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Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

1477 - 1539

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Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. By Henry VIII he was made a Knight of the Garter in 1523 and was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Rochford in 1525 and in 1529 was further ennobled as Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire is the 975th most popular politician (up from 8,588th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,700th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 975 out of 19,576. Before him are Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Shunzhi Emperor, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, William Jennings Bryan, and Robert the Bruce. After him are Justinian II, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, John II of Portugal, Abdullah Gül, Giorgio Napolitano, and Emmanuel Macron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1477, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 1. After him are Anne of Brittany, Il Sodoma, John III of Navarre, Stephen VIII Báthory, Juan de Homedes, Johannes Schöner, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Johannes Aventinus, Jacopo Sadoleto, and Lambert Simnel. Among people deceased in 1539, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 3. Before him are Guru Nanak, and Isabella of Portugal. After him are Isabella d'Este, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Ferdinand Columbus, George, Duke of Saxony, Ayşe Hatun, Elizabeth Blount, Ottaviano Petrucci, and John III, Duke of Cleves.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 275 out of 8,785. Before him are Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), William Henry Bragg (1862), Jane Birkin (1946), William Adams (1564), and Robert the Bruce (1274). After him are Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), John Venn (1834), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 66. Before him are Henry III of England (1207), Horace Walpole (1717), John A. Macdonald (1815), Randal Cremer (1828), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), and Robert the Bruce (1274). After him are Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), and Henry I of England (1068).

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