2. Introduction
“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
3. Introduction
Born: B/T 1500 and 1509
Married: Jan, 25, 1533
Executed: May, 19, 1536
Anne and Henry
4. Section 1
Beautiful
Henry wanted her as
mistress
1527: Marriage
annulment
King Henry VIII and his six wives
5. Section 1
Henry wrote her
letters
1527: Marriage
annulment
Married in secret
6. Section 2
Princess Elizabeth
1533 & 1534: miscarried
children
Needs a son
Princess
Elizabeth
7. Section 2
Jane Seymour
Court started plot
Jane
Seymour
Cromwell persuades
king
English court
8. Section 3
May 2:
Treason, adultery and Anne Boleyn
incest at her
beheading
Burnt or beheaded
How did she commit
adultery if she was
never really married?
9. " 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)
10. London Tower Tower of
London
Calmly
Best swordsman
Anne being
consoled by
one of her
maids.
11. Mary Boleyn
The book/movie
The Other
Boleyn Girl
Philippa
Gregory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX
0LoorqtRM The movie