The HORRIFIC Execution Of George Boleyn - The Brother Of Henry VIII's Queen

One of the most shocking executions of the Tudor period saw Queen Anne Boleyn facing a French swordsman inside of the Tower of London. However she was not alone in the brutal case to bring about her downfall. Along with the Queen, 5 other men were executed accused of treason and sleeping with Henry VIII's Queen. But George Boleyn was Anne Boleyn's brother who was accused of sleeping with her, and for this he was shockingly sentenced to death.

George Boleyn was a talented courtier and ambassador and he was very well liked by Henry VIII, however when Cromwell was tasked with finding the King a way out his second marriage, George Boleyn fell from grace too. The Boleyn's had risen to prominence following Anne and the King's marriage, but no one would have anticipated the Boleyn's downfall. George was sentenced to death after being accused of sleeping with the Queen, and for this was then imprisoned at the Tower of London. He was then taken for his execution on Tower Hill, and he made a long speech to the crowd before he had his head taken clean off by an axeman.

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