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  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

But he obviously takes a lot of pleasure in the dissolution of the monasteries and the robbing and everything that goes on changing the religion completely, to accommodate Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 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

When he returned the second time, he worked under the patronage of Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023

Mr. Boker's next publication was the tragedy of Anne Boleyn, which appeared in February, 1850.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

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)