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Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

1477 - 1539

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Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire has received more than 1,853,355 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire is the 8,589th most popular politician (down from 4,597th in 2019), the 1,700th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 997th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 8,589 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Gabriel González Videla, Michael Dukakis, Giustiniano Participazio, Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, and Amanishakheto. After him are Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Azzone Visconti, Dimitar Blagoev, Glaucias of Taulantii, Tong Yabghu Qaghan, and Gala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1477, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 6. Before him are Anne of Brittany, Il Sodoma, John III of Navarre, Stephen VIII Báthory, and Malik Muhammad Jayasi. After him are Johannes Schöner, Johannes Aventinus, Jacopo Sadoleto, Juan de Homedes, and Lambert Simnel. Among people deceased in 1539, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 13. Before him are Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Ayşe Hatun, John III, Duke of Cleves, Pierre Gringore, Elizabeth Blount, and Ottaviano Petrucci. After him are Il Pordenone, and Vannoccio Biringuccio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 1,700 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Hatchett (1765), John Barbirolli (1899), William Renshaw (1861), Robert Pattinson (1986), Mitch Mitchell (1947), and Paddy Roy Bates (1921). After him are Lorna Wing (1928), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), James Finlayson (1887), Noel Gallagher (1967), George Green (1793), and Edward FitzGerald (1809).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ranks 263. Before him are Margaret Bondfield (1873), William Hamilton (1730), Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886), David Trimble (1944), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), and Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766). After him are Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640).

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