Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire

Marriages

• Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of WiltshireEnglish diplomat and politician of the Tudor era (1477-1539)from 1500

Siblings

• Lord Edmund Howard16th-century English nobleman1478–1539

Children

• Mary BoleynSister of the queen of England Anne Boleync. 1499–1543
• Anne BoleynSecond wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)1501–1536
• George Boleyn, Viscount RochfordEnglish courtier and nobleman; brother of Anne Boleync. 1504–1536

Questions about the House of Tudor

• Why did Henry VII of England succeed Richard III of England?
  Conquest, then confirmation by Parliament and marriage
• Why did Henry VIII of England succeed Henry VII of England?
  Inheritance
• How were Elizabeth I of England and James VI and I related?
  First cousins twice removed

About

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.

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