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 Anne Boleyn
1507-1536, she was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England was
beheaded and her reputation was smeared due to the fact she was
unable to bear her husband a child so he claimed she was a witch.
Henry devised a plot with the assistance of Thomas Cromwell. Anne
was charged with adultery, including an incestuous relationship with
her brother George. Many researchers have argued, however, that
these charges were false.
Her alleged suitors confessed to the charges under torture,
leaving doubt that Anne was really guilty. The charges of adultery
brought against Anne were merely an excuse to have Anne executed so
that Henry would be free to marry Jane Seymour. She was executed
primarily because she did not produce a surviving male heir to the
throne. Anne Boleyn's reputation for being a witch has been
unfairly held against her. In trying to find grounds to incriminate
her, King Henry claimed that she had used witchcraft to make him
fall in love with her. He also said he feared that she would harm
him with poison.
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Florence Newton,
Elisabeth Sawyer,
Mother Shipton,
Mary Butters,
Isobel Goldie
Dolly Pentreath,
Caroline of Brunswick,
Dorothy Clutterbuck,
Margaret Jones,
Marie Laveau,
Witch of Endor
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