{"id":34427,"date":"2024-03-19T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=13728"},"modified":"2024-03-20T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T08:12:55","slug":"anne-boleyn-your-guide-to-the-life-and-death-of-henry-viiis-second-queen-plus-11-little-known-facts","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/anne-boleyn-your-guide-to-the-life-and-death-of-henry-viiis-second-queen-plus-11-little-known-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII\u2019s second queen \u2013 plus 11 little-known facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anne Boleyn is the most famous of Henry VIII’s six wives, queen of England from 1533 to 1536. Did you know that she nearly died of the sweating sickness, and was the second cousin of Jane Seymour, who became the king’s third wife after Anne Boleyn’s execution? Dr Elizabeth Norton brings you a guide to life of the Tudor consort, plus 11 facts surprising\u2026 <\/p>

By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 15:30 PM<\/p>

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Anne Boleyn was born around 1501, in Norfolk, to Sir Thomas Boleyn<\/a> and his wife, Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the Duke of Norfolk. She was the second of three surviving children.<\/p>\n

Boleyn is known to history as the second wife and queen of King Henry VIII<\/a>, who broke from Rome and created the Church of England in order to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon<\/a>, and marry Boleyn. They went on to marry\u00a0in secret on 25 January 1533. Boleyn was the mother of Elizabeth I<\/a>, the second daughter of the Tudor king.<\/p>\n

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A depiction of the first meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, 1835. (Photo by Fine Art Images\/Heritage Images\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

She reigned between 1533-36, before being arrested for adultery and incest, taken to the Tower of London<\/a> and later executed on 19 May 1536 at Tower Green. She was succeeded by Jane Seymour<\/a>, Henry VIII\u2019s third wife.<\/p>\n