Did King Henry VIII acknowledge his children with Mary Boleyn?
Yes
No
Only one
He acknowledged them posthumously
Answer
No, King Henry VIII did not acknowledge his children with Mary Boleyn. Although they had two children together, Elizabeth and Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIII refused to acknowledge them as his own and instead declared them bastards. This was likely due to the fact that Mary Boleyn was not his wife and that he was already married to Catherine of Aragon at the time of their affair.
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