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Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford

1505 - 1542

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Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (née Parker; c. 1505 – 13 February 1542) was an English noblewoman. Her husband, George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, was the brother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and a cousin-in-law to King Henry VIII’s fifth wife Catherine Howard through Jane Boleyn’s marriage to George Boleyn: Catherine Howard’s cousin. Jane had been a member of the household of Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford has received more than 1,770,966 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford is the 374th most popular companion (down from 317th in 2019), the 1,009th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 928th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Companion.

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  • 21

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  • 4.07

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  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 374 out of 784. Before her are Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Amestris, Fredegund, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Prince Joachim of Prussia, and Countess Georgina von Wilczek. After her are John I, Duke of Bourbon, Tjuyu, Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Isabella of Bourbon, and Sophie of Pomerania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 5. Before her are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Mary of Hungary, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and Andrea Amati. After her are Michel de l'Hôpital, Juan de Valdés, Christine of Saxony, Mikołaj Rej, Christoph Amberger, Lambert Lombard, and Nikolaus Federmann. Among people deceased in 1542, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 8. Before her are Lisa del Giocondo, 2nd Dalai Lama, James V of Scotland, Lapu-Lapu, Hernando de Soto, and Dosso Dossi. After her are Sayyida al Hurra, Peter Henlein, Thomas Wyatt, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Cristóvão da Gama, and Diego de Almagro II.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 1,009 out of 8,785. Before her are Ian Curtis (1956), Jill Ireland (1936), Bill Shankly (1913), Michael Nyman (1944), Colin Chapman (1928), and Alasdair MacIntyre (1929). After her are James Mason (1909), William Whewell (1794), Phil Neville (1977), Henry (1100), Allan Pinkerton (1819), and Michael Smith (1932).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford ranks 34. Before her are Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Charles Lightoller (1874), Eadgyth (910), and Anne Hyde (1637). After her are Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Matilda of Scotland (1080), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Mary de Bohun (1369), John Newton (1725), and Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965).

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