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Anne Boleyn

1501 - 1536

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Anne Boleyn (; c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn (later Earl of Wiltshire), and his wife, Elizabeth Howard, and was educated in the Netherlands and France. Anne returned to England in early 1522, to marry her 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Boleyn is the 6th most popular companion (down from 4th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular British Companion.

Anne Boleyn is most famous for being the second wife of King Henry VIII of England. She was executed in 1536 on charges of treason, adultery, and incest.

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Among companions, Anne Boleyn ranks 6 out of 784. Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Aisha, Nefertiti, Khadija bint Khuwaylid, and Fatimah. After her are Mumtaz Mahal, Helena, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Catherine de' Medici, Mary of Teck, and Theodora.

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Among people born in 1501, Anne Boleyn ranks 1. After her are Pope Marcellus II, Gerolamo Cardano, Isabella of Austria, Yi Hwang, Queen Munjeong, Sahib I Giray, Garcilaso de la Vega, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, and Ivan Susanin. Among people deceased in 1536, Anne Boleyn ranks 2. Before her is Erasmus. After her are Catherine of Aragon, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Baldassare Peruzzi, Germaine of Foix, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, John of Leiden, William Tyndale, and Garcilaso de la Vega.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Anne Boleyn ranks 34 out of 8,785. Before her are Ada Lovelace (1815), James II of England (1633), Henry VI of England (1421), William IV of the United Kingdom (1765), George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), and Richard I of England (1157). After her are Queen Victoria (1819), Mary II of England (1662), Michael Faraday (1791), Edward V of England (1470), Agatha Christie (1890), and H. G. Wells (1866).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Anne Boleyn ranks 1. After her are Mary of Teck (1867), Anne Hathaway (1556), Maud of Wales (1869), Catherine Parr (1512), Jane Seymour (1508), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Mary Boleyn (1499), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Catherine Howard (1523), and Elizabeth of York (1466).

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