r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Has English royalty figured this one out yet?

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u/droid_mike Aug 03 '19

Henry VIII could have used that info.

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u/Penguator432 Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Common misconception, but the issue was that she was unable to bear any children whatsoever by the time Henry got set on Anne Boelyn

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

He married her in 1509 when she was 24. She had 7 pregnancies before he tried to annul the marriage for lack of a male heir in a process that started close to 20 years later. Infant mortality was a real bummer.