Facts: - death place: tower of london , london - burial place: church of st peter ad vincula - signature: anne boleyn signature.svg - caption: copy of a portrait painted c. 1534 - succession: queen consort of england - coronation: 1 june 1533 - reign: 28 may 1533 -- 17 may 1536 - spouse: henry viii of england - death date: 19 may 1536 - name: anne boleyn - image: anneboleyn2.jpg - birth place: blickling hall , norfolk or hever castle , kent - religion: anglican , formerly roman catholic - consort: yes Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anne boleyn .
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anne boleyn -lrb- , or -rrb- -lrb- 1501 -- 19 may 1536 -rrb- was queen of england from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of king henry viii , and marquess of pembroke in her own right .henry 's marriage to anne , and her subsequent execution , made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the english reformation .anne was the daughter of thomas boleyn , 1st earl of wiltshire , and his wife , lady elizabeth howard , and was educated in the netherlands and france , largely as a maid of honour to claude of france .she returned to england in early 1522 , to marry her irish cousin james butler , 9th earl of ormond ; the marriage plans were broken up by cardinal wolsey , and instead she secured a post at court as maid of honour to henry viii 's wife , catherine of aragon .early in 1523 anne was secretly betrothed to henry percy , son of the 5th earl of northumberland .in january 1524 , cardinal wolsey broke the betrothal , anne was sent back home to hever castle , and percy was married to lady mary talbot , to whom he had been betrothed since adolescence .in february/march 1526 , henry viii began his pursuit of anne .she resisted his attempts to seduce her , refusing to become his mistress -- which her sister mary had been .it soon became the one absorbing object of henry 's desires to annul his marriage to queen catherine so he would be free to marry anne .when it became clear that pope clement vii would not annul the marriage , the breaking of the power of the catholic church in england began .in 1532 , henry granted anne the marquessate of pembroke .henry and anne married on 25 january 1533 .on 23 may 1533 , thomas cranmer declared henry and catherine 's marriage null and void ; five days later , he declared henry and anne 's marriage valid .shortly afterwards , the pope decreed sentences of excommunication against henry and cranmer .as a result of this marriage and these excommunications , the first break between the church of england and rome took place and the...