Did Anne Boleyn have Six Fingers?

Anne Boleyn is surrounded by many myths and stories that people accept as fact, but which don’t actually have any basis. People often ask me "Did Anne Boleyn have six fingers?" (on one hand, they mean). The idea that Anne Boleyn had an extra finger is a prevalent one and has appeared in many historical novels, but did she?

No, she didn’t, and in this Questions about Anne Boleyn video, I look at the origin of the sixth finger story and why we can dismiss it as a myth.

In the video, I also mention the idea that Anne Boleyn miscarried a deformed foetus in 1536. You can find out more about that myth in my video Did Anne Boleyn miscarry a deformed foetus? Did Anne Boleyn miscarry a deformed f...

If you’re interested in finding out more about the exhumation of Anne Boleyn’s remains at the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, you can read the following articles:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/an...

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Note: For some unknown reason I say that Sander was writing 29 years after Anne's death, I meant 49! Sorry about that.

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