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Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire

1480 - 1538

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Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born Elizabeth Howard; c. 1480 – 3 April 1538) was an English noblewoman, noted for being the mother of Anne Boleyn and as such the maternal grandmother of Elizabeth I of England. The eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney, she married Thomas Boleyn sometime in the later 15th century. Elizabeth became Viscountess Rochford in 1525 when her husband was elevated to the peerage, subsequently becoming Countess of Ormond in 1527 and Countess of Wiltshire in 1529. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire is the 474th most popular nobleman (down from 376th in 2019), the 1,568th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,218th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Nobleman.

Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, was the mother of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 474 out of 1,415. Before her are Princess Louise of Orléans, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Henriette of Cleves, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, and Archduchess Louise of Austria. After her are Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Hanzade Sultan, John, Count of Angoulême, Constantin Brâncoveanu, and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 24. Before her are Juan de Grijalva, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Jean Clouet, Stańczyk, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and Charlotte of Albret. After her are António de Abreu, Pir Sultan Abdal, Matrakçı Nasuh, Pedro Damiano, Girolamo Aleandro, and Herri met de Bles. Among people deceased in 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 9. Before her are Diego de Almagro, Askia Mohammad I, Andrea Gritti, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, and Elena Glinskaya. After her are Charles II, Duke of Guelders, Érard de la Marck, Estêvão Gomes, Pierre Robert Olivétan, and Saadet I Giray.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 1,568 out of 8,785. Before her are Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), William McDougall (1871), Alun Armstrong (1946), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Mary Ann Nichols (1845). After her are Malcolm McLaren (1946), Mary de Bohun (1369), Andy Fletcher (1961), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990), Clive Burr (1957), and Ginger Baker (1939).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 48. Before her are Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Louise d'Orléans (1869), and Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424). After her are Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), and Eleanor of Woodstock (1318).

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