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• Anne Boleyn
  Anne Boleyn

  noun

  See Boleyn
• Boleyn, Anne
  Boleyn, Anne

  The second wife of King Henry VIII of England; the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was convicted of adultery and beheaded.

Anne Boleyn

British  

noun

1. See Boleyn

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Boleyn, Anne Cultural  

1. The second wife of King Henry VIII of England; the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was convicted of adultery and beheaded.

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One subsequent sitter would be Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, who had reportedly hated More so much that upon his execution she threw his portrait to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

He added: "Thanks to my mum and dad, Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII."

From BBC ● May 12, 2024

Callas played Anne Boleyn, a doomed wife of Henry VIII, in a somewhat lesser-known Donizetti opera.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

Anne Boleyn, Wife No. 2, had it worse, methinks — and won’t let you forget it.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

In this case the Good Woman may have been Anne Boleyn.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Boleyn, Anne, Henry's passion for, 173, 186-192, 209; her "Lutheranism," 203-205, 237, 274, 347, 349, 397, 399; canonical obstacles to her marriage with Henry VIII.,

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)