CHRISTINA OF MILAN (also known as Christina of Denmark) has gone down in history as the woman who escaped Henry VIII. Having been widowed as a teenager when her first husband, the Duke of Milan died, she found herself young and single at around the same time that Henry was back on the marriage market too after the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour. Christina was one of the women mooted as a potential fourth wife and new Queen of England and the famous court painter, Hans Holbein the younger, was even dispatched to paint a picture of the 16yearold, famously beautiful Dowager Duchess of Milan. The King was most taken with her, but the negotiations ultimately failed and according to legend, Christina was not keen on the match, saying later that she would have been happy to marry Henry if only she had two heads for then one of them could be at the King’s disposal (a sly reference to the fate of Queens Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard). Did the Duchess really make this provocative comment however and what else do we know about this famous royal woman? In this European royal history documentary from History Calling, I’ll answer these questions and more as we look her life and especially at what happened to Christina of Denmark after her near miss with Henry. I think you’ll find it particularly ironic who her second husband actually was, but you’ll have to watch the video to find out why. This video will cover all the ups and downs in the life of a woman who endured exile and tragedy and whose son was practically kidnapped from her arms by the French, but who also managed to triumph over many of those who had wronged her and earned the love and respect of most of whose who had dealings with her.

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