10 Shocking Secrets You Didn’t Know About Anne Boleyn’s Grisly Death

The woman who married Henry after Anne was named Jane Seymour, and she provided Henry with the son and heir he desperately craved. She was heralded as a saint and praised for her piety, generous praise for a woman who actively pursued a married man.

Anne and Henry's relationship was already quite sour when he began to have an interest in Jane. It was in January 1536 that he noticed her, four months before Anne was executed. Jane was the polar opposite of Anne in every way and pardon the pun, rather a plain Jane. She was rather dull, which suited Henry perfectly after the drama queen that was Anne Boleyn.

Anne was executed on the 19 May 1536, and one day later Henry was betrothed to Jane. There is moving on fast and then there is that. Anne wasn’t even buried yet and Henry was parading around with his new mistress. Ten days later they were married and the name Boleyn was not to be mentioned at court. A quick and painful end to Anne’s tenure. (Sidenote: On the TV series, The Tudors, Henry is shown to be moving on by eating a giant swan pie with his bare hands - hilarious and disturbing, but well worth a watch!)