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Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; [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.
The eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney, she married Thomas Boleyn sometime in the later 15th century. Elizabeth became Viscountess Rochford in 1525 when her husband was elevated to the peerage, subsequently becoming Countess of Ormond in 1527 and Countess of Wiltshire in 1529.
The Boleyn family was a prominent English family in the gentry and aristocracy. They reached the peak of their influence during the Tudor period , when Anne Boleyn became the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII , their daughter being the future Elizabeth I .
Anne Boleyn was King Henry VIII's wife. She had one child and was beheaded. Netflix's new series, 'Blood, Sex & Royalty,' dives into the queen's life and death.
Henry and Anne's daughter, Elizabeth I, was born (7 September 1533) almost eight months on from their marriage (25 January 1533). From the beginning of 1536, while still married to Anne Boleyn, he was openly courting his wife's second cousin and maid-of-honour, Jane Seymour. It appears that his lust for mistresses did not abate as he reached ...
Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, who were both beheaded due to accusations of infidelity, were first cousins. Jane Seymour was second cousin to both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Several of Henry's wives worked in service to another wife, typically as a lady-in-waiting. Anne Boleyn served Catherine of Aragon.
Mary was probably born at Blickling Hall, the family seat in Norfolk, and grew up at Hever Castle, Kent. [5] She was the daughter of a wealthy diplomat and courtier, Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire, by his marriage to Elizabeth Howard, the eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey and future 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney. [4]
She married in c.1445 in Salle, Norfolk to Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, mercer and Lord Mayor of London: [9] (1406–1463). He was the son of an elder Geoffrey Boleyn (died 1440) and his wife Alice, née Bracton. The marriage produced five known children: Anne's great granddaughter, Anne Boleyn. Thomas Boleyn (died 30 April 1471), of the City of London.