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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.
Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536; Spanish: Catalina de Aragón) was Henry's first wife. [12] [13] In modern sources, her name is most commonly spelled Catherine, although she spelled and signed her name with a "K", which was an accepted spelling in England at the time. [14]
Henry II [nb 2] (() 5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the Duchy of Brittany.
Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; [a] c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, [4] and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II.
The new queen was King Henry VIII's second wife, following the annulment of his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon. [ 4 ] The queen was visibly pregnant at the time of her coronation, [ 5 ] and the usage of St Edward's Crown , which had been reserved for reigning monarchs, sought to legitimise Anne as the new queen, along with her unborn ...
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (née Parker; c. 1505 – 13 February 1542) was an English noblewoman. Her husband, George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, was the brother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and a cousin to King Henry VIII's fifth wife Katherine Howard, making Jane a cousin-in-law.
2nd wife: 1533–1536: c. 1508 –1537 Jane Seymour 3rd wife: 1536–1537: 1491–1547 Henry VIII King of England r. 1509–1547: 1485–1536 Catherine of Aragon 1st wife: 1509–1533: 1512–1548 Catherine Parr 6th wife: 1543–1547: 1533–1603 Elizabeth I Queen of England r. 1558–1603: 1537–1553 Edward VI King of England r. 1547–1553: ...
Henry's first wife, Matilda of Scotland. On 11 November 1100 Henry married Matilda, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland, [88] in Westminster Abbey. Henry was now around 31 years old, but late marriages for noblemen were not unusual in the 11th century. [89]