House of Boleyn

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The House of Boleyn was an English noble family of the Tudor period, most famous for producing Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Boleyn family 7
Boleyn 2
House of Boleyn canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble family
noble house
activeDuring Tudor England
surface form: Tudor period
associatedCounty Kent
Norfolk
associatedMonarch Elizabeth I of England
Henry VIII of England
coatOfArmsFeature three bulls’ heads caboshed
connectedDynasty Tudor dynasty
surface form: House of Tudor
connectedToEstate Hever Castle
country Kingdom of England
decline after execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536
ethnicGroup English
famousFor maternal ancestry of Queen Elizabeth I
producing Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII
historicalEra 16th century
historicalReputation controversial and influential in Tudor politics
language English
laterReligiousAssociations English Reformation
linkedToEvent English Reformation
fall of Anne Boleyn
maritalAllianceWith Tudor dynasty
surface form: House of Tudor
maternalLineOf Elizabeth I of England
notableFor connection to the succession crisis of Henry VIII
influence at the Tudor court
notableMember Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
Geoffrey Boleyn
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
Mary Boleyn
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
Sir William Boleyn
surface form: William Boleyn
origin Norfolk gentry
parentHouse Bullen family
politicalAlignment Tudor court faction
region England
religion Roman Catholicism
riseToProminence reign of Henry VIII
roseThrough court service
marriage alliances
seat Hever Castle
surface form: Hever Castle, Kent
socialClass nobility
surnameVariant Bullen
titleHeld Earl of Ormond
Earl of Wiltshire
Viscount Rochford

Referenced by (12)

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Anne Boleyn partOf House of Boleyn
House of Howard maritalAllianceWith House of Boleyn
Hever Castle ownedBy House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn family
Hever Castle ownedBy House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Anne Boleyn's family
Blickling Hall associatedWith House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn family
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire nobleFamily House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn family
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire familyName House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire nobleFamily House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn family
Mary Boleyn familyName House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn
Mary Boleyn partOf House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn family
Mary Boleyn nobleFamily House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn family
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford memberOf House of Boleyn
this entity surface form: Boleyn family