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Boleyn, Anne

Syllabification: (Bol·eyn, Anne)

Definition of Boleyn, Anne
  • (1507–36), second wife of Henry VIII; mother of Elizabeth I. Henry divorced Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne in 1533, but she fell from favor when she failed to provide him with a male heir. She was eventually executed because of alleged infidelities.

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