She was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Who exactly was Anne Boleyn, the young woman who took the Tudor court by storm? Who exactly was Anne Boleyn, the young woman who took the ...

A portrait of the "mastermind" behind the fall of Anne Boleyn is set to be unveiled at the former queen’s childhood home. Thomas Cromwell, the son of a blacksmith, worked his way up to become ...

Skip to content viewer section. The study of history is nothing if not full of controversy, and they're perhaps few people who are shrouded in more controversy than Queen Anne Boleyn. Everything about ...

Whether Henry had been in love with her or simply in lust, she was indeed a woman and a Queen in her own right, in a world where it was a disadvantage to be female. Even 500 years after her death ...

Henry liked beautiful women. A desirable queen was an asset, and it was expected that a king of his stature should have an attractive wife. Anne Boleyn was considered highly alluring. Her striking ...

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and daughter of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Ormond and Wiltshire, was crowned queen in Westminster Abbey by Thomas Cranmer on Whit Sunday 1st June 1533. The ...