Anne Boleyn Made Marquess

Date: September 1, 1532 • Location: London, United Kingdom

Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.