“Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast.”

~Anne Boleyn~

Painting of Anne with her signature

Introduction

Born: B/T 1500 and 1509

Married: Jan, 25, 1533

Executed: May, 19, 1536

Anne and Henry

Introduction

Beautiful

Henry wanted her as

mistress

1527: Marriage

annulment

King Henry VIII and his six wives

Section 1

Henry wrote her

letters

1527: Marriage

annulment

Married in secret

Section 1

Princess Elizabeth

1533 & 1534: miscarried

children

Needs a son Princess

Elizabeth

Section 2

Jane Seymour

Court started plot

Cromwell persuades

king

Jane

Seymour

English court

Section 2

May 2:

Treason, adultery and

incest

Burnt or beheaded

How did she commit

adultery if she was

never really married?

Anne Boleyn

at her

beheading

Section 3

" The concubine was condemned first, and having heard the sentence, which was to be burnt or beheaded at the king's pleasure, she preserved her composure, saying that she held herself ready to greet death and that she regretted most was that the above persons, who were innocent and loyal to the king, were to die for her. She only asked a short time for confession. “

-Eustace Chapuys (letter written to emperor Charles V)

London Tower

Calmly

Best swordsman

Tower of

London

Anne being

consoled by

one of her

maids.

Mary Boleyn

The book/movie

The Other

Boleyn Girl

Philippa

Gregory

The moviehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX

0LoorqtRM

Conclusion