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Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.
Jun 29, 2024 · Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. The events surrounding the annulment of Henry’s marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and his marriage to Anne led him to break with the Roman Catholic Church and brought about the English Reformation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Anne Boleyn was the daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn (who was later named earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde) and Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard), the daught...
- Anne Boleyn joined the court of King Henry VIII of England, and he fell in love with her. In January 1533 he married Anne; his marriage to Catherin...
- Anne Boleyn used her position at court to present herself as a solution to Henry's succession issues. Because Pope Clement VII refused to annul Hen...
- Anne failed to produce a male heir for Henry VIII, and he grew interested in Jane Seymour. Henry had Anne confined to the Tower of London on charge...
- Catherine of Aragon
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Henry VIII (b. 1491) had married the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon in June 1509. Catherine had married Henry's elder brother Arthur in 1501 but the prince had died the next year. Henry's marriage seemed a happy one in its early years but of the queen's six children, only one survived infancy, a girl, Mary, born in February 1516. Henry, meanw...
A new Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, who was also keen to split the English Church from Rome, formally annulled Henry's first marriage on 23 May 1533. Cranmer had also been the chaplain of Anne's father in 1529. With the passing of the Act in Restraint of Appeals by Parliament (drafted by Cromwell), Catherine had no recourse to any appea...
Henry had married Anne in secret on 25 January 1533, even before his first marriage was officially annulled. The pressure had really been on since a child born out of wedlock would not be recognised by everyone as the king's legitimate heir. Anne, by then heavily pregnant, was crowned Queen of England on 1 June 1533. However, the public's support o...
When the king discovered that Anne had had an affair, or perhaps simply because his lust was already being satisfied by another lady-in-waiting at court, Jane Seymour, he ordered Anne's arrest. The queen was confined to the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, poignantly, in the very same chambers she had stayed in prior to her coronation. The case again...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, served as queen of England in the 1530s. She was executed on charges of incest, witchcraft, adultery and conspiracy against the...
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- We don’t know exactly when she was born. Anne was born at the Boleyn family home of Blicking, Norfolk, but the precise year of her birth remains unknown thanks to gaps in parish records.
- She spent most of her childhood abroad. As befitting a woman of her status, Anne received a comprehensive education in everything she was perceived to need to know: arithmetic, writing, reading, history, dancing, music, embroidery, hunting and riding amongst other skills.
- Her family were embroiled in the politics of the Tudor court. Anne’s uncle was the Duke of Norfolk, one of the great nobles of the land. Her uncle and father were both Knights of the Garter and able soldiers.
- Anne had no shortage of suitors. Anne was summoned back to England in 1522 primarily because her family had arranged for her to marry James Butler, Earl of Ormond.
Nov 5, 2012 · Learn about the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife and the first English queen to be executed. Discover how her family was ennobled and then destroyed by the King's jealousy and suspicion.
May 19, 2011 · Learn about Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, who failed to give him a son and was executed at the Tower of London. Discover her childhood, courtship, divorce, coronation, fall and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
