Boleyn
[boo l-in, boo-lin]
- Anne,1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Contemporary Examples
Tulip Fever will be directed by Justin Chadwick, who also made The Other Boleyn Girl.
Most of these cracks had been repaired, but not to the satisfaction of Boleyn and Prouty.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus IndustryJim Epstein
November 2, 2013
Historical Examples
She remembered to her dying day the humiliation of the Boleyn marriage.
The Reign of Mary TudorW. Llewelyn Williams.
The Boleyn party hated him,70 because they knew that he loathed the Boleyn marriage.
Ten Tudor StatesmenArthur D. Innes
"We have been reading all the morning," answered Anne surnamed Boleyn or Bullen.
Historical MiniaturesAugust Strindberg
Soft chirurgions make foul sores, said Boleyn, the grandfather of the beautiful and unfortunate Anne Boleyn.
The Funny Side of PhysicA. D. Crabtre
Boleyn, desirous of seeing his daughter queen of England, feared perhaps that he had taken a wrong course.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume VJ. H. Merle d'Aubigné
Boleyn
- Anne . 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England; mother of Elizabeth I. She was executed on a charge of adultery
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