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Mary Boleyn

1499 - 1543

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Mary Boleyn (c. 1499 – 19 or 30 July 1543), also known as Lady Mary, was the sister of English queen consort Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII. Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the King's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either. Mary was also rumoured to have been a mistress of Henry VIII's rival, King Francis I of France, for some period between 1515 and 1519. Mary Boleyn was married twice: in 1520 to William Carey, and again, secretly, in 1534, to William Stafford, a soldier from a good family but with few prospects. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Boleyn is the 43rd most popular companion (down from 34th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 145th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Companion.

Mary Boleyn is most famous for being the sister of Anne Boleyn, who was the second wife of King Henry VIII.

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Among companions, Mary Boleyn ranks 43 out of 784. Before her are Priscilla Presley, Brigitte Macron, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Joseph Bonaparte, Bathsheba, and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. After her are Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Victoria, Princess Royal, Ingrid of Sweden, Hafsa bint Umar, Mileva Marić, and Caroline of Ansbach.

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Among people born in 1499, Mary Boleyn ranks 2. Before her is Pope Pius IV. After her are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Claude of France, Giulio Romano, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Claude Garamond, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Among people deceased in 1543, Mary Boleyn ranks 3. Before her are Nicolaus Copernicus, and Şehzade Mehmed. After her are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Al-Mutawakkil III, Afonso I of Kongo, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Johann Eck, Quli Qutb Shah, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Maria Salviati, and Francesco Canova da Milano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Boleyn ranks 180 out of 8,785. Before her are Mark Knopfler (1949), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Aldous Huxley (1894), and Robert Brown (1773). After her are Henry Purcell (1659), Betty Williams (1943), Elton John (1947), Robert Clive (1725), Bon Scott (1946), and Terry Pratchett (1948).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Mary Boleyn ranks 8. Before her are Mary of Teck (1867), Anne Hathaway (1556), Maud of Wales (1869), Catherine Parr (1512), Jane Seymour (1508), and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596). After her are Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Catherine Howard (1523), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), and Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496).

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