Anne Boleyn

Second Part of 'the Six wives of Henry VIII' based on Rick Wakeman's disc.


Anne Boleyn, Marchioness of Pembroke (1501–May 19, 1536) was Henry's second wife and the mother of Elizabeth I of England. Born into the English aristocracy, Anne was educated in France from 1514 until 1521. Returning to England in 1522, she was one of Catherine's ladies-in-waiting. She caught the eye of Henry VIII who proposed marriage to her in 1527. An intellectual who believed in the Divine Right of Kings and certain aspects of the new Protestant religion, Anne played a major role in the English Reformation. She was crowned queen consort in 1533, but after the birth of Princess Elizabeth (a girl was of no use to Henry) in September of that same year, she failed to successfully carry another pregnancy to term. She was unjustly accused of adultery, incest, witchcraft and treason so that the King could marry someone else and produce a legitimate male heir; she was beheaded. Before her death at age twenty-eight, she joked that, "I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck." Some people believed that she was a witch, and was covering up the evil mark with a necklace she wore every day — there were also rumors that she had six fingers on one hand. She is remembered today as one of the most courageous women of her time.



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Room from the dearest

Anne: lovely

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