Surname of any grandsons of Mary Boleyn?

Question

I'm writing a short story and I really need it. There's a girl who always brags boast about she was the granddaughter of Mary Boleyn and related to Edward VII. Surname help please!

Answer 1

You must mean Mary, sister of Anne Boleyn?  

There is no record of Mary's birth; some historians believe she was older than Anne, some younger.  Anyway, it was about 1500.  She died in 1543.

Mary first married William Carey and had two children, Henry and Catherine.  She then married William Stafford and had a son.

Her teenage daughter Catherine (born 1524) was appointed a maid of honor to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife. Sometime in 1540, she made a good match, marrying Sir Francis Knollys. He was a member of Henry's household. She also became one of her cousin Elizabeth Tudor's closest friends. Her daughter, Lettice Knollys, would later marry Elizabeth's great love, Robert Dudley; her son, the Earl of Essex, would also be one of Elizabeth's favorites (though eventually executed for treason.) Henry Carey, whose paternity was the subject of such speculation, would be ennobled as Lord Hunsdon in Elizabeth's reign.

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryBo...

You can find links in the above site to Mary's grandchildren and their names.  (Look towards the bottom.)

Edward VII was born 1841, reigned 1901-1910.  So I assume you must mean Henry VIII's son, Edward VI, who died as a teenager.  Edward was born to Henry and his third wife Jane Seymour in 1537, reigned 1547-1553.  I don't think there was any connection between the Boleyns and Seymours.

I think Edward VII was descended from Margaret, sister of Henry VIII, but it's complicated.  Perhaps someone else can answer that better than I can.

Answer 2

Mary Boleyn and Edward VII are not related, sweetheart.