Role added by @faeriew15b on July 29, 2023
Role ID: 21115480
Elizabeth Blount, commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount, was a mistress of Henry VIII of England. As a young girl, she came to the King's Court as a maid-of-honour to the King's wife, Catherine of Aragon. Bessie was a talented dancer and singer, excelling everybody 'in all goodly pastimes', high spirits and energy. In her twenties and thirties, she is described as having had 'very good cheer' and became the King's preferred dancing partner. It was there at court that the young woman caught the eye of the King and became his mistress. While Henry and his first wife were unsuccessful at producing a male heir, Henry had a healthy son by Blount.
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