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George was the son of Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond, and his wife, Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey and future 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney, therefore George was the nephew of the future 3rd Duke of Norfolk, [4] [5] and first cousin of poet and soldier Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, [6] [7] of Mary ...
The Boleyn family was a prominent English family in the gentry and aristocracy. They reached the peak of their influence during the Tudor period , when Anne Boleyn became the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII , their daughter being the future Elizabeth I .
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (née Parker; c. 1505 – 13 February 1542) was an English noblewoman. Her husband, George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, was the brother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and a cousin to King Henry VIII's fifth wife Catherine Howard, making Jane a cousin-in-law.
Sir William Boleyn II [1] (1451–1505) Sheriff of Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk: Lady Margaret Butler [1] (c. 1454 – 1539) Elizabeth Howard (c. 1480 - 1538) Sir Thomas Boleyn [1] (c. 1477 –1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormand: William Boleyn (1491–1571) Sir James Boleyn (1493–1561) Sir Edward Boleyn (c. 1496 - ) George Boleyn Viscount ...
Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, [1] 1st Viscount Rochford KG [2] KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1542, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, George's widow, was also executed after she was implicated in the fall of Queen Catherine Howard. [ 4 ] The title was recreated in 1619 for Thomas Boleyn's great-great-grandson Henry Carey, 4th Baron Hunsdon , who was created Earl of Dover in 1628.
Mary Boleyn, mistress of Henry VIII of England (c.1499 – 19 July 1543). George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c.1504 – 17 May 1536). Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of Henry VIII of England (c. 1507 – 19 May 1536) The other two boys were Thomas born 1496 and Henry 'Hal' born 1500. Both died of the sweating sickness plague during the outbreak in ...
This book was the first modern biography of George Boleyn, the last biography was written over 100 years ago by a French ambassador, Edmond Bapst. [5] [6] This book was published in 2014. Ridgway went on to work with J A Macfarlane on a translation of Bapst's book on George Boleyn and Henry Howard, Two Gentleman Poets at the Court of Henry VIII ...