#biographical database

• Anne Boleyn — The second wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort between 1533 and 1536, whose marriage was the structural cause for the breach between the Church of England and the Papal authority in Rome, triggering the English Reformation. She was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I and ended up condemned for high treason and executed by beheading at the Tower of London, becoming one of the most controversial and fascinating figures in British monarchical history.