However the king
acknowledged them as his thus they were placed in line of succession
when it was obvious that the king didn't have any male heirs.
Aside from this revelation, Norton also
emphasized the king's lasting affection to her unrecognized daughter,
including adjudicating her on court cases and providing her with
financial needs.
Source, The Daily Mail, Jan. 9. 2012
.png)
0 Comments