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30 Unforeseen Facts About Anne Boleyn

Tudor period - House of Tudor

18. Anne Spoke Fluent French

Mary Tudor and her husband, Philip of Spain. Hans Eworth/ Bedford Collection, Woburn Abbey, England; published between pages 220 and 221 in Porter, Linda (2007) Mary Tudor: The First Queen. London: Little, Brown/ Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain.

While queen, Anne spent much time in France with her sister-in-law, Mary Tudor. She learned to speak French fluently and adopted many French mannerisms. In fact, some believed that Anne Boyle had more French cultural “isms” than English! She was one of the most cultured and intelligent queens of the time, possibly in history.

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