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Anne Boleyn 1475 – 1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 November 1475

Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk

Death Date: 6 January 1556

Death Location: Carrow, Norwich

Father: Sir Suffolk

Mother: Margaret Ormonde

Spouse(s): Sir Shelton)

Children(s): Margaret Shelton, Mary Shelton, Thomas Shelton, Sir Shelton, Gabriella Shelton, Sir Shelton, Anne Shelton

Anne Boleyn was born in 1475 in Blickling, Norfolk, the child of Sir William Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk and Margaret Butler, Lady of Ormonde. Anne Boleyn married Sir John William Shelton (21st Baron of Shelton), and had children including Margaret "Madge" Shelton, Mary Shelton, Thomas Shelton, Sir Ralph Deepham Shelton, Gabriella Shelton, Sir John Williams "The Younger" Lord of Shelton Manor Shelton, Anne Shelton. Anne Boleyn passed away in 1556 in Carrow, Norwich.

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Biography

  • Anne Boleyn was born in 1475 in Blickling, Norfolk, the child of Sir William Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk and Margaret Butler, Lady of Ormonde.
  • Anne Boleyn married Sir John William Shelton (21st Baron of Shelton), and had children including Margaret "Madge" Shelton, Mary Shelton, Thomas Shelton, Sir Ralph Deepham Shelton, Gabriella Shelton, Sir John Williams "The Younger" Lord of Shelton Manor Shelton, Anne Shelton.
  • Anne Boleyn passed away in 1556 in Carrow, Norwich.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Anne Boleyn's Ancestors

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Anne Boleyn
1475 – 1556
Birth Place: Blickling, Norfolk
Parents
Sir William Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk
1451 – 1505
Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England
Margaret (Butler, Lady of) Ormonde
1454 – 1539
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Grandparents
Godfried (Sir) Boleyn
1405 – 1462
Blickling, Norfolk
Anna Hoo
1425 – 1484
Blickling, Norfolk
Sir (Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of) Ormond
1425 – 1515
Kilkenny Castle, Ormande Kerry, Ireland
Lady (Anne Hankeford) Butler
1428 – 1485
Ormond, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Anne Boleyn's Descendants

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Anne Boleyn (28 November 1475 – 6 January 1556) m. Sir (John William Shelton (21st Baron of) Shelton) (12 Dec 1472 – 21 Dec 1539)
  1. 1. Margaret ("Madge") Shelton (1472 – 1557)
  2. 2. Mary Shelton (1497 – 1570)
  3. 3. Thomas Shelton (1498 – 1579)
  4. 4. Sir (Ralph Deepham) Shelton (1501 – 1528)
  5. 5. Gabriella Shelton (1501 – 1512)
  6. 6. Sir (John Williams "The Younger" Lord of Shelton Manor) Shelton (1504 – 15 Nov 1558)
  7. 7. Anne Shelton (1505 – 17 Sep 1563)

Anne Boleyn's Timeline

2 Records

1475
28 November 1475
Birth of Anne Boleyn in Blickling, Norfolk
Blickling, Norfolk
1556
6 January 1556
Age 81
Death of Anne Boleyn in Carrow, Norwich
Carrow, Norwich

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 November 1475
    Event Place: Blickling, Norfolk
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Shakspeareana genealogica

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 January 1556
    Event Place: Carrow, Norwich
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shelton, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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