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George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504 [3] – 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.
May 17, 2011 · 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.
May 19, 2022 · 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.
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.
Aug 4, 2022 · According to historians and fiction writers alike, Jane (also known as Viscountess or Lady Rochford) provided damning testimony that sent her husband, George, and his sister Anne to the...
GEORGE BOLEYN, VISCOUNT ROCHFORD. BORN: c. 1500. EXECUTED: MAY 1536. Brother of Anne Boleyn. One of the men accused of adultery with the Queen and executed along with her.
The title fell out of use as a courtesy title in 1536 when George Boleyn was executed on false charges of treason. It became extinct when Thomas died in 1539. In 1542, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, George's widow, was also executed after she was implicated in the fall of Queen Catherine Howard.
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-in-law to King Henry VIII’s fifth wife Catherine Howard through Jane Boleyn’s marriage to George Boleyn ...
GEORGE BOLEYN, Viscount Rochford (d. 1536), was the son of Sir Thomas Boleyn, earl of Wiltshire, and brother of Anne Boleyn.
Jul 26, 2020 · Name: George Boleyn. Title/s: 2 nd Viscount Rochford. Birth: c.1503. Death: 17 May 1536 on Tower Hill, London, England. Burial: Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, England. Spouse: Jane Parker, Viscountess Rochford c.1505-1542.