How Lady Jane Grey Died

After her husband’s execution, Lady Jane Grey was taken to Tower Green, the same Tower in which Anne Boleyn would meet her fate.  Queen Mary allowed her a private execution.  The account of her beheading can be found in the Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary. 
Before she put her head on [...]

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Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen: Traitor or Pawn?

ady Jane Grey was probably as much a victim of her lineage as she is of other people’s greed and ambition.  Part of the reason she reigned (albeit briefly) was also her religion – Lady Jane Grey was a Protestant.  Hers was a short, mostly unhappy life, in which she endured strict upbringing.  Even worse [...]

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The Last Words of Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn was executed on 19 May 1536.  She was only about 36 years old.  After unsuccessful attempts at producing a male heir to continue the Tudor line, Anne fell out of King Henry VIII’s favor.  Several accusations were filed against her, including witchcraft, adultery and high treason, she was tried and was subsequently executed.

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Anne Boleyn: The Six-Fingered Witch?

Anne Boleyn is arguably the most famous of Henry VIII’s six wives.  She rose from being just one of the many ladies of the court to become a consort to England’s monarch.  From just a simple lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Anne herself became one.  But she is a tragic figure in history and of the [...]

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Anne Boleyn, the Witch Queen

nne Boleyn is alternately a tragic and resplendent figure in history. Because of her, the history of England was sealed. Although we know Anne Boleyn as the first queen of Henry VIII’s who got beheaded, it was also she who gave birth to England’s future queen, Elizabeth I.
Growing up Anne
Very little is known to historians [...]

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