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Anne Boleyn
Queen of England from 1533 to 1536
For other uses, see Anne Boleyn (disambiguation).
Anne Boleyn (;[7][8][9]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.
Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn (later Earl of Wiltshire), and his wife, Elizabeth Howard, and was educated in the Netherlands and France. Anne returned to England in early 1522, to marry her cousin James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond; the marriage plans were broken off, and instead, she secured a post at court as maid of honour to Henry VIII's wife, Catherine of Aragon. Early in 1523, Anne was secretly betrothed to Henry Percy, son of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, but the betrothal was broken off when the Earl refused to support it. CardinalThomas Wolsey refused the match in January 1524.
In February or March 1526,
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Anne Boleyn
(1501-1536)
Who Was Anne Boleyn?
Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII — a scandalous marriage, given that he had been denied an annulment from his first wife by the Roman Church, and that his mistress was Anne's sister, Mary. Thusly, King Henry VIII broke from the Church to marry Anne. She gave birth to a daughter, but could not conceive a son. On May 19, 1536, Boleyn was executed on false charges of incest, witchcraft, adultery and conspiracy against the king. Her daughter, Elizabeth, emerged as one of England's greatest queens. Boleyn died on May 19, 1536, in London, England.
Early Life
Born circa 1501, Anne Boleyn was the daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn, who would later become earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard. After living in France for a time during her youth, Boleyn returned to England in 1522 and soon established a residence at King Henry VIII's court as a maid of honor to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's queen consort at the time.
By the mid-1520s, Boleyn had become one of the most admired ladies of the co
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Her great-grandfather Geoffrey Boleyn was a hatter.
Sir Geoffrey Boleyn was a hatter. He practiced this skill in London before advancing his career to become a mercer and later Lord Mayor of the city. Sir Geoffrey also boosted the Boleyn family’s standing as the provincial gentry. However, his brother Thomas Boleyn forged a distinguished career in the church and in education. Together they increased the family’s money, influence and prestige.
Anne nearly married her Irish cousin, James Butler, Ninth Earl of Ormond.
Another interesting fact about Anne is that she nearly got married to her cousin. In early 1522, Anne returned from France betrothed to James Butler, Earl of Ormond. Her father and James’ father claimed the title belonged to Anne’s great-grandfather. Her uncle suggested that marriage would help solve the conflict between the two families.
Anne nearly died of the sweating sickness.
The other interesting fact about Anne is that she almost died due to sweating sickness. It is suspected that this may have been a type of influenza noted for its a
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