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Bol·eyn

 (bo͝ol′ĭn, bo͝o-lĭn′), Anne 1507?-1536.
Queen of England (1533-1536) as the second wife of Henry VIII. She gave birth to a child who became Elizabeth I but was later tried for adultery and beheaded.
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Boleyn

(bʊˈlɪn; ˈbʊlɪn)
n
(Biography) 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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Bol•eyn

(ˈbʊl ɪn, bʊˈlɪn)

n.
Anne, 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
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AND ANNE BOLEYN. - DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN SAME HOUSE WITH PAIR OF LOVERS.
is said to have waited for and met Anne Boleyn. He also used to meet her at Hever Castle in Kent, and also somewhere near St.
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He, too, like Petrarch, addressed his sonnets to a lady, and the lady he took for his love was Queen Anne Boleyn. As he is the first, he is perhaps one of the roughest of our sonnet writers, but into his sonnets he wrought something of manly strength.
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After a little search, grandma produced an old portfolio, and selecting the papers, read the following letter, written by Anne Boleyn before her marriage to Henry VIII, and now in the possession of a celebrated antiquarian:
I am just going to mass, and you shall speedily have the prayers, as you have now the kindest love of your own ANNE BOLEYN.
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Conservative at the outset, Henry even attacked Luther in a pamphlet, which won from the Pope for himself and his successors the title 'Defender of the Faith.' But when the Pope finally refused Henry's demand for the divorce from Katharine of Spain, which would make possible a marriage with Anne Boleyn, Henry angrily threw off the papal authority and declared himself the Supreme Head of the Church in England, thus establishing the separate English (Anglican, Episcopal) church.
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That two of the annulments were of the marriages to Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard perhaps indicates that the royal breeches were supported by both belt and braces.
An important difference on divorce
The Anne Boleyn Music Book (Royal College of Music MS 1070).
FACSIMILE OF THE ANNE BOLEYN MUSIC BOOK
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American Author Jesse Boleyn to Have New Novel Released in Seven Languages
Synopsis: Thomas and George Boleyn were the father and brother of Anne Boleyn and heads of one of the most powerful infamous dynasties in English history.
Among the Wolves of Court
Although the tragic tale Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII and mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I, is well-known, the unfortunate fates of her father Thomas and her brother George are often left as footnotes to Henry VIII's violent reign.
Among the Wolves of Court

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