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| • | Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (~1505 - February 13 1542) was the sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Catherine Howard, along with whom she was executed.
Born Jane Parker, she was the daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley and Alice St John (the eldest daughter of Sir John St John), both from old English families with Roman Catholic tendencies. She was born in Norfolk in England. She was married to George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, the brother of Lady Anne Boleyn, later the second queen of King Henry VIII.
Lady Rochford's relationship with her Boleyn in-laws was not easy. She plotted with her sister-in-law, Queen Anne, to banish one of the King's mistresses from Court in 1535. When the King discovered her involvement, Lady Rochford was exiled for a few months instead.
Lady Rochford's marriage was particularly unhappy, but there is no apparent truth in the theory that her husband was a homosexual. In fact, he had a reputation as a noted womaniser - which might explain the marriage's miserable status. However, there was no justification for the savage act of betrayal she performed in 1536.
When Lord Rochford was arrested as one of Queen Anne's supposed lovers, it was Lady Rochford's sworn affidavit which helped convict him of incest and treason. There was no truth in these rumours, but they provided the mirage of legality which the Boleyns' enemies needed to send Lord Rochford to the block on May 17th. Queen Anne followed two days later, accused of witchcraft as well. What makes Lady Rochford's act of betrayal even more shocking is that she and Lord Rochford are said to have had a son together, a son who later became Dean of Lichfield under Queen Elizabeth I.
Following her husband's execution, Lady Rochford was later given a placement in the household of another of King Henry VIII's queens, Anne of Cleves, and it was she who questioned the Queen about the consummation, and therefore the validity, of her marriage to the King. She would later tesify in July 1540 to further the King's divorce from his fourth wife.
Following this divorce, she became a Lady of the Privy Chamber to yet another of Henry's wives, Catherine Howard. Wh
Source: [wikipedia: jane boleyn, viscountess rochford]
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