Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire 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.
Elizabeth's eldest daughter, Mary Boleyn
Elizabeth's younger daughter, Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth's son George's signature
Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.
Near contemporary portrait of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle, c. 1550
Portrait of Anne's elder sister Mary Boleyn, by Remigius van Leemput, c. 1630–1670
Interior Court of Savoy, Mechelen
King Henry and Anne Boleyn Deer shooting in Windsor Forest by William Powell Frith, 1903