William Boleyn
Sir William Boleyn (* 1451 in Blickling , Norfolk ; † October 10, 1505 ) was an English nobleman .
He was a Knight of the Bath to beat Knight and was from 1489 High Sheriff of Kent .
William Boleyn was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire , and the paternal grandfather of Anne Boleyn , the second wife of King Henry VIII of England . His parents were Sir Geoffrey Boleyn and Anne Hoo .
He was married to Lady Margaret Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde . He had ten children with her:
- Anne Boleyn (1475–1555), ⚭ Sir John Shelton
- Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477–1539), ⚭ Elizabeth Howard
- John Boleyn (1481-1484)
- Anthony Boleyn (1483-1493)
- Jane Boleyn (1485–1501), ⚭ Sir Phillip Calthorpe
- Alice Boleyn (1487–1538), ⚭ Robert Clere
- Margaret Boleyn (* around 1489), ⚭ John Sackville
- William Boleyn (1491-1571)
- James Boleyn (1493–1561), ⚭ Elizabeth Wood
- Edward Boleyn (* around 1496), ⚭ Anne Tempest
Web links
- Sir William Boleyn on thepeerage.com
- Boleyn Family
- Anne Boleyn and John Shelton
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| SURNAME | Boleyn, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman and High Sheriff of Kent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1451 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blickling , Norfolk |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1505 |