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Mary Boleyn

1499 - 1543

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Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary, (c. 1499 – 19 July 1543) was the elder sister of English queen consort Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII. Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the King's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Boleyn has received more than 6,256,498 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Mary Boleyn is the 45th most popular companion (down from 16th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Companion.

Mary Boleyn is most famous for being the sister of Anne Boleyn, who was the second wife of King Henry VIII.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Mary Boleyn ranks 45 out of 673Before her are Magda Goebbels, Salman the Persian, Marie Leszczyńska, Désirée Clary, Caroline of Ansbach, and Elizabeth Woodville. After her are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Elisabeth of Valois, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Theodora, and Ingrid of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Mary Boleyn ranks 2Before her is Pope Pius IV. After her are Claude of France, Diane de Poitiers, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Giulio Romano, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Michiel Coxie, and Maria Salviati. Among people deceased in 1543, Mary Boleyn ranks 3Before her are Nicolaus Copernicus and Şehzade Mehmed. After her are Afonso I of Kongo, Al-Mutawakkil III, Johann Eck, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francesco Canova da Milano, and Polidoro da Caravaggio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Boleyn ranks 187 out of 7,765Before her are Anna Wintour (1949), Edward Smith (1850), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Humphry Davy (1778), Henry I of England (1068), and Elizabeth Woodville (1437). After her are Jeff Beck (1944), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), J. K. Rowling (1965), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Thomas Newcomen (1663), and Roald Dahl (1916).

Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Mary Boleyn ranks 8Before her are Jane Seymour (1508), Elizabeth of York (1466), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Catherine Howard (1523), Catherine Parr (1512), and Elizabeth Woodville (1437). After her are Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Margaret Tudor (1489), Mary of Teck (1867), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), and Mordred (null).