Executions with axes are clumpsy and causes the victim pain. Since the King didn't want Anne to suffer, a specially educated swordsman from France was hired to execute her with a sword.
Anne Boleyn, wife #2 was beheaded by a French swordsman.... with a sword. go figure! lol. and Catherine Howard, wife #5 was beheaded by an ax.
Anne Boleyn, on the 19th May 1536.
She was beheaded.
Anne Boleyn was beheaded by a French swordsman imported by Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn was accused of witchcraft, adultery and incest. As she was married to the King, these crimes were tantamount to high treason. She was beheaded on May 19, 1536.
It is said that because Henry VIII loved her so much he hired a skilled french swordsman to behead her so it would be one quick stroke of the sword as she kneeled upright.
May 19, 1536
Anne gets beheaded
Catherine of aragon. due to the fact that she was spanish
I believe Henry VIII rewarded her by making her death a bit easier and ordered her head to be chopped off with a sword instead of an axe, because the sword made it less painful.
She lost her head on the 19th May 1536.
She was beheaded for incest on May 15, 1536.