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This Ageless episode of History Daily originally aired on May 19th, 2022.

It's before dawn on October 2nd, 1514, in a cabin below the deck of a ship off the coast of

Boulond, France. And Berlin, the seven-year-old daughter of an English noble,

clings to her father's hand as the ship sways in the wind of a raging storm.

The Berlin family is traveling to France along with several other nobles for a special occasion.

The wedding of King Henry VIII's sister, what Anne is afraid, they'll never make it to front shores.

Anne clutches her father's hand tighter as thunder claps overhead.

In the midst of the violent tempest, the wind thrust the ship into shallow water,

where it scrapes against the ocean floor.

Anne screams and hugs her father's leg as she hears men shouting from the deck above.

They're worried the ship might be punctured and it could start taking on water.

Before Anne knows what's happening, her father scoops her up and carries her out of the cabin

and onto deck, followed by the rest of the Boulond family.

There, they climb into a robo that crew men then lower into the rough seas.

Anne holds her father close and shuts her eyes tight as the tiny vessel fights through

choppy ways and finally finds its way to shore.

Anne Berlin has arrived in France. She might not realize it yet, but this country is her new

temporary home, and her time here will shape the rest of her life.

At the request of her father, Anne spends her formative years in the courts of French royal houses.

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