Anne Boleyn

Also known as Lady Anne Boleyn, Queen Anne of England, Anne, Queen consort of England, Queen Anne Boleyn of England, Anna de Boullan, Anne Boullan, Anne Bullen, Anna Bolina

second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)

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Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England, whose marriage to him triggered major religious and political upheaval in sixteenth-century England. Her execution in 1536 marked a dramatic turning point in English history and remains one of the most studied episodes of the Tudor era.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Part of: Wives of Henry VIII
Given name: Anne
Gender: female
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Place of birth: Blickling Hall
Place of death: Tower of London
Spouse: Henry VIII
Father: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
Mother: Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
Sibling: George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
Occupation: lady-in-waiting
Position held: queen consort
Languages spoken: French
Native language: English language
Religion: Anglicanism
Family: Boleyn family
Image: Anne boleyn.jpg

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manner of death: capital punishment
Commons category: Anne Boleyn
date of birth: 1507-00-00
cause of death: decapitation
topic's main category: Category:Anne Boleyn
Commons gallery: Anne Boleyn
place of detention: Tower of London
place of burial: Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hamlets
birth name: Anne Boleyn
relative: Catherine Howard
name in native language: Anne Boleyn
social classification: nobility
ethnic group: English people
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date of death: 1536-05-19
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Encyclopedic overview

Anne Boleyn (/ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn/; 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.

Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn (later Earl of Wiltshire), and his wife, Elizabeth Howard, and was educated in the Netherlands and France. Anne returned to England in early 1522, to marry her cousin James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond; the marriage plans were broken off, and instead, she secured a post at court as maid of honour to Henry VIII's wife, Catherine of Aragon. Early in 1523, Anne was secretly betrothed to Henry Percy, son of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, but the betrothal was broken off when the Earl refused to support it. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey refused the match in January 1524.

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