Not very much is known about Jane Seymour, and yet she was the most successful, in many ways, of Henry VIII's wives. She stayed queen - admittedly only for less than two years, thanks to her untimely death - gave Henry the prince he wanted, reinstated Mary to her father's favour, and raised her own family's status. This video looks at the surprisingly steely, sharp woman beneath history's stereotype of the victimised, submissive woman Jane is often painted as, and how she contributed to her own position...


For my images and footage, thanks to:

Pexels
Pixabay
Wikimedia Commons, especially:
Ricardalovesmonuments
King of Hearts
David Iliff (Diliff)
Many of my images in this video were made with Midjourney, see if you can spot which ones!


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