Anne Boleyn

Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn on the 25th January 1533 at Whitehall Palace. However, the Tudor chronicler, Edward Hall, writes that the couple had a ceremony before this, on St Erkenwald's Day (14th November) 1532 on their return from France.

Henry VIII's third wife was Jane Seymour. He was engaged to her one day after chopping the head off Anne Boleyn. She became his queen consort in 1536 but died the following year after the difficult birth of their son, the future Edward VI.

Cormac

I don't think that bit about all he wanted was a girl is true. In those days only men did politics and ruled and Mary (Elizabeth's I step sister) and Elizabeth I were one of the first queens to rule. Henry thought that it was his job as king to supply a

legitimate son.

Henry VIII was born on 28 June 1491. He married Anne Boleyn (his second wife) in 1532 probably at the same time he made her Marquess of Pembroke, so he would have been around 41.

Unfortunately, like Katherine of Aragon before her, Anne was unable to provide Henry with a male heir. They had one daughter, later to become Elizabeth I, and Anne had two miscarriages over the following two years. Eventually Henry tired of Anne and she was found guilty of some trumped up charges, including adultery and witchcraft. She was executed in 19 May 1536 by a skilled French swordsman who had been specifically ordered in by Henry, to give Anne a swifter death. Henry married his third wife, Jane Seymour, only days later.

eight and two thumbs

Wrong, she had 11 fingers. 6 on her left hand and 5 on her right.

Wrong again, she had nine fingers; five on her left and four on her right. (She also had two thumbs).

Anne's execution was delayed because the executioner was held up on route to the site. Anne expressed sorrow and a little annoyance at this when she was told her execution had been delayed for a few hours, because she said "I'm sorry to hear that because by that hour I had hoped to be dead and past my pain." When she was told that there would be no pain, she said "I had heard the executioner was very good...and I only have a little neck".

Her birth date is unclear. She could have been born between 1501-1507 meaning when she died in 1536 she could have been anywhere from 35-29 years old

Anne Boleyn had one sister named Mary and one brother named George. Mary had been the mistress to Henry VIII before Anne. George was beheaded for incest with Anne shortly before her own death

Well, first off Henry was already married. Secondly, it was unheard of at the time for a mistress to be elevated to the position of queen. Anne Boleyn was the exception to that rule. Both Henry and Anne thought she would be able to bear a male heir, something which did not happen due to his impotency. Henry never officially recognized either of Mary's children as his own, a fact most likely looked over due to his marriage to her sister.

This piece of information is from The Other Boleyn Girl, a fictional book. That book is historically inaccurate and I would not suggest it for informational purposes. Not much information is known about Mary's affair with the King, including when it started and when it ended. If you wanted more information on the subject I would suggest you read Anne Boleyn by Joanna Denny. It is exceptionally good, and Denny considers the bias factor in the information on Anne.

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(new answer; from iriesky)

In part, yes; at the time, usurping a queen, particularly one of Catherine's pedigree (daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand and one so well loved by the people was unheard of. Henry had many mistresses prior to Mary some who even bore him sons. One in particular he gave recognition to; as he did to Mary's son (he also is thought to have produced a daughter with her)- traditionally, for a king to recognize a bastard, he would give it the last name Fitzgerald he did in fact give it to both Bessie blount and Mary's son with him; though not the daughter; which is why it's legitimacy as Henry's is disputed. Though in reality, acknowledging a daughter brought no benefit- whereas doing so for a son cemented his ability to do so; which up until then, had been unsuccessful; save for a son he had with catharine that died shortly after birth.

To the best of my recollection, Mary was not ill; it was Anne who succumbed to some variation of the sweating sickness, early in her affair with Henry. Anne managed to replace Catherine for two reasons:

1) she abstained from sex with Henry, under the guise she wouldn't be marriageable if she did; and be little more than Left with a bastard, like her sister.

2) Anne had protestant leanings. At the time Henry began to seduce her, protestants were still being burned as heretics- Anne raised in the enlightened and more liberal courts of France felt that the traditions of catholicism were both superstitious and oppressive. Protestants believed the blessing said over communion was a metaphorical transformation into the body and blood of Christ catholics then considered it literal. Also, catholic religious figures lived in luxury similar to the kings; had many mistresses and wives; children, and were known as somewhat lax. It was common at the time to tell peasants they had to donate what little they had to the church, or face the depths of hell- they could buy themselves redemption from sin with hefty donations as ell. They were also told to pay for the privilege to visit relics- many of which were little more than hat tricks aimed at stripping the already poor of their money.

Anne believed protestantism was a good cause, and she was extremely spiritual. She felt the money being wasted in abbeys could be better spent on education for men of little resource wishing to be educated in the cloth; as well is in helping the poor- particularly poor young women whose families had little money to put towards their dowries- Anne felt these monies would allow them to make better marriages, and there for, better lives. She also thought the practice of catholics only permitting translations of the bible in Latin were archaic; as most common men were not educated enough to speak it- therefor, they weren't able to read or hear the words of it without the priest's Which again, cost money.

One of the things protestants also believed was that where the catholics thought the ladder rungs went : god, pope, king; the protestants felt popes were little more than sycophantic thieves; and that the rungs was more along the lines of god; then king; representer of god on earth.

This is what finally did it for Henry- the ideal of absolute power. After the matter of his marriage to Catherine being annulled was put aside by the pope, Henry began to find appeal in the protestant belief that he could himself be god's child on earth- and in doing so, had his marriage annulled, married Anne, was excommunicated and separated form the church; beginning what was known as the church of England.

At the time, male issue was believed to be denied to Henry b/c first: he married Catherine believing she had not consummated her marriage to his brother Arthur -who died suddenly three months after they were married. However, he later decided she had, and that this was why their only son died, and she had 8 miscarriages. A punishment by god, for marrying a woman who'd lain with his brother- a sin in the bible.

Later, when Anne could not carry a child to term, he assumed many explanations that put her at fault- one of which was that he laid with her sister Mary- which is also how he declared Anne's marriage null and void; therefor, never legal; making Elizabeth a bastard. But he also claimed she used witchcraft; trickery, and slept with 100's of men.

It is now theorized that Anne may have suffered form a disease of the blood; where when th child's blood differs from the mothers, it can cause trouble- often the first child is born safely but after that, subsequent children conceived are miscarried. it's a common and easily treated condition now; but then, unknown of. We also now know that the factor determining the gender of children lies with the male- and his sperm- and has no bearing on the woman.

Mary lived out the rest of her short life in relative obscurity; married to her second husband Staffrd; avoiuding court and doing so happily.

The book and movie, the other Boleyn girl is indeed incredibly innaccurate. Though it bears some merit for having brought anne's story to light again. Eric Ives and the book mentioned above by Joanna are ecellent resources, and cover Mary as best can be done. A novle was also written about Mary's life; though it's fictional and must be taken with a garin of salt. One of the biggest myths of the story is that anne stold Henry from Mary- when in fact anne was in France during Mary's affair; which was well over by the time Henry turned his attentions to anne.

Anne had a very good education; was well spoken and intelligent- things often considered bad at the time; however, they appealed to Henry. Perhaps that's why anne managed to win his hand, as well as what caused her subsequent downfall.

Anne Boleyn was born around 1501 and was executed on May 19, 1536, which means she lived for approximately 35 years. Her life was marked by her marriage to King Henry VIII and her pivotal role in the English Reformation. Despite her relatively short life, she left a lasting impact on English history.

Deidara is born on the 5th of May.

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Protestant.

I looked up narcissism on Dictionary.com to find out exactly what you mean by asking if Queen Anne was a narcissist. And with this definition no Anne Boleyn was NOT a narcissist. She was in fact a very amazing women who should be blamed less and credited more. A vast majority of the things she was accused of she did not do. I will assume you will want evidence of this fact and not an opinion. -During Anne Boleyn's reign as Queen she was very generous to the poor, giving 1,500 pounds a year(according to the British National Archives Currency Converter that is about 483,150 British pounds today approximately 18,156.44 modern US dollars)

-Queen Anne also supported the protestant reform which allowed common people, who had little to no education, to hear and, if they could, read the word of God in a language they could understand. In those days the Bible was only written in Latin, any other language was considered heresy which was punishable by death. The protestants also believed that you yourself could speak to God and did not need a priest or the intervention of saints, but only to call out His name and He would hear you.

-Queen Anne was also accused of being a cruel and abusive stepmother to the Lady Mary-the king's daughter by his first wife-this was Henry's decision to keep Mary and her mother Katherine separate, for he feared they would plot against him seemingly "for his own good" with the Emperor of Spain and the Pope. It was also Mary's father, not her stepmother, that ordered that Mary-a former princess-wait on the infant Princess Elizabeth-Anne's daughter-who had taken her place to try to lessen her arrogance and stubbornness which reminded him so much of her mother Katherine.

In 1534 when Queen Anne was visiting her daughter she sent for Mary and offered her a warm welcome to court and a reconciliation with her father if she would just accept their marriage. Obviously Anne knew how hard the divorce and the lack of communication with her mother must have been for Mary so she offered assistance with the only attachment of Mary recognition. Mary refused and said that she knew of no other queen but her mother but if her father's mistress would intercede for her with the king she would be grateful. First Mary insults Anne then she asks for a favor.

A few months later, when Queen Anne was visiting again, Mary left the royal chapel before the queen which was against etiquette. The queen was later told that Mary had in fact curtseyed to her although she did not see it. So Anne sent Mary a note again offering her friendship basically saying that the queen(herself) greets her warmly and is sorry she did not see her curtsy and so desires that "this may be the entrance of friendly correspondence" which she would embrace. Mary replied that it was impossible for the queen to have been there for her mother was not there and that again she acknowledged no other queen save her mother and the curtsy she made was to the altar not her. Anne twice offer help and loving gestures but Mary refused.

To me the actions I have described are not those of an egotistical, self-centered, vain women but those of a remarkable one.

they said that Anne Boleyn was a witch because the people thought that she had cast a spell on the king to make him fall in love with her marry her and divorce his wife Queen Cathrine. divorce in those time was not allowed. some people also believe that she used spell to get herself pregnant with a boy, and instead of giving birth to a boy she first gave birth to a heavily deformed child and then Elizabeth, one of the most memorable queens in English history. it was also believed that she had six fingers on her left hand.

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Ann Boleyn lost her head because she did not produce a male heir.

Thomas Boleyn

Because she was young and very beautiful. And also Anne played with his passions, making him even more infatuated with her and she refused to give him her maidenhead to him while he was still married. It was that and the fact that Catherine of Aragon couldn't give birth to a son that made Henry VIII want to divorce his wife

No she was only queen when she married Henry.

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