Boleyn

Francisation 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, Queen consort of England (1533 - 1536), second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I
• 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 Thomas

The name also occurs in:

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

See also

• Bolin (disambiguation)