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Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

[YouTube Drop] Jane Seymour: Was She Really Henry VIII’s Only True Love?

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6624 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Jane Seymour is often remembered as Henry VIII’s one true love, the wife who gave him a son and the queen he chose to be buried beside. But was she really unique, or was her legacy shaped by timing and myth? In this chat, we explore Henry’s love life, Jane’s brief reign, and how her early death made her the “perfect” wife in history’s eyes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You've probably heard it said that Jane Seymour was Henry the 8th's one true love,

0:41.6

the quiet, dutiful wife who gave him the son that he had been waiting for and who he mourned

0:47.9

for the rest of his life. It's the way she's remembered in the musical six. It's a story that has been

0:53.3

repeated in countless history books.

0:56.0

But was she really the only woman that he ever truly loved? Did he actually truly love her?

1:03.1

And was Jane's reputation more about timing and circumstance and clever myth-making after her death?

1:09.8

So my friend, grab your coffee, bore your water,

1:12.7

and let's have a chat about whether Jane was the one that Henry actually, truly, loved.

1:26.4

Hey, friend, welcome back to the YouTube channel for the Renaissance English History Podcast. I am your host, Heather. I've been podcasting on Tudor England since 2009 with my show. I am delighted that you are here with me today. We are chatting about whether Jane was Henry's one true love. So if we step back and look at Henry's track record with

1:47.3

women, one thing becomes super clear. He was a man who fell hard, often, and very dramatically. He was

1:55.3

like a man who was in love with the idea of love, and he wasn't shy about declaring his passions.

2:03.1

In his 20s, he wept openly when his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, lost their children. He composed songs for her,

2:08.7

and early in their marriage he called her his most beloved wife. Later, with Anne Boleyn,

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