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George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504 [2] – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier and nobleman who played a prominent role in the politics of the early 1530s as the brother of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII.
Today has seen the brutal executions of five innocent members of the Tudor Court: Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, George Boleyn (Lord Rochford) and Mark Smeaton. The only good news is that all five men were beheaded rather than hanged, drawn and quartered, a more merciful death but still an awful way to die.
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, (1504 – 1536) was the brother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England. Though his sister would eventually be executed by beheading for treason, George himself met a more gruesome end as he was hung, drawn, and quartered on May 17th, 1536.
Brother to the ill-fated Anne Boleyn, second queen of Henry VIII, George Boleyn is best-known for his arrest and subsequent execution for treason. But how close was he to his royal sister, really? Lauren Mackay investigates...
The Myths of Lady Rochford, the Tudor Noblewoman Who Supposedly Betrayed George and Anne Boleyn. Historians are reevaluating Jane Boleyn’s role in her husband and sister-in-law’s downfall
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, the English courtier and nobleman, is probably best remembered as the brother to Anne Boleyn. As the brother to the second wife of King Henry VIII, he was also the maternal uncle to Queen Elizabeth I.
On May 15, 1536, took place one of the most sensational trials of the 16th c. George Boleyn, brother of Queen Anne, answered charges of high treason.