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
Anne Boleyn is the most notorious of England's queens, but more famous for her death as an adulterer than for her life. Henry's second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, Anne was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Yet what do we know of the achievements and legacy of her ...
Anne Boleyn is played by Dorothy Tutin and is a pretty good physical match for what we know of Anne’s looks. She has dark hair, dark eyes, olive skin, and is not exactly pretty, but definitely interesting-looking. She stands out against the backdrop of pale English courtiers with her ...
Anne Boleyn had an unfortunately early death after Henry VIII ordered her execution after only a few years as queen. Despite her short life, Anne Boleyn was relatively influential in the English court, and her impact is still felt today....
Bell’s book then goes on to give an account of the arrest, imprisonment, death and burial of each person on this list. The Scaffold Memorial In 1866, Queen Victoria commanded that the spot where it was thought that Queen Anne Boleyn and others had been executed should be cordoned off by...
Jodie Turner-Smith leads the British three-part miniseries 'Anne Boleyn,' about the final days of Henry VIII's second wife.
Her spirit seems to have left a permanent imprint on the fabric of her surroundings, which is perhaps down to the impact she made in life and her traumatic death as to why her ghost still persists more than years after her execution. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII,...
I've had a few people ask why I, as an owner of an Anne Boleyn website, have been involved in a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on the day she became Britain's
On January 6, 1540, Anne of Cleves married the English king and was, for a short six months, queen of England, till their marriage was annulled, and she became “the King’s Beloved Sister.” Anne lived out her days in England until her death in 1557, outlasting Henry and any his ot...
Towards the end you almost begin to feel sorry for the poor woman who played the game for all it was worth, but the King's caprices and her inability to have a son wrote her death warrant for her. It is too long, but still one of the best period dramas made on this topic. ...