Anne Boleyn the first of the beheaded wifes of Henry VIII
Quick Preface: Yesterday marked 490 years to the day since Queen Anne Boleyn was beheaded at tower green inside the tower of London by a French swordsman. I decided to do this post as a tribute to Anne’s life. Anne Boleyn Henry VIII's second wife portrait of Anne Boleyn Early life A picture of Anne's childhood home; Hever Castle Anne was born in Hever Castle to Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard in 1501, She was the middle child having been born after Mary and before George. Anne has 11 years growing up with her parents along with her siblings and gets education inside Hever. She gets shipped off to the continents to work for infamous inbred Habsburgs as maid of honour to their Queen, Margeret of Austria in Brussels in 1513. A portait of Queen Margaret of Austria Two years later and Anne is sent to France to work for the Queen of France, Claude as lady in waiting, Mary was also at the time working in the French court. Some debate whether Thomas wanted Anne shipped bac...
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