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A French swordsman for the queen
Anne Boleyn was beheaded at the Tower of London on 19 May 1536. Rather than have a queen beheaded with the common axe, Henry VIII brought in an expert swordsman from Saint-Omer in France.
Anne Boleyn
1501–1536 · Tudor (married in)
Second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536). Born at Blickling Hall. Died at Tower of London.
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Family
- Married
- Henry VIII of England 1533
- Children (1)
- Elizabeth I of England 1533