Anne Boleyn | |
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Copy of a portrait painted c. 1534
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Queen consort of England | |
Tenure | 28 May 1533 – 17 May 1536 |
Coronation | 1 June 1533 |
Born |
c. 1501/07 Blickling Hall, Norfolk or Hever Castle, Kent |
Died | 19 May 1536 Tower of London, London |
(aged 28–35)
Burial | Church of St Peter ad Vincula |
Spouse | Henry VIII of England (m. 1533; her execution 1536) |
Issue | Elizabeth I of England |
Family | Boleyn |
Father | Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire |
Mother | Lady Elizabeth Howard |
Religion |
Anglican prev. Roman Catholic |
Signature |
Anne Boleyn (/ˈbʊlɪn/, /bəˈlɪn/ or /bʊˈlɪn/) (c. 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII, and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution by beheading, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation.
Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard, and was educated in the Netherlands and France, largely as a maid of honour to Claude of France.