Early YearsBorn: 1501/1507, at Blickling Hall, NorfolkGrew up: at Hever Castle, KentFather: Thomas Boleyn, Earl of WiltshireMother: Lady Elizabeth Howard, Countess of

WiltshireSiblings: Mary and George Boleyn

Thomas

Elizabeth

Mary

George

Early Years

Spring 1513: in the Netherlands with Habsburg Margaret

October 1514: in France with Queen Mary and Queen Claude

Habsburg Margaret

Claude de France

Appearance

olive-coloured skin

thick, dark brown hairdark brown eyes

small breasts

long, elegant neck

Life in England1521: marriage plan with James

ButlerMary: - married William Carey

- King’s mistress - two children from the King

At the court of Henry VIII:

The Rise Henry VIII started to woo to

Anne Precedence over others Take place in policy and in

state

1531: Catherine was exiled from the court

1532: Marquess of Pembroke

Pregnancy 25 January 1533: secretly

married Henry VIII 23 May 1533: officially married

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

Catherine of Aragon

Queen Anne

1 June 1533Queen of England

over 250 servants several priests lavishness unnecessary luxuries

Queen Anne

7 September 1533: Elizabeth I was born

January 1534: pregnant but miscarried the child

October 1535: pregnant again

January 1536: Henry’s accident miscarriage Henry turned away from her

Jane Seymour, the King’s new mistress

The Fall

Accused of being the Queen’s lover:

Mark Smeaton

Sir Henry Norris

Sir Francis Weston

George Boleyn

The Fall

2 May 1536: arrested on charges of adultery, incest and high treason taken to the Tower of London

15 May 1536: Anne and George were put on trial

The Fall

19 May 1536: Anne was executed at the Tower Green

Buried: in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula

In Popular Culture

The Other Boleyn Girl, 2008

Anne of the Thousand Days, 1969