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George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504 – 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.
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.
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.
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.
GEORGE BOLEYN, Viscount Rochford (d. 1536), was the son of Sir Thomas Boleyn, earl of Wiltshire, and brother of Anne Boleyn.
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...
March 1533 – George, Viscount Rochford, was sent to France to present King Francis I with letters from Henry VIII, “written in the King’s own hand” informing the French king of his marriage to Anne Boleyn and encouraging his support for this marriage (LP 5. 230).
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.
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.
