Anne Boleyn

Second wife of Henry VIII. Mother of Elizabeth I. Executed for treason 19 May 1536 in London.

Anne was born perhaps 1501 or 1507 in Blicking Hall in Norfolk into a family with court connections.

Anne first met Henry VIII in March 1522 during the reception of Spanish ambassadors by the court. By that time Henry was pretty much fed up with his wife Catherine of Aragon as well as his favorites/mistresses Elisabeth Blount and Mary Boleyn (Anne's sister). Her comeback to court happened in 1526 where she was enjoying the company of the well-educated king who at the same time had an affair with her sister. As the king's first wife Catherine did not bear any surviving male child, Anne got proposed as second wife and queen. Henry had his marriage with Catherine annulled after being announced himself a head of the Church of England. They married secretly in 1533. The young queen was not as humble as the previous Spanish queen and she was not able to give birth to a male heir.

After two and half years full of jealousy arguments and disappointments because she was unable to bear him a son the king accused Anne of adultery. After the trial she was publicly beheaded.

A rather brief life, which could be amended by consulting more sources.