Jane Boleyn | |
---|---|
Viscountess Rochford | |
Born | Jane Parker c. 1505 Norfolk, England |
Died | 13 February 1542 Tower of London, England | (aged 36–37)
Buried | Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London 51°30′31″N 0°04′37″W / 51.508611°N 0.076944°W |
Noble family | Parker Boleyn (by marriage) |
Spouse(s) | |
Father | Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley |
Mother | Alice St John |
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. It is possible that she played a role in the verdicts against, and subsequent executions of, her husband and Anne Boleyn. She was later a lady-in-waiting to Henry's third and fourth wives, and then to his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, with whom she was executed.