62 Facts About Queen Anne Boleyn

Queen Anne Boleyn returned to England in early 1522, to marry her Irish cousin James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond; the marriage plans were broken off, and instead she secured a post at court as maid of honour to Henry VIII's wife, Catherine of Aragon.

Early in 1523, Queen Anne Boleyn was secretly betrothed to Henry Percy, son of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, but the betrothal was broken off when the Earl refused to support their engagement.

Queen Anne Boleyn's resisted his attempts to seduce her, refusing to become his mistress, as her sister Mary had previously been.

Queen Anne Boleyn's has inspired, or been mentioned in, many artistic and cultural works and retained her hold on the popular imagination.

Queen Anne Boleyn's has been called "the most influential and important queen consort England has ever had", as she provided the occasion for Henry VIII to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and declare the English church's independence from the Vatican.

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Thomas Queen Anne Boleyn was a well-respected diplomat with a gift for languages; he was a favourite of Henry VII of England, who sent him on many diplomatic missions abroad.

Queen Anne Boleyn's wrote it in French to her father, who was still living in England while Anne was completing her education at Mechelen, in the Burgundian Netherlands, now Belgium.

In that history, in the chapter dealing with Elizabeth's early life, he records in the margin that Queen Anne Boleyn was born in MDVII .

Queen Anne Boleyn's relatives included the Howards, one of the preeminent families in England; and Queen Anne Boleyn's ancestors included King Edward I of England.

Queen Anne Boleyn's was called "Anna Bolina"; this Latinised form is used in most portraits of her.

Queen Anne Boleyn's developed domestic skills such as dancing, embroidery, good manners, household management, music, needlework and singing.

Queen Anne Boleyn learned to play games, such as cards, chess and dice.

Queen Anne Boleyn's was taught archery, falconry, horseback riding and hunting.

Queen Anne Boleyn's acquired knowledge of French culture, dance, etiquette, literature, music and poetry; and gained experience in flirtation and courtly love.

Queen Anne Boleyn was recalled to marry her Irish cousin, James Butler, a young man several years older than she who was living at the English court.

Queen Anne Boleyn was already in possession of Kilkenny Castle, the earls' ancestral seat.

Sir Thomas Queen Anne Boleyn, being the son of the eldest daughter, believed the title properly belonged to him and protested to his brother-in-law, the Duke of Norfolk, who spoke to Henry about the matter.

Queen Anne Boleyn's would bring her Ormond inheritance as dowry and thus end the dispute.

Queen Anne Boleyn'storians dispute Henry VIII's paternity of one or both of Mary Boleyn's children born during this marriage.

Queen Anne Boleyn's quickly established herself as one of the most stylish and accomplished women at the court, and soon a number of young men were competing for her.

Scarisbrick adds that Queen Anne Boleyn "revelled in" the attention she received from her admirers.

Queen Anne Boleyn was a skilful player at the game of courtly love, which was often played in the antechambers.

Some say that Queen Anne Boleyn resisted Henry's attempts to seduce her, refusing to become his mistress, and often leaving court for the seclusion of Hever Castle.

Queen Anne Boleyn saw an opportunity in Henry's infatuation and the convenient moral quandary.

Queen Anne Boleyn's determined that she would yield to his embraces only as his acknowledged queen.

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Queen Anne Boleyn's began to take her place at his side in policy and in state, but not yet in his bed.

Queen Anne Boleyn's was sympathetic to those seeking further reformation of the Church, and actively protected scholars working on English translations of the scriptures.

Queen Anne Boleyn set his hopes upon a direct appeal to the Holy See, acting independently of Wolsey, to whom he at first communicated nothing of his plans related to Anne.

Queen Anne Boleyn was still Charles V's hostage, and Charles V was loyal to his aunt Catherine.

One evening, in the autumn of 1531, Queen Anne Boleyn was dining at a manor house on the River Thames and was almost seized by a crowd of angry women.

Queen Anne Boleyn's established an excellent rapport with the French ambassador, Gilles de la Pommeraie.

At the magnificent banquet to celebrate her father's elevation, Anne took precedence over the Duchesses of Suffolk and Norfolk, seated in the place of honour beside the king that was usually occupied by the queen.

Queen Anne Boleyn's was the last queen consort of England to be crowned separately from her husband.

Unlike any other queen consort, Anne was crowned with St Edward's Crown, which had previously been used to crown only monarchs.

Queen Anne Boleyn's had a decisive role in influencing the Protestant reformer Matthew Parker to attend court as her chaplain, and before her death entrusted her daughter to Parker's care.

Queen Anne Boleyn gave birth to a girl, who was christened Elizabeth, probably in honour of either or both Queen Anne Boleyn's mother Elizabeth Howard and Henry's mother, Elizabeth of York.

Infant princess was given a splendid christening, but Queen Anne Boleyn feared that Catherine's daughter, Mary, now stripped of her title of princess and labelled a bastard, posed a threat to Elizabeth's position.

Queen Anne Boleyn frequently visited her daughter at Hatfield and other residences.

Queen Anne Boleyn's employed several priests who acted as her confessors, chaplains and religious advisers.

Queen Anne Boleyn's was once reported to have spoken to her uncle in words that "shouldn't be used to a dog".

Queen Anne Boleyn's spent lavish amounts of money on gowns, jewels, head-dresses, ostrich-feather fans, riding equipment, furniture and upholstery, maintaining the ostentatious display required by her status.

The following day, Henry and Queen Anne Boleyn wore yellow, a symbol of joy and celebration in England but of mourning in Spain, from head to toe, and celebrated Catherine's death with festivities.

Queen Anne Boleyn responded by ripping the locket off Jane's neck with such force that her fingers bled.

Whatever the cause, on the day that Catherine of Aragon was buried at Peterborough Abbey, Queen Anne Boleyn miscarried a baby which, according to the imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys, she had borne for about three and a half months, and which "seemed to be a male child".

Mike Ashley speculated that Queen Anne Boleyn had two stillborn children after Elizabeth's birth and before the male child she miscarried in 1536.

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The conversations between Chapuys and Cromwell thereafter indicate Cromwell as the instigator of the plot to remove Anne; evidence of this is seen in the Spanish Chronicle and through letters written from Chapuys to Charles V Anne argued with Cromwell over the redistribution of Church revenues and over foreign policy.

Queen Anne Boleyn's advocated that revenues be distributed to charitable and educational institutions; and she favoured a French alliance.

Queen Anne Boleyn initially denied being the queen's lover but later confessed, perhaps after being tortured or promised freedom.

Queen Anne Boleyn's one-time betrothed, Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, sat on the jury that unanimously found Queen Anne Boleyn guilty.

Queen Anne Boleyn died childless eight months later and was succeeded by his nephew.

Queen Anne Boleyn's ritually repeated this oath both immediately before and after receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist.

Queen Anne Boleyn's wore a red petticoat under a loose, dark grey gown of damask trimmed in fur and a mantle of ermine.

Queen Anne Boleyn climbed the scaffold and made a short speech to the crowd:.

Queen Anne Boleyn's gracefully addressed the people from the scaffold with a voice somewhat overcome by weakness, but which gathered strength as she went on.

Queen Anne Boleyn's begged her hearers to forgive her if she had not used them all with becoming gentleness, and asked for their prayers.

Ermine mantle was removed and Queen Anne Boleyn lifted off her headdress, tucking her hair under a coif.

Queen Anne Boleyn made no serious attempt to save Anne's life, although some sources record that he had prepared her for death by hearing her last private confession of sins, in which she had stated her innocence before God.

Queen Anne Boleyn's was then buried in an unmarked grave in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula.

Anne Boleyn was described by contemporaries as intelligent and gifted in musical arts and scholarly pursuits.

Queen Anne Boleyn's was strong-willed and proud, and often quarrelled with Henry.

The inscription implies that Queen Anne Boleyn was a Renaissance woman, exposed to new ideas and thoughts relating to her faith.

Queen Anne Boleyn appeared to challenge something, which to Dundas "looked like a whitish, female figure sliding towards the soldier".