Boleyn Boy: My Autobiography

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Her public début at a court event was at the Château Vert (Green Castle) pageant in honour of the imperial ambassadors on 4 March 1522, playing "Perseverance" (one of the dancers in the spectacle, third in precedence behind Henry's sister Mary, and Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of Exeter). She advocated that revenues be distributed to charitable and educational institutions; and she favoured a French alliance.

The Other Boleyn Girl, a book by Philippa Gregory later adapted into a 2008 film which has Mary's sister Anne as one of the main characters. At some point, Mary became Henry's mistress; the starting date and duration of the liaison are unknown. There was a large wen under her chin, and therefore to hide its ugliness she wore a high dress covering her throat. In the BBC television film The Other Boleyn Girl (2003), based on the novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory, she is played by Natascha McElhone.However, historians now recognize her as a key player in the English Reformation, and one of the most influential Queen Consorts ever. There is no evidence as to Mary's exact date of birth, but it occurred sometime between 1499 and 1508.

Prior to his arrest, Norris was treated kindly by the king, who offered him his own horse to use on the May Day festivities.

Marguerite de Navarre was also an author in her own right, and her works include elements of Christian mysticism and reform that verged on heresy, though she was protected by her status as the French king's beloved sister. She was the wife of Francis I of France, and Anne served as her maid of honour for nearly seven years. One evening, in the autumn of 1531, Anne was dining at a manor house on the River Thames and was almost seized by a crowd of angry women.