A portrait of the "mastermind" behind the fall of Anne Boleyn is set to be unveiled at the former queen’s childhood home. Thomas Cromwell, the son of a blacksmith, worked his way up to become ...

Elizabeth I — the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who Henry later had beheaded in 1536 after she was charged with adultery — ascended to the throne following ...

Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Elizabeth I. Henry's desire to divorce his first wife and marry Anne helped bring about the English Reformation. She was the first ...