Why Couldn't Henry VIII "Do It" W...
Why Couldn't Henry VIII "Do It" With Anne of Cleves?

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway by Claire Ridgway

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Did Henry VIII Have Erectile Dysfunction? The Anne of Cleves Bedroom Mystery

Did Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves ever actually "do it"?

Henry claimed that his marriage to Anne was never consummated because he found his new wife so unattractive that he simply couldn't bring himself to have sex with her.

But what if we've spent nearly 500 years looking at the wrong person?In this video, I take a fresh look at the contemporary evidence surrounding Henry VIII's short-lived marriage to Anne of Cleves. From their awkward first meeting at Rochester and Henry's extraordinary complaints about Anne's body, to intimate testimony from his physicians, allegations about his sexual performance that surfaced at George Boleyn's trial, and Anne's supposedly naïve conversations with her ladies.

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Tudor HistoryHenry VIIIAnne Of ClevesCatherine HowardTudors