She was convicted on 15 May and beheaded four days later. Historians view the charges, which included adultery, incest with her brother George, and plotting to kill the King, as unconvincing. [11][12] · AnneBoleyn, Queen Consort of England, was executed by a French swordsman at the Tower of London on 19th May 1536, just sixteen months after becoming Henry VIII’s second wife. So, how did this 35 year-old, spirited young woman fall so dramatically from favour? · Was AnneBoleyn ensnared by a conspiracy, the victim of her own loose tongue, or simply guilty as charged? Discover the real reason why Henry VIII sent his second wife to the block. · At her trial, she was found guilty, and on she was taken to Tower Green in London, where she was beheaded by a French swordsman, rather than the standard axe-wielding executioner. · On the morning of , Henry VIII’s fallen queen ascended the scaffold, delivered a conventional speech praising the king as a “ gentle and sovereign lord,” and knelt to receive the death... Anne's sister-in-law, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, was executed for her involvement in the alleged adultery of Catherine Howard, Henry's fifth wife. Anne was effectively written out of the history books for the rest of Henry VIII’s reign. · Anne had expected to die at 8:00 a.m., but the execution was delayed yet again—this time because the scaffold wasn’t ready and the crowd hadn’t fully assembled. You can’t have an execution without the crowd being fully assembled, of course. Anne's sister-in-law, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, was executed for her involvement in the alleged adultery of Catherine Howard, Henry's fifth wife. Anne was effectively written out of the history books for the rest of Henry VIII’s reign. · Anne had expected to die at 8:00 a.m., but the execution was delayed yet again—this time because the scaffold wasn’t ready and the crowd hadn’t fully assembled. You can’t have an execution without the crowd being fully assembled, of course.
