The arms of the Boleyn family, showing three bull's heads on a white field
Country
Kingdom of England
Place of origin
Norfolk
Founded
1283; 741 years ago (1283)
Founder
John Boleyn
Final head
Thomas Boleyn
Seat
Hever Castle
Titles
Marchioness of Pembroke
Earl of Wiltshire
Earl of Ormond
Viscount Rochford
Queen consort of England
Dissolution
1637 (1637)
The Boleyn family was 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 and queen consort of Henry VIII, their daughter being the future Elizabeth I.[1]
John Boleyn of Salle, Norfolk first appears on the register of Walsingham Abbey.[2] There is a possibility that John Boleyn had a father by the name of “Simon de Boleyne” who purchased lands in the aforementioned village of Salle, Norfolk in 1252.[3]
Due to the irregularity of English spelling at this period, the name in documents is also spelled Bulleyn or Bullen. It has been suggested that the surname "Boleyn" was originally pronounced as "Boulogne", owing the idea of a French origin for the family.[4]
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and King Charles III are descendants of Mary Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's sister.[5]
Hever Castle in Kent was the family seat of the Boleyns and the childhood home of future queen consort Anne Boleyn.[6] Sir Geoffrey Boleyn bought Hever Castle in 1462 and Blickling Hall in Norfolk in 1452.[7][8] The Boleyns lived off the profits of the estates, only visiting them occasionally, but Hever Castle was home when they were not at court or on the king's missions.[9]
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of Queen Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Sir Geoffrey built the domestic, mercantile and civic fortunes of the Boleynfamily, and raised its...
Sir William Boleyn, KB (1451 – 10 October 1505) of Blickling Hall in Norfolk and Hever Castle in Kent, was a wealthy and powerful landowner who served...
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William Kingston Hans Holbein the Younger Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, wife of Thomas Boleyn Stephen Gardiner John Lambert (martyr) Henry Pole...
loss was the beginning of the end of this royal marriage. Although the Boleynfamily still held important positions on the Privy Council, Anne had many enemies...
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century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family. Anne Boleyn, the second queen consort of King Henry VIII of England...
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Sir James Boleyn (died 1561) was a courtier in the reign of Henry VIII of England and chancellor of the household of his niece, Anne Boleyn, the second...
with a particular focus on the life of the Boleynfamily. Since 2009 she has run the websites TheAnneBoleynFiles.com and Elizabethfiles.com. In 2014, Claire...
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Mary Boleyn – the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, English Ambassador to France. Later, Henry turned his attention to Mary's younger sister, Anne Boleyn, a lady-in-waiting...
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