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Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford

1505 - 1542

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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. Jane had been a member of the household of Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon. It is possible that she played a role in the verdicts against, and subsequent executions of, her husband and Anne Boleyn. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford is the 498th most popular companion (down from 374th in 2019), the 1,612th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,010th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Companion.

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Among companions, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 498 out of 784. Before her are Abbad ibn Bishr, Princess Amalia of Sweden, Constance of Burgundy, Ri Sol-ju, Al-Khayzuran, and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After her are Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Aelia Flaccilla, Nimaathap, Adela of Pfalzel, and Ayşe Hatun.

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Among people born in 1505, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 5. Before her are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Mary of Hungary, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and Andrea Amati. After her are Michel de l'Hôpital, Mikołaj Rej, Juan de Valdés, Lambert Lombard, Christine of Saxony, Nikolaus Federmann, and Christoph Amberger. Among people deceased in 1542, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 10. Before her are Lisa del Giocondo, 2nd Dalai Lama, Hernando de Soto, Dosso Dossi, Sayyida al Hurra, and Peter Henlein. After her are Thomas Wyatt, Girolamo Aleandro, Ludwig Senfl, Nikolaus Federmann, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, and Diego de Almagro II.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 1,612 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Arne (1710), Frank Lampard (1978), Colin Dexter (1930), Michael Redgrave (1908), Chris Patten (1944), and Olaf Stapledon (1886). After her are Alan Shearer (1970), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Edward Waring (1736), David Byron (1947), Ellie Goulding (1986), and Harold Lowe (1882).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 45. Before her are Judith of Flanders (844), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Anabella Drummond (1350), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), and Mary de Bohun (1369). After her are Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), Ealhswith (852), John Newton (1725), John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), and Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901).

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