Anne Boleyn weds Henry Percy

In September 1523 Anne Boleyn was solicited in marriage by Henry Percy, the son and heir of the Earl of Northumberland.
Suppose Henry Percy marries Anne Boleyn. What happens then?
 
In September 1523 Anne Boleyn was solicited in marriage by Henry Percy, the son and heir of the Earl of Northumberland.
Suppose Henry Percy marries Anne Boleyn. What happens then?

Anne becomes an Irish Countess instead of an infamous English Queen. No Elizabethan Era.
 
The marriage would have placed Anne Boleyn at the very center of English society.
The marriage would have established her as a wealthy and powerful woman.
 
Would Henry VIII and Catherine have remained married?

I would think that that particular marriage was doomed anyway; Henry would have probably married another woman, maybe Anne's sister who has already proven fertile, or perhaps Jane Seymour moves up a place and becomes Henry's second queen.
 
I would think that that particular marriage was doomed anyway; Henry would have probably married another woman, maybe Anne's sister who has already proven fertile, or perhaps Jane Seymour moves up a place and becomes Henry's second queen.

Didn't Anne insist on marriage before her and Henry began their relationship? Perhaps Jane Seymour or some other woman would've been more content being Henry's mistress.

Assuming Catherine dies around the period she did OTL, Henry could just remarry (whether it's a foreign or domestic bride is another question)

Also, assuming Henry did still break with Rome (much more unlikely IMO), I doubt England would've ended up Protestant. The Boleyns were in favor of the Reformation, but without Anne I see the conservatives remaining in power (Wolsey, Moore) and with Mary's eventual accession (assuming Henry continues to have child bearing problems with other women) England returning to the Church.
 
The marriage would have placed Anne Boleyn at the very center of English society.
The marriage would have established her as a wealthy and powerful woman.

A wealthy, powerful, and intelligent woman with a tendency towards loud outbursts and alienating her friends.

That could make some pretty cool scandals :D
 
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