Queen Anne Boleyn
| 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. July 1501–1507 Blickling Hall, Norfolk or Hever Castle, Kent |
| Died | 19 May 1536 (aged 28–35) Tower of London, London |
| Burial | 19 May 1536 Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, London |
| Spouse | Henry VIII of England (m. 1533; annulled 1536) |
| Issue | Elizabeth I of England |
| Family | Boleyn |
| Father | Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire |
| Mother | Lady Elizabeth Howard |
| Religion |
Anglican prev. Roman Catholic |
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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. Henry's marriage to her, 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.
Anne returned to England in early 1522, to marry her Irish cousin James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond; the marriage plans were broken up by Cardinal Wolsey, and instead she secured a post at court as maid of honour to Henry VIII's wife, Catherine of Aragon.
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