Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford
Jane Boleyn | |
|---|---|
| Viscountess Rochford | |
| Born | Jane Parker c. 1505 Norfolk, England |
| Died | 13 February 1542 (aged 36–37) Tower of London, England |
| 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 to King Henry VIII's fifth wife Catherine Howard, making Jane a cousin-in-law. 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.