Talk:Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon

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Children don't add up if you do the math

The article states that Anne had eight children with Lord Hasting but also states that her marriage broke up due to her affair with Henry VIII one year after her marriage. The marriage is supposed to have lasted from 1509 to as long as possibly 1513. Eight children in four years with no mentions of multiples seems to suggest an error in the facts provided Saatchi (talk) 04:26, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It should have read that her relationship with Henry VIII possibly lasted until 1513, her marriage continued until 1540s. I have amended this.Boleyn (talk) 16:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If anyone knows how to direct people straight to this page if they search for Anne Stafford, could they please add this in? Thanks Boleyn (talk) 16:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to Antonia Fraser, Henry only had 3 known mistresses: Anne Boley, Bessie Blount, and Margaret Shelton. So can we assume that his affair with Anne Stafford is clearly established? What sources are people quoting? PatGallacher (talk) 20:28, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is now a reference that she was Henry's mistress and the corrections have been made re: children. I am going to remove the dispute tag, but if anyone thinks I'm being premature, please re-add it and put the reasons on here. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 20:11, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure Kelly Hart is a reliable source. PatGallacher (talk) 10:07, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article and the interconnected articles are mutually self-contradictory. Who added this assertion and why? "There is no evidence that Anne and Compton committed adultery, nor that she was Henry VIII's mistress, aside from illogical notion that Compton met her to hand her a message from the King, which he could easily have handed to her in less scandalous way." It's unsourced, uncited, and unprofessional. 2600:4040:5AEF:B400:6F06:7E2B:58E8:D0A0 (talk) 18:09, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rumoured Affair With Henry VIII

Hi Ms Grizabella,

You recently added this section to the article:

==Royal Affair with King Henry VIII==

It is suspected that Anne and King Henry VIII had an affair shortly after Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, delivered their stillborn daughter in 1510.

Henry apparently saught comfort from Anne, and it is rumored (and is explored in Philippa Gregory's The Constant Princess) that Anne lost her virginity to Henry. Catherine, in the book, tells Henry that Anne lied to him, and that she used some fake blood in order to gain his sympathy.

I'm wondering whether you would consider revising or deleting this section? Anne's first husband, Sir Walter Herbert, died in 1507, and the statement that Anne lost her virginity to Henry VIII in 1510 must therefore be merely a fictional device in Philippa Gregory's novel. NinaGreen (talk) 18:07, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]