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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.
In 1533, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a baby girl. Princess Elizabeth was baptised, and Gertrude was chosen as the godmother at the confirmation despite remaining Katherine of Aragon's close friend. [14] It was well known that Gertrude "really wanted to have nothing to do with this" but agreed "so as not to displease the King". [15]
Catherine (c. 1524 – 15 January 1569) and Henry Carey (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), children of Henry's mistress Mary Boleyn, the sister of his second wife Anne Boleyn, and wife of William Carey. [12] Ethelreda Malte (born c. 1527 – c. January 1559), born to Joan Dingley, alias Dobson; her paternity was claimed by John Malte. [13]
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.
Desperate to secure the Tudor dynasty, Henry sought to have his marriage annulled on the grounds that Catherine had previously been married to Prince Arthur, Henry's deceased older brother. [7] Further motivation seems to have come from his relationship with Anne Boleyn, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine.
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]
Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn. It was rumoured that one or both of Mary's children were fathered by the King, [2] although no evidence exists to support the argument that either of them was the King's biological child. Mary is often considered to be Henry's favourite mistress. [3] Margaret "Madge" Shelton, first cousin of Anne Boleyn. [4]
Soon after the birth of his son, the King began an affair with Mary Boleyn, who may have been partly the reason for Blount's dismissal. Like Blount, Boleyn was never formally recognised as the King's mistress and the position of public maîtresse-en-titre was never offered by Henry to anyone but Anne Boleyn, who rejected it. [15]