Which english king was gay

William III of England never took a mistress, which led to rumours from his enemies that he was homosexual. He and Mary never had children, which only added fuel to the rumours. Anne came to the throne in after the death of William and her sister Mary. She was married to George the Prince of Denmark, whom it was said she adored, and she suffered a great depression when he died.

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She spent all her time at court in Vienna with the archduchess, rather than her husband, and the two exchanged hundreds of letters. The relationship was also a great source of conflict for Isabella, because it meant betraying her duties as the wife of a prince. More significantly, though, Isabella realized this was the great love of her life, but she knew that for Mimi, it was more of a youthful dalliance.

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It is no proof of homosexuality, but it does provide one plausible explanation. There are others, but Cornwell has chosen this for this particular character. Do keep in mind he had to make choices for many characters because of a lack of records, and making every male character a butch heterosexual would make for even more repetitive reading.

This entry was posted on May 4, by Luke Ferris. Gotta love gay history revisionism. Better question is why do the LGBT desperately want so many historical people of significance to be gay? Why are they so obsessed with the sexualities and love lives of dead people?