Actress Natalie Dormer plays Anna Bolena in the television drama "The Tudors"
Anna Bolena she is one of the female figures who have most marked the modern history of England and Europe; of her from her scandalous liason with Henry VIII originated the religious schism that led to the birth of the Anglican Church, a much talked about marriage and, finally, the untimely death of the woman, a victim above all of her unscrupulous character and the infinity of intrigues that she never stopped weaving at court.
But what do we know about this crafty lady-in-waiting who managed to become queen?
Anna Bolena , second wife of the King of England Henry VIII , was born in an unspecified year between 1501 and 1507, by Sir Thomas , Earl of Wiltshire, and Elizabeth Howard.
The very young Anna spent a few years at the court of Francesco I of France, a period that proved to be fundamental for her human and cultural formation and that imprinted her forever in her already rather libertarian nature, an evident mark of licentiousness that will later lead her to be often accused of poor morality and little integrity in behavior towards others.
Back in England, regardless of her belonging to the retinue of Catherine of Aragon, Anna seduced her husband Henry VIII and began to have a relationship with him, which in 1533 resulted in a secret marriage between the two of her and in the subsequent coronation as queen of the United Kingdom for her; the only daughter Elisabetta was born from the union I , future great queen.
In 1536 Anna was accused of adultery, incest and high treason and therefore, at the behest of her husband, she was locked up in the Tower of London and finally executed on 19 May 1536 (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/4628/storia-moderna/piatura-storia-anna-bolena-condiscina-morte-malore and https://www.pilloledistoria.it/4621/storia- modern / trial-death-sentence-anna-bolena).