Boleyn

A Francisation of traditional English "Bullen" coming from the French name Boulogne, Boleyn is the surname of a noble English family particularly prominent in the Tudor period. People with this surname include:


 * Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England (1533–1536), second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I
 * Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire c. 1480-1538), mother of Anne Boleyn
 * Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn, lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII, wife of Sir James Boleyn
 * Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463), Lord Mayor of London
 * George Boleyn (priest) (died 1603), Dean of Lichfield
 * George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504–1536), brother of Anne
 * James Boleyn (died 1561), a courtier of Henry VIII, husband of Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
 * Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (c. 1505–1542), wife of George
 * Mary Boleyn c. 1499–1543), Anne's sister and long-term mistress of Henry VIII
 * Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c. 1477–1539) father of Anne, George and Mary, courtier and ambassador
 * William Boleyn (1451–1505), father of Thomas