Why did Anne Boleyn have six fingers?

Answer 1

She didn't. Historians are 99% sure she didn't. Sorry I can't cite sources because I don't recall what book I read this in, but I've read a few about her and I promise you that the document where it was first stated she had an extra finger was written long enough after her death that the author could not have known for himself. Also, having extra fingers was associated with witchcraft in the 16th century, and lots of people were trying to associate her with witchcraft, so saying she had an extra finger would have reinforced their argument. But honestly, would the King have risked marrying someone whose physical deformities betrayed them as a witch? I think it's highly doubtful he would have married her and made her his Queen (or that his ministers would have supported it, much less helped him), had she been witch-like at all.

Answer 2

Anne Boleyn didn't have six fingers. That was a myth. There was a possibility that Anne had the beginnings of a sixth fingernail on one hand, but Henry VIII probably wouldn't have fallen for Anne if there was anything physically wrong with her, so it's very unlikely.

Answer 3

The fact that Anne Boleyn had 6 fingers is an historically debatable question. Anne;s appearance has been twisted by those who wish to denounce her. I went on a tour of the Tower of London, conducted by one of the "beefeaters" who work there. We were told that Anne Boleyn's remains were identified when excavation was done in the chapel on the premises -- they were able to identify her because she had six fingers on one hand. I believe he said it was her left hand.

Answer 4

Many people were jealous of Anne Boleyn, and making up comments about bodily abnormalities were a good way of making people believe she was a witch.

It was said that Anne Boleyn (c1501-07 to 1536) had moles or warts on her neck, and her enemies accused her of having six fingers on one hand. She did not have six fingers, but an abnormality on one of her fingers. However, these facts were used against her when she was accused of witchcraft (as well as adultery and incest). She was unable to provide Henry VIII with a male heir, having given birth to a daughter only (who later became Elizabeth I). Once Henry had tired of Anne (his second wife), the trumped up charges were brought in order to get her condemned. She was found guilty and executed on 19 May 1536.

Answer 5

No, people mad that up because in those days having six fingers was a sign of being a witch.

Answer 6

No, people said that to blacken her name as back then that was a sign of being a witch.

Answer 7

No, that is a wild rumor.