Boleyn

American  

[bool-in, boo-lin] / ˈbʊl ɪn, bʊˈlɪn /

noun

1. Anne, 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Queen Elizabeth I.

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Boleyn British  

/ ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Curators at Hever Castle, the childhood home of Boleyn, said new research showed that the painter altered the undersketch for the Hever Rose portrait from the standard "B" pattern they initially followed.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

You’ve devoured her novels, including “The Other Boleyn Girl,” but now Gregory shows off chops as a historian with a tome about British women of all types.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 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

Through his father’s mother, Alice, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, he was a second cousin once removed from Queen Elizabeth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various