Boleyn

Francization of traditional English "Bullen", Boleyn is the surname of a noble English family particularly prominent in the Tudor period, members of which include:

  • Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII
  • Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, mother of Anne Boleyn
  • Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn
  • Geoffrey Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London
  • George Boleyn (dean)
  • George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, brother of Anne
  • James Boleyn
  • Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford
  • Mary Boleyn, Anne's sister and long-term mistress of Henry VIII
  • Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, father of Anne, George and Mary, courtier and ambassador
  • Lady Margaret Butler, married name Boleyn, mother of the above

The name also occurs in:

  • Boleyn Ground in London, often also known as Upton Park, the football stadium of West Ham United F.C.

Famous quotes containing the word boleyn:

    Toll on, thou passing bell;
    Ring out my doleful knell;
    —George Boleyn (d. 1536)