Happy 501st Birthday Anne Boleyn!

Born on this day in 1507...

She was married to Henry VIII, she was one of the characters in the historical fiction novel by Phillipa Gregory (The Other Boleyn Girl), and she met her death via a beheading...sounds like the makings of a movie...which reminds me I have to put that movie on my netflix list.

Here is a short Bio on Anne Boleyn:
English queen consort, the second wife of Henry VIII from 1533–6. Daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn by Elizabeth Howard, she secretly married Henry (Jan 1533), and was soon declared his legal wife (May); but within three months his passion for her had cooled. It was not revived by the birth (Sep 1533) of a princess (later Elizabeth I), still less by that of a stillborn son (Jan 1536). She was arrested and brought to the Tower, charged with treason, and beheaded (19 May). Henry married Jane Seymour 11 days later.

And that is your history lesson for today!