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| − | Never popular with the English people, Henry had tired of her as well. She was sent to the [[Tower of London]] and was executed after being convicted of adultery and incest on dubious evidence. It did, however, free the king to remarry again -- a course of action he would take four more times. | + | Never popular with the English people, Henry had tired of her as well. She was sent to the [[Tower of London]] and was executed after being convicted of adultery and incest on dubious evidence. She was executed by sword rather than the cleaner-cutting axe to indicate the extremity of her crimes. It did, however, free the king to remarry again -- a course of action he would take four more times. |
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Anne Boleyn (1507 to 1536) was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England. Anne was brought to court by Henry while he was still married to the popular Catherine of Aragon, and it is widely believed they had an affair during that time.Henry annuled his marriage with Catherine, in order to marry Anne. In order to do so he broke with the Catholic Church which would not agree to sanction such an action and set up the Church of England with himself as the head. Henry and Anne were married in 1533. They had a daughter together, Elizabeth I, who would one day become queen. Anne's son with Henry was stillborn, helping to seal her fate.
Never popular with the English people, Henry had tired of her as well. She was sent to the Tower of London and was executed after being convicted of adultery and incest on dubious evidence. She was executed by sword rather than the cleaner-cutting axe to indicate the extremity of her crimes. It did, however, free the king to remarry again -- a course of action he would take four more times.
Sources
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989