Expert: Mark Smith - 10/7/2010

Question
Did Queen Elizabeth (daughter of henry and anne bolyn) have queen mary (daughter of henry and catherine of aragron) killed ?
did henry and anne of cleves ever consumate their marriage ie, after they split up?

Answer
Hello Luisa.
There's no evidence that Queen Mary was killed by Elizabeth, or anyone else for that matter. It's true she died relatively young for a person from a privileged lifestyle, she was 42, but her final illness lasted several months and was possibly influenza.

Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves never consummated their marriage, that was made clear in the annulment, but a few months after their divorce (July 1540) there were rumours that Henry had visited Anne at Richmond and slept with her (August 1540) and she was pregnant. There is no truth in the story. Henry did visit her in August, but it was only to obtain her signature on the deed of seperation.
Mark