[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

1536 was destined to be a troubled year.

Henry VIII's illegitimate son, the Earl of Nottingham, died in his sleep on the second day of sweating fever, leaving the world, except for a few lines in the history books, a distraught young wife and a still young wife. Children of unknown gender.

Facing the death of Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIII was far more sad than when he learned of the death of Catherine of Aragon. He shut himself in the house for several days and silently licked his wounds. Only let Thomas Cromwell come over regularly to report on various domestic affairs, and then relay the king's reply.

However, even though Henry VIII was so sad, he did not attend Henry Fitzroy's funeral.Even Elizabeth Bronte, the biological mother of his illegitimate child, did not express any grief over the death of Henry Fitzroy beyond that of Henry VIII, but continued to live her little life after crying, paying attention to Put it on the two sons and one daughter born to her husband.

As the king had made no arrangements for Henry Fitzroy's funeral, Gilbert had no choice but to overstep his powers in carrying out the funeral of the Earl of Nottingham.Because resources in northern England were tight, and because no one wanted to touch the body of a sweaty fever patient, Henry Fitzroy's servants dragged his body into a wagon full of straw and transported it to Suffolk. Secretly buried in Frelim Church.

If Eleanor Brandon had not remarried, she would be buried with Henry Fitzroy on her father's estate a hundred years later.

At the same time, Henry VIII showed great expectations for Eleanor Brandon's birth, and was even ready to arrange "his" succession to the throne to William Tudor and William Tudor after the birth of his grandson. Anne Boleyn's unborn son, and made the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary "his" godparents to strengthen the latter's succession.

However, Henry VIII's expectations have not been put into action. Eleanor Brandon gave birth to a baby girl in her sister's mansion, and was baptized as Mary Fitzroy on the third day after birth. Her aunts Princess Mary and Aunt Frances Brandon acted as godmothers, and Earl Gilbert, former guardian of William Tudor and Henry Fitzroy, served as godfather.

Knowing that Eleanor Brandon had given birth to a daughter, Henry VIII was greatly disappointed and at the same time withdrew all of Henry Fitzroy's assets and annuities, and only gave Mary Fitzroy six hundred dollars symbolically. An annuity in pounds sterling was used as maintenance, and Eleanor Brandon was also given £[-] as compensation.

"What has become of Eleanor Brandon?" William Tudor was not told until after Mary Fitzroy's baptism that he had become foster-parent to his young niece.

This is also a fun thing to say, a child who has not yet left the guardianship to act as the guardian of another child?I am afraid that only Henry VIII in Europe can come up with such a groundbreaking idea, but he did not expect his only son to really raise a child, but directly threw his granddaughter to the Marquis of Dorset and appointed Eleanor ·Brandon becomes the lady-in-waiting of Princess Mary.

It is estimated that when Mary Fitzroy is older, her place of activity will be Princess Mary's palace in Calais, or the court of the new queen Henry VIII.

"The Countess of Nottingham's recovery is not particularly good, because the doctor is not sure whether she will suffer from puerperal fever or other diseases." Richard Cromwell just sent some things to the Countess of Nottingham for the Prince of Wales, Looking at Eleanor Brandon's bedridden appearance, he guessed that the lady might be in danger.

"Has the Duke of Suffolk visited her?" William Tudor knew that except for Princess Mary and Frances Brandon, almost no one would care about Eleanor Brandon's life or death.

If she bore a son, among other things, the Duke of Suffolk and the Marquess of Dorset would be fighting for custody of the child.

Eleanor Brandon failed them, however, and the Duke of Suffolk abandoned his daughter.

Even though doctors declared that Eleanor Brandon was likely to die from postpartum complications, the Duke of Suffolk never thought of visiting his poor child, but planned to have Anne Boleyn in Whitehall Palace. Pull down and wait for Catherine Willoughby to bear him a son.

Richard Cromwell's shaking his head made William Tudor feel bad.

To make matters worse, because the domestic epidemic has not yet ended, Henry VIII arranged a lot of guards outside St. James's Palace, ordering William Tudor to leave the palace, so William Tudor could only send Richard Cromwell was constantly going back and forth between Frances Brandon's mansion and St. James's Palace.

It was not until two weeks after Mary Fitzroy was born that William Tudor received the sad news.

"Your Highness, the Countess of Nottingham has passed away." Because of running errands for the Prince of Wales these few days, Richard Cromwell lost a lot of weight, and his fair skin was slightly reddened by the sun.

After he entered the house, he took off his hat to the Prince of Wales by the window, and handed an unpainted letter to William Tudor: "The Countess of Nottingham asked you to be her daughter's protector before she died, and Todo The Marchioness of Seth has appealed to His Majesty the King, hoping that His Majesty will take care of her daughter's inheritance."

"Smart decision." Because William Tudor turned his back to him, Richard Cromwell couldn't see his face clearly, but he heard the voice of the Prince of Wales was much lower: "I think Sarah The Duke of Falk intended to take over the Countess of Nottingham's estate on her deathbed, correct?"

"Yes." Richard Cromwell knew that the Duke of Suffolk was ruthless, but he did not expect him to be so ruthless.

Even though Eleanor Brandon has not yet inherited the property of the Suffolk line, but with gifts from the Duchess of Suffolk and the Earl of Nottingham, plus her own dowry, Eleanor Brandon's The assets are also considerable, which is the main reason why the Duke of Suffolk took over the estate of the Countess of Nottingham.

Because in the Middle Ages and its later period, guardianship meant that you had the right to take over the inheritance that the child inherited, and with the king's permission, decide on the marriage of the other party.

Of course, as a guardian, you must also take on the responsibility of protecting the child's various interests and teaching him all social skills.However, in the eyes of most people, the custody of a wealthy heir, especially a wealthy female heir, is still a lucrative business.

Some even ended up marrying their wards (such as the Duke of Suffolk and Catherine Willoughby) or marrying wards to their children so that their wealth would truly belong to their family.

I am afraid this is also Henry VIII's real purpose in letting William Tudor take care of Mary Fitzroy.

One was to keep the Duke of Suffolk from holding an heir to the throne (Frances Brandon was married and the Duchess of Suffolk had asked Henry VIII to be her daughter's protector) and the other was to have Mary Fitzroy The property is temporarily incorporated into the Prince of Wales line.

Even after Mary Fitzroy came of age, William Tudor was able to secure himself a political partner through the marriage of his niece.

Just like Henry VIII betrothed Princess Mary to the Duke of Lorraine.