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Question: Which castle did Anne Boleyn reside in while she was queen!?
Or which castle was Anne Boleyn maid in waiting to Queen Catharine of Aragon!? I know that she gave birth to Elizabeth in Greenwich but I would like to know where she lived during that time!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Anne was made maid of honour to Katherine around 1521!. "Her first recorded appearance at Court was Mar 1, 1522 at a masque!." The court was where the king was, and he had many splendid palaces to choose from, moving from place to place so that each palace could be cleaned out (privies cleared, etc) and freshened for the next visit!.

So, while Anne was with Katherine, they could have been at Hampton Court, Greenwich, Whitehall, Windsor, Nonsuch, etc!. During the time Henry was courting her, she spent time at her childhood home of Hever Castle!.

Before Anne was eventually crowned, she spent the preceding nights in the royal quarters at the Tower of London (non-existent now)!. Ironically, she stayed in the same rooms prior to her execution!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hever Castle was Anne Boleyn's childhood home and where she retreated after she was banished from court in 1523 because of her romance with Lord Henry Percy!.

Anne spent 18 months at the residence of Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, in Mechelen, Belgium, outside of Brussels!.

British-occupied Calais was where Henry and Anne finally became lovers in October 1532!.

When Anne moved in to Hampton Court Palace she had mirrors put in the roof of her apartments!.
Life at Hampton Court was rather interesting at this time!. Before Henry VIII decided to make Anne Boleyn his second wife, he had a relationship with her sister Mary, married but now widowed!. A family tradition, years ago, their mother had been the King's mistress!. also at the court was Elizabeth Blount who had not only been the King's mistress for some years but had given birth to the King's son!. Later she was married off to Gilbert Tailbois, and lived in Lincolnshire!. When her husband died she was back at court!. So was her son, who as Henry VIII's only son, was given equal status with his daughter Princess Mary!. And if the king was to marry again, what better than to marry the mother of his own son!. Anne and Elizabeth were deadly rivals!. Anne even tried to have the king's son - Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, poisoned!. Meanwhile Queen Katherine still occupied the Queen's state apartments!. Even as her husband was planning to divorce her and marry Anne, he had started a new relationship with Jane Seymour, and he also had a fling with one of Anne's cousins!.Www@QuestionHome@Com