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Anne Boleyn was driven by her ambitious family to become queen of England. She became wife of the infamous king Henry VIII. Anne had long promised Henry that she would "give" him a son. But she was haunted by stress, fear and her ambitious family and all she could give the king was Elizabeth I and miscarriages.

Now, Henry VIII did not believe that a queen alone could rule a country and so he had to have a son, a male heir to the throne.

And when Anne couldn't give him a son, he soon began to take mistresses.

Annes political involvements made him even more pissed off.

Henry met Jane Seymour and thought she could give him a son.

Since he knew how strong and persistent Anne was, he decided to have her arrested, questioned and finally - executed by a swordsman from France.

This is the short version of the story. Why did this happen to Anne?

Well, the easiest answer would probably be that Annes family - especially her father and brother(who also was executed, falsely convicted of having had sex with Anne) - was very ambitious.

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