Biography of anne boleyn

For other people named Anne Boleyn, see Anne Boleyn (disambiguation).

Anne Boleyn (19 November – 19 May ) (birth unknown and unrecorded anywhere) was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from until She was the mother of Elizabeth I of England.

Anne has been called "the most influential and important queen consort England has ever had."^[2] It was because of Anne Boleyn that Henry VIII divorcedCatherine of Aragon, and became independent from the Roman Catholic Church.

After she was accused of adultery, incest and high treason, she was beheaded.

There were many different opinions of Anne Boleyn's beauty. The Venetiandiarist Marino Sanuto described Anne as "not one of the handsomest women in the world; she is of middling stature, swarthycomplexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised eyes, which are black and beautiful".^[3] Simon Grynée wrote to Martin Bucer in September that Anne was "young, good-looking, of a