Christilot boleyn biography for kids

Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from 1533 until 1536.

She was the mother of Elizabeth I of England. Anne has been called "the most influential and important queen consort England has ever had." It was because of Anne Boleyn that Henry VIII divorcedCatherine of Aragon, and became independent from the Roman Catholic Church.

After she was falsely accused of high treason she was executed.

Personality and appearance

There were many different opinions of Anne Boleyn's beauty. The most well-known description of Anne was written by the Catholic Nicholas Sanders in 1586.

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He wrote it several years after Anne died. Even though this is the most famous, it is also probably the least correct description. "Anne Boleyn," he said, "was rather tall ... with black hair, and an oval face of a sallow complexion, as if troubled with jaundice