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Sir Thomas Boleyn Famous memorial
Birth: c.1477 Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Death: 12 Mar 1539 (aged 61-62) Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Burial: St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Memorial #: 12262
Bio:
English Diplomat and Politician. He held the titles of the 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormond during the Tudor era and is best remembered as the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England as well as the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born into a wealthy family around 1477 at Hever Castle in Hever, Kent, England. Little is known of his early life. Sometime prior to 1499, he married Lady Elizabeth Howard, the oldest daughter of Thomas Howard, the 2nd Duke of Norfolk. In 1503 he helped escort Margaret Tudor, the daughter of King Henry VII of England north for her marriage to James IV of Scotland. In 1509 he was created a Knight of the Bath at Henry VIII's coronation. In 1512 he was appointed as one of the three English envoys to the Low Countries (Belgium and the Netherlands) which brought him into contact with the regent Archduchess Margaret of Austria. They both spoke French and Latin and got along well enough for her to accept his daughter Anne as a maid of honor. From 1518 until 1521 he was the English ambassador to France, where he was involved in arrangements for the "Field of Cloth of Gold" meeting between Henry VIII and the new French King Francis I in 1520. From 1521 to 1523 he served as the English envoy to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. In 1523 he was invested as a Knight of the Garter. In 1525 King Henry VIII became enamored with Anne and began pursuing her, even though he was married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Coincidentally, her father was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Rochford in June 1525. As Henry VIII's infatuation for Anne intensified, so did her father's titles. Henry arranged for the main claimant to the earldom of Ormond, Piers Butler to renounce all his claims to the titles in 1529 and was rewarded for his generosity by being created Earl of Ossory five days later. The same year, Boleyn was part of an envoy to a meeting of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Pope Clement VII, to seek support for the annulment of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. In 1530 Boleyn was appointed Lord Privy Seal in 1530 and in 1532, his daughter Anne was granted a peerage, being created Marquess of Pembroke in her own right, before marrying Henry the following year and becoming queen consort. In 1536, when Anne was arrested for high treason and found guilty and executed, he was disgraced and stripped of most of his titles and he returned to Hever Castle where he died three years later at the age of 61 or 62. He was portrayed by actor Sir Michael Hordern in "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), by actor Benjamin Whitrow in "Henry VIII," and by actors Jack Shepherd and Mark Rylance in the 2003 and 2008 film versions of "The Other Boleyn Girl" respectively. In the 2007 Showtime series "The Tudors," his role was played by actor Nick Dunning.
Family Members
Parents
William Boleyn 1451-1505
Margaret Butler Boleyn 1454-1539
Spouse
Elizabeth Howard Boleyn 1480-1538
Siblings
Anthony Boleyn Unknown-1493
Anne Boleyn 1476-1479
Anne Boleyn Shelton 1479-1556
Alice Boleyn Clere 1487-1538
Margaret Boleyn Sackville 1489-Unknown
Half Siblings
Maud Bold Shireburn Unknown-1588
Elizabeth Bold Chase 1488-1536
Children
Henry Boleyn Unknown-1508
Thomas Boleyn 1499-Unknown
Mary Boleyn Carey Stafford 1499-1543
Anne Boleyn 1501-1536
George Boleyn 1504-1536
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Added: 3 Sep 2000
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12262/thomas-boleyn
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12262/thomas-boleyn: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for Sir Thomas Boleyn (c.1477-12 Mar 1539), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12262, citing St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.
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Sir Thomas Boleyn
Original name: Sir Thomas Bullen
Birth: 1477
Death: 1538
Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde, he was the father of Anne Boleyn & the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Parents:
William Boleyn (1451 - 1505)
Spouse:
Elizabeth Howard Boleyn (1480 - 1538)*
Children:
Thomas Boleyn (1499 - 1520)*
Mary Boleyn Stafford (1501 - 1543)*
George Boleyn (1502 - 1536)*
Anne Boleyn (1504 - 1536)*
*Calculated relationship
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Burial:
St Peter Churchyard
Hever
Kent, England
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Sep 04, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 12262
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