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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 to King Henry VIII's fifth wife Catherine Howard, making Jane a cousin-in-law.
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 .
Jane Foole, also known as Jane The Foole, Jane, The Queen's Fool, "Jeanne le Fol" or "Jane Hir Fole" (fl. 1543–1558), was an English court fool (distinct from a jester). She was the fool of queens Catherine Parr and Mary I , and possibly also of Anne Boleyn .
George was the son of Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond, and his wife, Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey and future 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney, therefore George was the nephew of the future 3rd Duke of Norfolk, [4] [5] and first cousin of poet and soldier Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, [6] [7] of Mary ...
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire: Nick Dunning: 1–2 Mary Boleyn: Perdita Weeks: 1–2 George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford: Padraic Delaney: 1–2 Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford: Joanne King: 2–4 Lady Margaret Sheldon: Laura Jane Laughlin 2 Mark Smeaton: David Alpay: 2 William Brereton: James Gilbert: 2 Edward Seymour, Earl of ...
Thomas Boleyn: Nick Dunning (2007–2008) Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire: Episode 1.01 Episode 2.10 Father of George, Mary, and Anne Boleyn, and brother-in-law to the Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Boleyn appears initially as the English ambassador to France, who sees his daughters primarily as a means to advance family interests.
A Tudor bed valance decorated with the insignia of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was kept by her family and is now held by the Burrell Collection. [18] [19] John Shelton (1500 – November 1558), 22nd Lord of Shelton, married Margaret Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley and elder sister to Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford. [12]
Jane Rochford is summoned to court by the Duke of Norfolk to be a lady-in-waiting at the court of King Henry VIII. Jane has unpleasant memories of court, because she is the widow of George Boleyn and sister-in-law to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. George and Anne Boleyn were both executed in 1536 for "adultery, incest and plotting to ...