After centuries (really, no kidding), a portrait of a woman was identified as Mary Boleyn, the older sister of "Anne of a Thousand Days" Boleyn, who married the king, birthed a queen, and lost her head. Mary, despite not getting to do any of those three things (she might not have been too eager for the third honor) apparently was also privileged to share the king's bed, may have had two of his unofficial offspring, and may have also gotten intimate with a king of France. She was married, officially, twice as well.
(Reading that Wikipedia entry intro was kinda fun.)
Despite all of that activity (emphasis on "active"), she died "in obscurity".
About that picture:
Mystery woman in Royal Collection portrait is finally identified after 300 years as Mary Boleyn, who was King Henry VIII's mistress before he fell for her little sister Anne
The newly identified Mary Boleyn painting:
And in the movies (Scarlett Johannsen as Mary)
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