page_title: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
section_title: Marriage and issue
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire / Marriage and issue
caption_attribution_description: English: Signature of Mary Boleyn as "Mary Carey" after her marriage to William Carey Deutsch: Unterschrift Mary Boleyns als "Mary Carey" nach ihrer Heirat mit William Carey
context_page_description: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB, of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, Queen consort and the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
context_section_description: At some time before 1499 he married Lady Elizabeth Howard, eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his wife Elizabeth Tilney. Five children are attested, only three of whom survived childhood:
  Mary Boleyn (c. 1499 – 19 July 1543); Mary Carey (1520–1528); Mary Stafford (1534–1543); Mary's second husband, William Stafford, was knighted in 1545 – two years after his wife's death in 1543.
  Thomas Boleyn the younger (c. 1500 – )
  Anne Boleyn (c. 1501/1507 – 19 May 1536); later Marquess of Pembroke (1532–1536); later Queen Consort of England (1533–1536)
  Henry Boleyn (c. 1502/03 – )
  George Boleyn (c. 1504 – 17 May 1536); later 2nd Viscount Rochford (1529–1536) by courtesy
caption: Thomas's elder daughter Mary's signature
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