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Mary Boleyn

1499 - 1543

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Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary, (c. 1499 – July 1543) was the 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 6,580,295 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Mary Boleyn is the 34th most popular companion (up from 45th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 187th in 2019) and the 4th 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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  • 72.62

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Mary Boleyn ranks 34 out of 784. Before her are Mileva Marić, Victoria, Princess Royal, Hortense de Beauharnais, Olympias, Caroline of Ansbach, and Ingrid of Sweden. After her are Messalina, Maria Theresa of Spain, Eugénie de Montijo, Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, and Queen Sonja of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Mary Boleyn ranks 2. Before her is Pope Pius IV. After her are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Giulio Romano, Claude of France, Peter of Alcantara, Bernardino de Sahagún, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Maria Salviati, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Among people deceased in 1543, Mary Boleyn ranks 3. Before her are Nicolaus Copernicus, and Şehzade Mehmed. After her are Afonso I of Kongo, Al-Mutawakkil III, Johann Eck, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, 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 145 out of 8,785. Before her are Michael Caine (1933), William Blake (1757), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), Cat Stevens (1948), Howard Carter (1874), and Eric Clapton (1945). After her are Jane Birkin (1946), Æthelstan (895), Anna Wintour (1949), Rowan Atkinson (1955), Helen Mirren (1945), and Henry Purcell (1659).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Mary Boleyn ranks 4. Before her are Anne Boleyn (1501), Jane Seymour (1508), and Victoria, Princess Royal (1840). After her are Catherine Parr (1512), Catherine Howard (1523), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), Mary of Teck (1867), and Elizabeth Woodville (1437).

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