#lady jane rochford

[athenepromachos]

Disney versions of Henry VIII's children and Tudor villains Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, Lady Rochford and Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 👑❤️

By the comtessedelalune on Deviantart

#henry viii #mary i #edward vi #elizabeth i #catherine of aragon #anne boleyn #jane seymour #thomas wolsey #thomas cromwell #lady jane rochford #thomas howard #tudors #the tudors #👑👑

[marriageandthecrown]

Courting Scandal: The Rise and Fall of Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford by James Taffe

Just bought the latest book about Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, which was published just last week. Cannot begin to tell you how excited I am for another more favourable light to debunk all the myths, lies, and slander about the tragic lady-in-waiting. It's about time we had someone else in her corner 💜

#jane boleyn #courting scandal: the rise and fall of jane boleyn lady rochford #james taffe #history

[sweetbitterbitten]

🌅 thomas/jane rochford

#possible character ;; jane parker #lady rochford #listen #it them #it they #i love these two scrappers #threecardtrick

[fideidefenswhore]

wow. until you said it i'd never considered that koa's side would see henry cheating on anne as cheating on koa, even if they were fine with it if it undermined anne. thank you.

Yeah, the Imperial Lady emerges at very much a boiling point of sorts-- it's right after Anne's first miscarriage, so the time is ripe, and it's also just after the Pope has finally declared Henry and Catherine's marriage valid, so I believe that was a crossing of the Rubicon for those that had already somewhat been on the fence re: religious changes in the kingdom... but, unlike Jane materializing officially unto the record Feb 1536 (so, some believe this means the relationship with Henry began late January at earliest), Catherine is still very much alive and the Pope has declared for her.

So, in that case, although she's mainly referred to as Mary's supporter, by virtue of being categorized as favorable to the 'Imperial' party by Chapuys, one would assume it's the entire reinstatement, or at least leniency towards, these two women she was in support of, that she was in contact with those that were in support of their reinstatement, etc. The irony being that she's of course still a mistress herself (so how much was she Catherine's 'friend', or Mary's for that matter, who would have thought of her as a mistress even if she liked that she was causing Anne distress?), despite that she apparently didn't pay due deference towards Anne, one assumes because she believed she was no more than one (so if there was judgement there for Anne being Henry's mistress, the perception that had been only for preferement, either before marriage, or that she still was...lol).

#anon #this will sound rude but there's a lot of moral hypocrisy in this camp #elizabeth darrell was apparently very morally opposed to adultery until. you know #*there was #not unique to them but like...woof #i don't believe the imperial lady was jane but i think that's why people believe she was #similar sympathies #but chapuys describes them very differently so i'd bet money it's two distinct women #my own personal theory is it was bess harvey #among the more out there theories i saw was that this was jane rochford herself and chapuys was just confused (amy licence) which um. #sick? #like i said tho lol fringe. out there #i haven't seen that one anywhere else

[fabledenigma]

In the Source Link, you will find a complete gif pack of Sophie Boettge in Blood, Sex and Royalty. Sophie played the role of Jane Boleyn.

Jane Boleyn was born as Jane Parker, she was by birth, the second cousin of King Henry VIII and became the sister-in-law of Henry's second wife Anne Boleyn when Jane married Anne's only brother George Boleyn. She was known as Viscountess Rochford or Lady Rochford, she later became a lady-in-waiting to Jane Seymour, before the same position to Anne of Cleves. She testified that Anne had confided in her that she and Henry had not consummated their marriage, which allowed Henry to annul his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marry Catherine Howard. Jane maintained her position as lady-in-waiting to the new queen. Jane was arrested along with many people and the Queen after rumours about her past surfaced. Suffering from a nervous breakdown to months of mental abuse from the interrogations, she was legally pronounced insane and unfit for trial. However, Henry manipulated the law so that the legally insane may be executed for high treason, as such, Jane along with Queen Catherine were charged with high treason and sentenced to die on February 13th 1542. Jane appeared calm and serene before the end.

Source - FabledEnigma

#sophie boettge #sophie boettge gif #sophie boettge gifs #sophie boettge gif pack #sophie boettge gif set #jane boleyn #jane boleyn gif #jane boleyn gifs #jane boleyn gif pack #jane boleyn gif set #blood sex&royalty #boleyn family #boleyn gifs #george boleyn gifs #tudor period #the tudor dynasty #tudor #lady rochford #lady rochford gif #lady rochford gifs #viscountess rochford

[queerbauten]

Imagine calling Lady Rochford “evil”… couldn’t be me

#Jane Boleyn #Lady Rochford #it’s not that she never did *anything* wrong #it’s that her so-called alleged ‘’’evilness’’’ was the product of her being constrained by her role #if you want to call her evil then you’ve got to call a *lot* of innocent people in the Tudor court ‘evil’

[coldhardbinch]

How I always feel after five minutes of trying to understand Jane Rochford's motives

#i mean the real lady not on the show #tudor history #jane rochford #jane boleyn #was she trying to curry favor with the people she thought would outlive henry?? is that it? #or were katherine & culpeper pointing fingers?

[intriguingpeoplebyangelafloyd]

JANE BOLEYN

JANE BOLEYN

Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford

c.1505-1542

            Jane Boleyn was born in Norfolk into a wealthy political family. Jane was sent to the royal court as a teenager to join the household of Queen Catherine of Aragon, the wife of King Henry VIII of England. She accompanied the royal party to France in 1520 for the Field of Cloth of Gold.

            Jane was considered attractive but we have no known images of her. She was one of the lead actresses and dancers in the 1552 court masquerade which included Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn. In 1524, Jane married George Boleyn (Anne Boleyn’s brother) and became Lady Rochford. George was described as attractive, talented and promiscuous. He has been portrayed in modern times as homosexual, but there is no evidence to support this. King Henry VIII gave the couple Grimston Manor, Norfolk for a wedding gift.

            King Henry VIII fell in love with Anne Boleyn and the family had gained more influence and wealth which Jane also benefited from. Henry married Anne in 1533 and Jane and George were given Palace of Beaulieu as their chief residence which they decorated; they eventually sold it to the king who refurbished and expanded it.

            Anne Boleyn fell out of favour because she didn’t give Henry VIII his much desired son. Jane was married to George for eleven years when he was arrested in 1536 for treason after being accused of having sex with his sister the queen and he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. George was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1536 and Anne Boleyn was executed two days later. After her husband was executed, Jane was absent from court for several months but returned to attend to Henry VIII’s new wife, Jane Seymour. Boleyn lived in the palace and had her own servants.

            Jane Seymour died in 1537 and Henry VIII remarried Anne of Cleves for political reasons. In 1540, Anne of Cleves confided to Jane that she never had sex with the king and Jane learned that Anne of Cleves was naïve when it came to sexual intimacy. Henry VIII wasn’t attracted to Cleves and had his marriage with her annulled so he could marry her lady-in-waiting, the teenager, Catherine Howard.

            Boleyn became the lady-in-waiting to Catherine Howard, Howard wasn’t a virgin when she married the king and started a relationship with Henry VIII’s friend and courtier, Thomas Culpeper. Boleyn was implicated in the couples’ affair as she was helping them to meet up in secret. The affair was discovered and Howard was arrested and Jane was interrogated. Jane suffered a nervous breakdown and in 1542 was pronounced insane. In 1542, mentally ill people were considered too unfit to stand trial, and nobody knew whether Janes ‘fits of frenzy’ was genuine or it was just her attempt to escape prosecution. Henry VIII was determined to have her punished, and changed the law which allowed the insane to be executed. She was found guilty for her involvement and was condemened to death.

            Jane was executed on 13 February 1542, the same day as Catherine Howard. Howard was executed first, Jane was then escorted from her lodgings to the scaffold. On the scaffold she spoke and apologised for her many sins and then kneeled down. Boleyn was beheaded from a single blow of the axe. She was buried in the church of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower of London, alongside the bodies of Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn.

            Over 300 years later in 1876, Queen Victoria had renovations done to the church and Jane Boleyn and the other victims’ bodies was rediscovered. The Queen had the bodies exhumed and placed in individual coffins and had a plaque with their names affixed to each coffin and were given a proper reburial underneath the alter.

#janeboleyn #janeboleynviscountessrochford #ladyrochford #georgeboleyn

#jane boleyn #janeboleyn #jane boleyn viscountess rochford #lady rochford #george boleyn #anne boleyn

[cinemaocd]

Wolf Hall casting info: who is new and who is returning...

So we have more detailed casting info and an imdb page for The Mirror and the Light.

Mark, Damian, Jonathan Pryce, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Lillit Lesser, and Kate Phillips are all returning for MATL.

Different actors for the following parts:

Norfolk, will now be played by Timothy Spall Lady Pole, will now be played by Harriet Walter Stephen Gardiner: Alex Jennings Lady Jane Rochford: Lydia Leonard Gregory Cromwell: Charlie Rowe Call Me: Harry Melling Richard Riche: Tom Mothersdale Lady Shelton: Lucy Russell Eustache Chapuys: Karim Kadjar Edward Seymour: Will Tudor Hans Holbein: Thomas Arnold

New characters (click through to imdb to see the actors):

Bess Oughtred, CHRIStOPHE Mary Fitzroy, Martin the Gaoler, Lady Margaret Douglas, Nan Seymour, JENNEKE, Thomas Howard the Lesser, Geoffrey Pole, Thomas Avery, Lady Margaret Seymour, DOROTHEA, Olisleger, Catherine Howard, Anne of Cleves and

*airhorns"

Thomas Wyatt (will be played Amir El-Masry)

#timothy spall #harriet walter #Wolf Hall Series 2 #The Mirror and the Light #Hilary Mantel #I am in my feelings about some of the acting changes but I'm so excited for Christophe and Thomas Wyatt I don't care #and also looks like some more diverse/inclusive casting so that's great #we love to see it #alex Jennings

[asoiaf-fancasts]

Alicent Hightower - Fancast

Age: 13 - 45

18 [Married]

23 [During Tourney]

41 - 43 [Civil War]

Appearance: She is described as lovely at 18, slender and graceful throughout her life.[Hightowers tend to have golden hair]

Character[s]: Padmé Amidala & Anne Boleyn

Actress: Natalie Portman

Movie[s]: Star Wars - Attack of the Clones [2002], Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith [2005] & The Other Boleyn Girl [2008]

[She was 19 during the filming of Attack of the Clones so just a year too old for when she gets married. She was 22 during the filming of Revenge of the Sith so good for when she’s pregnant with Aemond. She is 26/27 during the Other Boleyn Girl so around the right age for when she gives birth to Daeron. She is slender and lovely. She wears sci-fi fantasy clothes in the Star Wars movies some can pass for medieval ish. She wears Tudor clothes in the Other Boleyn Girl.]

Character: Isabel Neville

Actress: Eleanor Tomlinson

Show: The White Queen [2013]

[She was 20 during this show so good for the year after Aegon is born. She is lovely and slender. She wears 15th century clothes.]

Character: Mary Boleyn

Actress: Scarlett Johansson

Movie: The Other Boleyn Girl [2008]

[She is 22 almost 23 during this movie so around the right age for after Aemond is born and the Tourney happens. She is lovely and slender with the golden hair that is somewhat common with Hightowers. She wears Tudor clothes.]

Character: Queen Anne

Actress: Alexandra Dowling

Show: The Musketeers BBC [2014]

[She was 23/24 - 25/26 during this show so good for when the Tourney happens to when she’s has Daeron although the baby is in season 2. She is lovely and slender with the golden hair that is somewhat common among Hightowers. She wears 17th century ish clothes.]

Character: Contessina de’ Bardi

Actress: Annabel Scholey

Show: Medici [2016] [Season 1 & Briefly 2]

[She was 31/32 in season one of Medici so good for around the time Aemond fights with Rhaenyra’s boys. She is slender and lovely. She wears 15th century Italian clothes.]

Character: Catherine Parr & Jane Rochford

Actress: Jessica Raine

Show: Wolf Hall [2015] & Becoming Elizabeth [2022]

[She was 31/32 during the filming of Wolf Hall so good for the year of the red spring and birth of Aegon the Younger.She was 38 during the filming of Becoming Elizabeth so the right age for when Corlys is sick and Vaemond is executed. Catherine also as a very complicated relationship to her stepdaughter.She is slender and lovely. They both wear Tudor clothes but unfortunately favour red and black.]

Character: Lady Capulet & Mary Boleyn

Actress: Natascha McElhone

Movie: The Other Boleyn Girl [2003] and Romeo & Juliet [2013]

[Suggested by: @philomelas]

[She was 33/34 during The Other Boleyn Girl so good for around the birth of Viserys son of Rhaenyra. She was 43/44 during this movie so good for her during and the year after the civil war. She is lovely and slender in both but she unfortunately doesn’t have matching hair colour in them. She wears Tudor clothes in The Other Boleyn Girl and wears medieval ish clothes in Romeo & Juliet.]

Character: Catherine Parr

Actress: Joely Richardson

Show: The Tudors [2007] [Season 4]

[She was 44/45 is around the right age for her after the war and right before her death but can still work for during the civil war. She is lovely and slender plus has the supposed colouring of the Hightowers. She wears Tudor ish clothes.]

Character: Catherine de’Medici

Actress: Megan Follows

Show: Reign [2013] [Season 1]

[She was 44/45 during the first season so around the right age for her after the war and just before her death but could still work for during the civil war too. She is slender and lovely with the supposed look of a Hightower. She wears vaguely 16th century inspired clothes.]

#please suggest other fancasts #alicent hightower #alicent hightower fancasts #alicent hightower fancast #asoiaf fancast #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #fancast resource #game of thrones

[inky-duchess]

Hello Duchess, i was watching a video on ladies in waiting and it got me thinking; were there any famous ladies in waiting?

Oh, tons of them.

Anne Boleyn, Katherine Parr, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, Joan Bulmer, Mary Carey, Jane Rochford, Catherine Willoughby, Jane Dormer, Kat Ashley, Anna Vyrubova, Marie Therese Princess of Lamballe, Mary Dudley, Anne Basset, Yolande de Polastron Duchesse of Polignac, Lettice Knollys, Mary Seaton, Mary Fleming, Mary Beaton, Mary Livingston, Sophie Buxhoeveden, Margaret Bryan, Eleanor Duchess of Gloucestershire, Anne Hastings, Sarah Duchess of Malborough, Margaret Pole, Maria de Salinas, Maud Green, Anne Herbert, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Mary Howard, Margaret Beaufort, Madame de Montespan.

#ask answered

[marriageandthecrown]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE DO A MINI SERIES OF JANE BOLEYN that would be AMAZING 🙌🏻

#like a three-parter I’m sure it can be done #jane boleyn #lady rochford #i volunteer julia fox adrienne dillard and charlie fenton to write it

[fideidefenswhore]

very random but why did worsley choose to villainize cranmer > henry...

#i think cranmer had his shady moments but the way he was portrayed in that docuseries... like a comic book villain... we just don't know #it was almost like he got the catholique cromwell treatment #altho i think cromwell was arguably more brutal #he was not just 'one thing' in the way none of are just 'one thing' #cranmer had his shady moments like lambert and katherine howard #i actually think cromwell was pretty much equally brutal to henry but i would say he was. you know #a better husband/father than henry. so there is that #but most kings were bad fathers/husbands altho the latter not generally QUITE that bad #I DIGRESS #but obviously the blame rests with henry #primarily. re: everything. but particularly katherine howard #didn't have to do All That #also this docuseries did not even mention jane rochford did it...? in either AB or KH chapter #odd . #meanwhile we get entirety of blackfriars speech and maria de salinas but not anne's execution speech or any of her friends / ladies or any #of ANY of theirs except the usual saccharine nonsense about jane seymour & mary #i really think she just should have done a catherine of aragon docu #id anyone has ever done a standalone co.a docu...? which almost seems weird #queen consort for the longer that them all put together. wild

[anne-the-quene]

Okay I’m having a hard time deciding so I’m gonna make you decide for me

All of these are ones I either haven’t read yet or I just haven’t read them in a long time. But I promised myself I wouldn’t buy any new books until I finish at least one of these.

#i mean…i’m gonna read all of them really #i just can’t decide where to start

[fabledenigmaeragif]

Sophie Boettge

In the Source Link, you will find a complete gif pack of Sophie Boettge in Blood, Sex and Royalty. Sophie played the role of Jane Boleyn.

Jane Boleyn was born as Jane Parker, she was by birth, the second cousin of King Henry VIII and became the sister-in-law of Henry’s second wife Anne Boleyn when Jane married Anne’s only brother George Boleyn. She was known as Viscountess Rochford or Lady Rochford, she later became a lady-in-waiting to Jane Seymour, before the same position to Anne of Cleves. She testified that Anne had confided in her that she and Henry had not consummated their marriage, which allowed Henry to annul his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marry Catherine Howard. Jane maintained her position as lady-in-waiting to the new queen. Jane was arrested along with many people and the Queen after rumours about her past surfaced. Suffering from a nervous breakdown to months of mental abuse from the interrogations, she was legally pronounced insane and unfit for trial. However, Henry manipulated the law so that the legally insane may be executed for high treason, as such, Jane along with Queen Catherine were charged with high treason and sentenced to die on February 13th 1542. Jane appeared calm and serene before the end.

Source - FabledEnigma

#sophie boettge #sophie boettge gif #blood sex & royalty #the boleyn family #jane boleyn #jane boleyn gif

[elizabethan-memes]

So, what are your thoughts on James Taffe's book on Jane Boleyn, is it worth a read? I read somewhere that it shows a more critical POV On Jane that Fox's bio (of which I have only read some excerpts)? If so, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, I thing Jane had a good relationship with the Boleyns and the "jealous vixen" reputation is quite unfair, but on the other side you have to admit that she could have handled things with Katheryn Howard waaay better. Do you think "Courting Scandal" is a good addition to "Lady Rochford historiography" or is it "as good as a Weir book"?

I've not read it myself, but quite a few people who are more knowledgeable than myself on Jane Boleyn have criticised Taffe for basically using sources to support his arguments that Fox proved were either unreliable or straight up don't say what historians assume they say eg. the notorious reference to "damned by the testimony of a woman" which historians have said MUST refer to Jane Boleyn but more likely refers to Lady Worcester or the other woman whose name I can't remember off the top of my head. So basically his historiography takes us back to the 1990s and 2000s.

I do think there is something of a double standard when people talk about female courtiers and male courtiers. Cromwell gets to be scheming and cool, he gets Wolf Hall written about him, his ambition is sympathetic, he gets to be nuanced and badass. But if a woman like Jane is scheming and ambitious, she doesn't get to be badass and cool, she's given bitterness and resentment that male courtiers like Cromwell don't have, no-one likes her, and at MOST she gets half-hearted pity for her terrible marriage.

Also James Taffe has behaved very badly about it, if you ask me. He went straight away to whine on Twitter about the negative reviews and how unfair they were, selectively quoting them- because of course, if he hadn't quote mined, it would be obvious that the criticism wasn't unfounded. And he knew that! That's why he quote mined! And then historians like Owen Emmerson give him kind words about it because naturally they assume he was being 100% honest and the reviews WERE mean.

#jane boleyn #catherine howard #tudor history #henry viii #sorry i've just realised how many unanswered asks i have AHHHHH