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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.
SIR THOMAS BOLEYN, EARL OF WILTSHIRE, was the second son of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norfolk, and grandson of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy London merchant, who was lord mayor in 1457.
Oct 7, 2023 · Thomas was 1st Viscount Rochford,1st Earl of Wiltshire, and 1st Earl of Ormond. Thomas was the father of Anne Boleyn, who became the second wife (and Queen Consort) of King Henry VIII, and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
Mar 12, 2014 · On 12th March 1539, just under three years after the executions of two of his children, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire died at Hever Castle, the Boleyn family home, he was in his sixties.
Jul 23, 2010 · Today, I’m going to look at Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, Earl of Ormonde and Viscount Rochford, the father of Queen Anne Boleyn and an important man at the court of King Henry VIII.
Boleyn's claims to the Earldom of Wiltshire derived from his Irish relatives, his maternal great-grandfather, James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond was the 1st Earl of Wiltshire. On 1 May 1461, he was executed on the orders of King Edward IV, following his victory at the Battle of Towton.
A timeline of the known details of the life of Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire, father of Anne Boleyn who died just three years after Anne's execution.
Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB, 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.
Thomas Boleyn was the father of Anne Boleyn . Categories: 1470s births. 1539 deaths. Knights of the Garter.
Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG 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.
