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Anne Boleyn 1475 – 1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Nov 1475

Birth Location: Blickling,,Norfolk,England

Death Date: 6 Jan 1556

Death Location: Carrow Church,Norwich,,England

Father: William Boleyn

Mother: Lady Butler

Spouse(s): John Shelton

Children(s): John Shelton

Anne Boleyn was born in 1475 in Blickling,,Norfolk,England, the child of William Boleyn and Lady Margaret Butler. Anne Boleyn married John Shelton, and had children including John Shelton. Anne Boleyn passed away in 1556 in Carrow Church,Norwich,,England.

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Biography

  • Anne Boleyn was born in 1475 in Blickling,,Norfolk,England, the child of William Boleyn and Lady Margaret Butler.
  • Anne Boleyn married John Shelton, and had children including John Shelton.
  • Anne Boleyn passed away in 1556 in Carrow Church,Norwich,,England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Boleyn
– 1505
Birth Location: Blicking,,Wiltshire,England
WB
Lady Butler
Birth Location: –
LB

Spouses(s)

John Shelton
1472 – 1539
Birth Location: Shelton,,Norfolk,England
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Children(s)

John Shelton
1504 – 1558
Birth Location: Shelton,,Norfolk,England
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Anne Boleyn's Ancestors

Self
Anne Boleyn
1475 – 1556
Birth Place: Blickling,,Norfolk,England
Parents
William Boleyn
– 1505
Blicking,,Wiltshire,England
Lady (Margaret) Butler
Grandparents
Jeffery Boleyn
Anne Hastings
1455 –
Thomas Butler
1740 – 1832
Butler Estates,Parish Coolkeny,Wicklow,Ireland
Anne Hankford
1456 – 1485
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hastings
1415 – 1483
Eleanor Welles
1428 – 1455
James Butler
1718 – 1809
Elizabeth Beauchamp
1400 – 1430
Richard Hankford
1380 – 1430
Anne Montacute
1439 – 1457
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lionel Welles
1406 – 1461
Joan Waterton
1407 – 1434
William Butler
1696 – 1757
Catherine Butler
1506 – 1553
William Beauchamp
1344 – 1411
Joan Fitzalan
1372 – 1435
William Hanchford
1353 – 1422
Thomasine Stapeldon
1357 –
John Montagu
1350 – 1400
Maude Francis
1360 – 1424

Anne Boleyn's Descendants

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Anne Boleyn (18 Nov 1475 – 6 Jan 1556) m. John Shelton (1472 – 21 Dec 1539)
  1. 1. John Shelton (1504 – 1558-11-15) m. Margaret Parker (1500 – 1558-11-15)
    1. 1. Ralph Shelton (1535 – 1580-10-03) m. Mary Wodehouse (1534 – 1568)
      1. 1. Ralph Shelton (1560-11-01 – 1628-07-22) m. Jane West (1558 – 1606)
        1. 1. James Shelton (1580 – 1668) m. Ann Hebert (1588 – 1639)

Anne Boleyn's Timeline

2 Records

1475
18 Nov 1475
Birth of Anne Boleyn in Blickling,,Norfolk,England
Blickling,,Norfolk,England
1556
6 Jan 1556
Age 81
Death of Anne Boleyn in Carrow Church,Norwich,,England
Carrow Church,Norwich,,England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Nov 1475
    Event Place: Blickling,,Norfolk,England
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Jan 1556
    Event Place: Carrow Church,Norwich,,England
    Record Source: OneWorldTree
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