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Carey was a noted art collector and he introduced the famed Dutch artist, Lucas Van Horenbolte , to the Kingdom Of England in the mid- 1520s . He was married to Lady Mary Boleyn in 1520 . Shortly after their marriage, Mary was seduced by the King and she remained his mistress for a short time. Legend later stated that Mary's eldest son - Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon - was the king's illegitimate child, but this seems unlikely. Henry VIII was known to have acknowledged only his eldest illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke Of Richmond And Somerset . Anne Boleyn , Mary's younger sister, caught Henry's eye a year after his affair with Mary Carey ended. Anne refused to become the king's latest mistress and their love was so deep that Henry proposed marriage to her in 1527 . William Carey did not live to enjoy his sister-in-law's prosperity since he died of the Plague in 1528 . He died greatly in debt and his wife was reduced to pawning her jewelery before Anne Boleyn arranged a pension for her. At the time of William's death, Mary Boleyn was pregnant with their daughter - Catherine Carey . |
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