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Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire

1480 - 1538

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Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born Elizabeth Howard; c. 1480 – 3 April 1538) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire has received more than 1,071,610 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire is the 375th most popular nobleman (down from 288th in 2019), the 1,217th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 979th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Nobleman.

Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, was the mother of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 375 out of 1,415Before her are Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick, and Elias, Duke of Parma. After her are Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily, Igor Svyatoslavich, Leotychidas, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, John V, Duke of Brittany, and Beatrice of Silesia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 23Before her are Salaì, Jean Clouet, Matrakçı Nasuh, Juan de Grijalva, Stańczyk, and Charlotte of Albret. After her are Sebastián de Belalcázar, Herri met de Bles, António de Abreu, Pir Sultan Abdal, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and Pedro Damiano. Among people deceased in 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 8Before her are Albrecht Altdorfer, Diego de Almagro, Andrea Gritti, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Elena Glinskaya, and Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. After her are Charles II, Duke of Guelders, Askia Mohammad I, Estêvão Gomes, Saadet I Giray, Pierre Robert Olivétan, and Érard de la Marck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 1,217 out of 8,785Before her are Smithson Tennant (1761), Robert Shaw (1927), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Alistair MacLean (1922), and Ruth Rendell (1930). After her are Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), David Thewlis (1963), Alasdair Gray (1934), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Black (1962), and Stephen Hales (1677).

Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire ranks 36Before her are Isabella of England (1214), John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), and Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689). After her are Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Louise d'Orléans (1869), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), and Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737).