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Retha Marvine Warnicke was born in 1939. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University Bloomington magna cum laude in 1961 before obtaining both her Master of Arts and PhD from Harvard University in 1963 and 1969 respectively.
Retha Warnicke rose through the ranks to become a full professor by 1984 after serving as an instructor and lecturer starting in 1965. She directed graduate studies within the history department from 1987 to 1992 and chaired that same department from 1992 to 1998.
Retha Warnicke authored seven monographs including The Marrying of Anne of Cleves published in 2002, Mary Queen of Scots released in 2006, Wicked Women of Tudor England appearing in 2012, and Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law coming out in 2017.
Retha Warnicke argued against the prevailing theory that Anne was born around 1501 and instead believed she was born much later in the summer of 1507. Popular rumors claiming Anne had several small deformities like an extra fingernail or moles are incorrect according to Warnicke.
Anne miscarried a deformed fetus in January 1536 which fueled sixteenth-century fears of witchcraft and sexual devence leading directly to her execution because Henry VIII viewed the mishap as an evil omen for both his lineage and kingdom. He accused her of engaging in illicit sexual acts with five men while fostering rumors that she had afflicted him with impotence.