Anne+Boleyn

=Anne Boleyn=


 * By Autumn Eales and Angela Zilinger**

Anne Boleyn, daughter of a knight and Henry the VIII's second wife, was born in 1504. Anne was graced with beauty and many talents including singing, dancing, and the gift of creating music. Anne was also a quick-witted, intelligent woman.

Originally, King Henry was infatuated with Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary Boleyn. By the time the King noticed her, he felt the same spark he had with Mary. Anne was more ambitious than her sister though, for she refused to be his mistress.

Within time, she became Henry's second wife. Together they produced the future Queen Elizabeth the first. Anne however hadn't given birth to a son to take over the throne. Henry, displeased with this, knew he had to get rid of her somehow. Since the church would not allow him to divorce, he turned to execution. Anne Boleyn had been accused of adultery, treason, incest, and witchcraft.

Henry granted Anne Boleyn one request, to have a private execution. May 19, 1536 she was beheaded at the Tower of London. The body was stuffed in a chest and buried in an unmarked grave in the Chapel of St. Peter. Her death influenced the beginning of English reformation which caused church reform.

Three days later he married her lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour, the only woman to produce Henry an heir to the throne.