George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford

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George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, was an English courtier, diplomat, and poet best known as the brother of Queen Anne Boleyn and for his execution in 1536 on charges of treason and alleged incest.

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instanceOf English nobleman
courtier
diplomat
poet
associatedWith Anne Boleyn
English Reformation
Thomas Cromwell
burialPlace Tower of London
surface form: Tower of London (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, traditionally)
charge alleged incest with Anne Boleyn
treason against Henry VIII
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfDeath 17 May 1536
employer Henry VIII of England
father Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
historicalPeriod Tudor England
surface form: Tudor period
languageUsed English
French
Latin
mannerOfDeath execution by beheading
memberOf House of Boleyn
surface form: Boleyn family
mother Elizabeth Howard
nobleTitle Viscount Rochford
notableEvent arrest in May 1536
execution in 1536
trial for treason in May 1536
notableFor being the brother of Queen Anne Boleyn
his execution alongside other alleged lovers of Anne Boleyn
his role as a courtier and diplomat under Henry VIII
notableWork religious and courtly poetry (largely lost)
participantIn politics of the Henrician Reformation
placeOfDeath Tower Hill, London
surface form: Tower Hill, London (historically recorded as at the Tower of London)
positionHeld courtier in the court of Henry VIII
diplomat in the service of Henry VIII
relative Henry VIII of England
surface form: Henry VIII of England (brother-in-law)
religion Roman Catholic (before the English Reformation)
sexOrGender male
sibling Anne Boleyn
Mary Boleyn
spouse Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford

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Anne Boleyn sibling George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
Pádraic Delaney notableRole George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
this entity surface form: George Boleyn in The Tudors
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire child George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire motherOf George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
House of Boleyn notableMember George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
Mary Boleyn sibling George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford