On May 15, 1536, the halls of the Tower of London were filled with melon-eating crowds, all waiting to watch a trial of the century, tried by Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England, who was accused of adultery, incest, treason, and the first queen to be tried in English history.
Anne's father was a diplomat of Henry VIII, Anne's family was superior, from a young age received a good education, in 1514, Anne as henry VIII's sister Mary Tudor's dowry to France, and accepted the French high society, very cultural and artistic accomplishment, in 1522, Anne returned to England, became Henry VIII's first wife Queen Catherine of Aragon' attendants.
Anne was recognized by the court social circles as an elegant, intelligent, and very stylish woman, she never lacked suitors, Henry VIII was also very infatuated with her, but Anne did not want to be like her sister Mary Boleyn, just to be Henry VIII's mistress, she accepted Henry VIII's pursuit in 1527, and suddenly expressed extreme coldness to Henry VIII, wanting to use this means of indulgence to try to seize the throne of the queen.
Henry VIII and the first queen Catherine of Aragon in more than 20 years of marriage, only one child survived, that is, Princess Mary, Queen Catherine has not been able to give birth to a male heir for Henry VIII, Henry VIII is in urgent need of a male heir to consolidate the throne, so Henry VIII after abandoning Catherine, there is a legitimate reason to marry Anne, and Anne also promised Henry VIII that she will give birth to a male heir for him.
In 1533, Henry VIII secretly married Anne, who was pregnant, and Henry VIII had a house in the Tower of London renovated to allow Anne to live here, which became the place where Anne was later imprisoned.
In September 1533, Anne gave birth to a girl, after which Anne experienced several miscarriages, and in 1536, Anne miscarried again, and it was clear from the formed fetus that it was a boy, and Henry VIII thought that the wedding with Anne must have been cursed by God, which made him feel extremely frightened.
Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell, who was already very dissatisfied with Anne, joined forces with a group of nobles to arrest Anne's maid, and some men who had frequent contact with Anne, tortured and forced them to confess to adultery with Anne, including Anne's brother George Boleyn, who was also imprisoned in the Tower of London, and during the trial, although she repeatedly and forcefully refuted the accusations against her, she still failed to change the sentence that had been decided.
On May 19, 1536, at 9:00 a.m., thousands of people poured into the Tower of London to watch Anne's death, she knelt on the ground in prayer, her eyes were covered, henry VIII specially invited from France to cut off Anne's head with an extremely sharp sword, and cannons rang out around the Tower, announcing that the queen was dead.
The next day, Henry VIII became engaged to Anne's female official, Jane Moses, and anne bore Henry VIII a daughter who twenty years later became elizabeth I, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. #History Miscellaneous # #历史故事 #
