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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.
Volcacius Sedigitus, a Roman poet of the 1st century, probably received his epithet, signifying "Sixfinger", because he was born with six fingers on each hand, according to Pliny. [73] Zhu Yunming, a Chinese calligrapher, had six fingers on his right hand. [citation needed]
On 2 May of the same year, Anne Boleyn and her brother George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford were arrested by order of the King. They were tried in the great hall of the Tower of London. Norfolk presided over the trial as Lord High Steward. The Boleyn siblings were sentenced to death; Rochford was executed on 17 May, and Anne two days later. [2]
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The spectacle was not only an affirmation that Anne was the legitimate queen as wife of the King, but also that she was pregnant with the heir to the throne of England. Anne Boleyn was carried in a litter draped with white cloth of gold, her hair was worn loose like a bride's. [15]
She was the main character in A Tudor Story: The Return of Anne Boleyn by W. S. Pakenham-Walsh (1963) ISBN 978-0-227-67678-3; She was the main character in The Concubine by Norah Lofts (1963) ISBN 0-7524-3943-X. She was a character in The King's Secret Matter by Jean Plaidy (1962). She was the main character in Anne Boleyn by Evelyn Anthony (1957).
Before 1503, he married Anne Boleyn (c. 1483 – 8 January 1556), daughter of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norfolk, and Lady Margaret Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, and Anne Hankford. Sir John was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1504 and 1522, and was a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk.
King Henry VIII had six wives, but none of them have captured the public's imagination like the second, Anne Boleyn.