Anne Boleyn, of of King Henry VIII’s six wives, had six fingers on each hand and an extra nipple. This was claimed to be evidence of witchcraft and was used in her trial when Henry had her executed in 1536.
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Thanks Clair, I do my best to keep churning out these facts, means a lot that someone is actually reading them.
this is not a fact it is so far from the truth how can you call it a fact?
Though you have the rumor’s created about her after her death right, the facts are not. Anne had no such abnormalities. Her so called 6th finger was a childhood injury that split her pinky finger at the nail leaving it somewhat deformed. The so called extra nipple was a mole just above her right brest. ( A beauty mark by today’s definition). Though the Counsil wanted to accuse her of bewitching the King with witchcraft to make him fall in love with him Henry VIII would not allow this to happen. She was tried on Treason for trumped up charges of Adultary and Incest. The King’s only witness to these charges was his cousin Jane Parker ( Boleyn) Lady Rochford. Goerge Boleyn’s astranged wife. Whom swore she witnessed Anne with 5 different men including her husband Goerge( Anne’s brother). She did this to protect herself of the same charges as George was seeking a divorce from Jane for Adultary. Jane lied during her interogation stating ( Why I am to be questioned when the Queen entertain’s men in her apartment.) And that was all she wrote. Anne was brought up on charges and found guilty even before she ever went to trail. So if your going to post facts. Have them correct. Study some Tudor history first. These vicious rumor’s were started by Anne’s enemies to devalue her beauty. And a true beauty she was.
Anne Boleyn did not have six fingers nor did she have three nipples. These rumors showed during her daughter, Elizabeth I,s reign. They were written by a Catholic priest Nichlas Sanders who was banished. Sanders wished to blacken Elizabeth’s name by attacking her mother. He was not a contempory of Anne because he was only six when she died. The rumor that Anne was a witch started up right after she died. Many people believed that she had bewitched the king into marrying her, although that is probably false, due to the fact that Anne was extremely religious. I’m sorry if this offends you,but I am a Tudor history fan and I hate seeing Tudor falsehoods.
Also witchcraft was not used at her trail. Anne was tried for adultery and incest. She also was tried for plotting t kill the king. All of these claims are false and Anne was innocent.