Anne Boleyn

noun

1. See Boleyn

Boleyn, Anne

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

Example Sentences

Set in the court of Henry VIII, “Queen B” follows Lady Grace Fairfax as she seeks the traitors who betrayed Anne Boleyn.

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

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

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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.

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

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