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George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
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. George was the maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth I, although he died long before his niece ascended the throne.
- Diplomat, politician, poet
- Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
- c. 1504, Blickling Hall, Norfolk
- Elizabeth Howard
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. 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.
GEORGE BOLEYN, Viscount Rochford (d. 1536), was the son of Sir Thomas Boleyn, earl of Wiltshire, and brother of Anne Boleyn. Of the date of his birth we have no record, and the earliest notice of him is in the year 1522, when his name appears, joined with that of his father, as the holder of various offices about Tunbridge granted to them by ...
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. But George also took the stage in the playing out of the politics of the early 1530s.
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George Boleyn. On May 15, 1536, took place one of the most sensational trials of the 16 th century. George Boleyn, the brother of Queen Anne, answered charges of high treason—that he had committed incest with his sister and conspired at the king’s death. Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, had directly before been found guilty of treason.
The title fell out of use as a courtesy title in 1536 when George Boleyn was executed on false charges of treason. [3] It became extinct when Thomas died in 1539. [1] In 1542, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, George's widow, was also executed after she was implicated in the fall of Queen Catherine Howard. [4]
