Anne Boleyn | |
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Marchioness of Pembroke | |
Queen consort of England | |
28 May 1533 – 17 May 1536 | |
1 June 1533 | |
Born | c. November 1501 Blickling Hall, Norfolk |
Died | 19 May 1536 (aged 35) Tower of London, London |
Burial | 19 May 1536 Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, London |
Spouse | |
Issue | Elizabeth I of England |
Family | Boleyn |
Father | Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire |
Mother | Lady Elizabeth Howard |
Religion | Protestantism |
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Anne Boleyn (1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from 1533 until 1536. She was the mother of Elizabeth I of England. Anne has been called "the most influential and important queen consort England has ever had." It was because of Anne Boleyn that Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon, and became independent from the Roman Catholic Church. After she was falsely accused of adultery, incest and high treason, she was executed.
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