Show I Queens of OT England Anne Boleyn second wire wife of f Henry Hemy VIII of En England lanel was as burn born at Blick- Blick ling Hall in Norfolk England about the year em 1501 Biographers disagree about the date of or her birth some placing placing ing log It about 1500 1505 others giving the thc year yeah 1507 But nut Lord the tho lie best authority on the time matter mailer says Anne Anno was LO 20 o years e lIR old on her hem return to lo England from Franco Fianco In 1021 1521 Annes Anne's earliest t years car were spent happily at the time line fine country home of or her father the ti-me place of her hem birth One Ono of her youthful playfellows was Thomas T Wyatt alt the celebrated poet Tho Time were wc neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors boms and both belonged to time the no no- bully While 1 In iii tier her fourteenth year ear Anne was waR chosen to act o as one of lh tIme the c of or honor to the time print ess ess Mary MalY Tudor the lIw beautiful young run of Henry VIII When hen Mary lalY was wedded to the I r I i I I 1 I I 1 I 7 mw J li old King Louis XII of oC France Franco Anne Anime one ono of or the favorites was WIlS taken with her imer to tho the French court After Aftem the Iho Princess Marys Mary's wJ widowhood and return to England Ingland Anne remained In France as maid mal of ot honor to Queen Que n Cl Claude ude Somo Some historians Ba say she elmo remained abroad for tor several years yearn caNt and we have the tho beet besl authority for the statement that she sims did not return to England till flu she sImu was 20 years of age AM As a child It II Is said laid Anne Anno cd el a delicate beauty promising to become a ua good gooi woman and a a. pious one orIe But Dut c certainly ime hc did not fulfil that promise for fOl he she became a n most un unscrupulous Smith anti de designing I woman i U using ing her wiles anti and wicked nce I to Induce the tIme heartless s and anti Selfish Henry Hem y lo to divorce the good 1001 Queen that thai s she ho Anne might usurp her hem place on tho the throne But her unholy ambition was not gratified for Cor sonic Ome years cars She was in her hem fi twenty second year cm when whon the lie kin king became enamored of her hem and she lie had her hel thirty second birthday before silo she was seated heated on the flue throne beside England's s 's most king Henry Hem VIII nut But the tho throne was only the stepping step step- stepping ping the scaffold for tor o the hand that rained her hem to tho ro royal al position of queen eucen soon goon sl signed nell her death bath walI warrant war wal I rant Henry grew tired thell of oC his part pait- ner nel in iii wrongdoing and amid languished for tot another to take her het place Jane Se Seymour Soy Sey mour moUl was uns now his favorite and ab as ashe n nhe he had found It II so o 0 easy the lie really noble nohle und antI virtuous Katharine Katha jatha- rine rifle lal taking ln in her hel place one o unworthy un UlI- li worthy a royal seat eat would it not t be tie the easier CUI lo tu mimI lid himself of or a queen who had never won tho ho favor or l of oC the English people The Time marriage between Henry VIII and anti Anne a Boleyn took look place s 1533 and on the lie morning of or May l 19 1536 Anne Amle was led Jed to lo the time scaffold where she site wius ivas beheaded She Site was in innocent innocent jim jim- of the tho crime with which she sheWa vas Wa as charged hut the time wicked Henry Hem must have his freedom at any cost Though A Amino Anno deserved severe punishment punish punish- ment for fim her hem wron wrongdoing she did lia not deseive dc false accusation and anti time the headsman's headsman's heads heads- mans man's sword She Sho had hud but one child the little HUlo Princess I Elizabeth who became in titter after years queen of or England MARY MAItY GRAHAM I. |