Boleyn
Francisation of traditional English "Bullen",[citation needed] Boleyn is the surname of a noble English family particularly prominent in the Tudor period, members of which include:
- Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England (1533 - 1536), second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, mother of Anne Boleyn
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn
- Geoffrey Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London
- George Boleyn (dean)
- George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, brother of Anne
- James Boleyn
- Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford
- Mary Boleyn, Anne's sister and long-term mistress of Henry VIII
- Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, father of Anne, George and Mary, courtier and ambassador
- Lady Margaret Butler, married name Boleyn, mother of Thomas
The name also occurs in:
- Boleyn Ground in London, often also known as Upton Park, formerly the football stadium of West Ham United F.C.
See also
This page lists people with the surname Boleyn.
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