Surname of anygrandsons 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

I don't know of another Mary Boleyn.

Mary Boleyn, the elder daughter of Thomas Boleyn, later 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde and Elizabeth Howard, Mary Boleyn was born in around 1502 at Blickling Hall in Norfolk. She is thought to have been the eldest of three siblings, a brother George, who was born around 1503 was later created Earl of Rochford and a sister Anne, born around 1507 was destined to become the second queen of King Henry VIII. Two other brothers, Henry and Thomas did not survive the perils of infancy in Tudor times and died young.

Mary acquired an unsavoury reputation at the French court, she was eventually to become the mistress of the French king, Francis II, before being passed on to various courtiers. Francis ungallantly named her his 'English mare' in reference to the ammount of times he had ridden her and was later to refer to her as 'A great w***e' 'the most infamous of all'

Following her return to England, Mary was appointed as Lady-in-Waiting to Henry VIII's Queen Catherine of Aragon and was married to William Carey, an esquire of the body, in February, 1520, the king attended the wedding and made them a gift of 6s 8d. She later caught the eye of Henry VIII, who in turn made her his mistress. She had two children to William Carey, Catherine born around 1524 and Henry, who was born in March, 1526.

Mary fell from her sister's favour when at the end of the summer of 1528, a scandal developed at court when Mary appeared to be pregnant, banished from court by her furious sister, she finally revealed that she had contracted a secret marriage with Sir William Stafford three months previously, whom she married for love. In dire financial straits, she was forced to ask Thomas Cromwell to intercede with her brother-in-law on her behalf.

Mary, who inherited some of the Boleyn property after the death of her parents, lived on in quiet obscurity with her second husband, mainly at Rochford in Essex for seven years after her sister's execution dying of natural causes on 19th July, 1543.

.Her daughter Catherine Carey, married Sir Francis Knollys in 1539, the marriage produced twelve children.

Her son Henry Carey, was rumoured to be the illegitimate child of Henry VIII was married to Ann Morgan in 1545 and produced a large family. Henry Carey was created Baron Hunsdon by his cousin Elizabeth I in January, 1559.

Henry Carey died on July 23, 1596 at Somerset House, on his deathbed Elizabeth I offered to create him Earl of Wiltshire; which he refused, saying "Madam, as you did not count me worthy of this honour in life, then I shall account myself not worthy of it in death." He was buried at Westminster Abbey.

http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/tudor_2...

Answer 2

Mary Boleyn had two children while married to William Carey:  Catherine Carey (1524-1568)  and Henry Carey (1526-1596) (Henry may or may not have been the b*****d child of Henry VIII -- probably not, but the rumor persisted).  She had a son by Edward Stafford, Edward, but he only lived 10 years (1535-1545), and maybe a daughter, Anne.

Catherine Carey had 15 children by Sir Francis Knollys, all with the last name of Knollys.  One of them, Lettice, married Queen Elizabeth's friend Robert Dudley, the 1st Earl of Leicester.

Henry Carey married Anne Morgan, and had 12 children, all with the last name of Carey (and a few illegitimate kids, too, with the last name Carey!)

Edward VII was Queen Victoria's eldest son, who became king in 1901 and died in 1910.  It would be difficult for a granddaughter born in the 1540's to brag about being related to a king in 1901!!  Are you perhaps referring to Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII?  Even then, there's no close relation worth claiming, because Jane Seymour wasn't really related to the Boleyns -- or, if she was, it was VERY distantly.

Answer 3

They are not related, honeybunch.