Boleyn family

Boleyn
Noble house
The arms of the Boleyn family, showing 3 bull's heads on a white field
Country	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Ireland
Place of origin	Norfolk
Founded	1283 (1283)
Founder	John Boleyn
Final ruler	Anne Boleyn
Final head	George Boleyn
Titles	List Queen of England Queen of Ireland Lord Mayor of London Lord Privy Seal Treasurer of the Household Earl of Wiltshire Viscount Rochford

The Boleyns were 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 of Henry VIII and their daughter became Elizabeth I.

Members of the family include:

• Geoffrey Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London
• Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, father of Anne, George and Mary, courtier and ambassador
• Lady Margaret Butler, married name Boleyn, mother of Thomas
• Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, mother of Anne, Mary and George Boleyn
• Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn
• James Boleyn
• Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII
• George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, brother of Anne, executed two days before her
• Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, executed alongside Queen Katherine Howard
• Mary Boleyn, Anne's sister and long-term mistress of Henry VIII
• George Boleyn (dean), Elizabethan, probably a distant cousin but allegedly the son of George and Jane Boleyn

Further reading

• Julia Fox, Jane Boleyn:The Infamous Lady Rochford

Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn