Anne Boleyn 

Anne Boleyn was Queen Elizabeth’s mother, and was the second wife of the notorious King Henry VIII of England. She earned the attention and romantic favor of King Henry VIII, who was married to Catherine at the time.

After some failed pregnancies and the birth of a daughter and not a son, Henry tired of Anne and had their marriage annulled. She was famously convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by Henry when Elizabeth was only two years old. She was portrayed by actress Natalie Portman in the 2008 film The Other Boleyn Girl.