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fideidefenswhore · 2 years

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Do you think AB alienated her allies, sometimes?

I mean, for sure... I think the extent of that has been exaggerated by Alison W/eir, but you can definitely find examples of that. Like, Thomas Cheney, one of her relatives that she interceded for above Wolsey's protests, seemed pretty firmly in her camp. Then, by 1536 he's part of the faction that's supporting her stepdaughter.

Generally, though, imo, it's underestimated how difficult it is to maintain allies when one has power/influence, and how it's basically impossible to keep everyone happy all the time.

#the shift we can probably attribute to the perception that her power was waning; she had not yet had a son; etc....#and/or yes. maybe she had actively done something to alienate him #but maybe more a case of... anne had power and influence but it wasn't limitless #and i think certain relatives of hers got their noses out of joint when they felt 'ignored' by her or she wasn't granting their every favor #it's a very tricky balance to maintain #a more well known one is probably francis bryan #but it's hard to know what we can attribute to her failure to maintain allies vs a matter of fairweather friends #anon #support when she's in ascendant and shift to what seems more beneficial #but it ignores when these people overreached; too #like...bryan was released from arreset in 1536 but almost landed there again due to his support of mary #and in fact faced some pretty intense interrogation in that regard; idr if he was dismissed for the privy council for that or if #im mixing that up with other mary supporters at the time but...the former for sure #so it's not like all the people that deflected from her were necessarily unequivocally savvy either #as this is generally used as a criticism of AB . that she wasn't .#*defected

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