Jane Rochford

Short Biography of the life of Jane Rochford - Lady in Waiting
The following biography information provides basic facts about the life Jane Rochford:

• Nationality - English
• Lifespan - 1505 - 1542
• Born: Norfolk in England

• Married: George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
• Died: Jane Rochford was executed by beheading February 13, 1542
• Family connections of Jane Rochford - Wife of George Boleyn, sister-in-law of Queen Anne Boleyn
• Religion - Outwardly Protestant but with Catholic tendencies
• Career - Lady in Waiting
• Famous for : the downfall of Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Catherine Howard
• Character of Jane Rochford : Jealous, vindictive, spiteful, vicious, disloyal and a liar

Short Biography, Facts & History about the life of Jane Rochford -
Lady in Waiting

The following are additional facts about the bio, life and history of Jane Rochford:

• Jane Parker was the daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley and Alice St John
• In 1525 Jane Parker married George Boleyn. It was an arranged marriage and a particularly unhappy one
• Jane Parker had an unpleasant personality and was deeply jealous of the close relationship which George Boleyn shared with his sister Anne, who was to become Queen Anne Boleyn
• Jane Parker became Jane Rochford in October 1529 when George Boleyn was knighted and the title of Earl of Rochford was conferred on him.
• Jane Rochford was a spiteful, jealous woman
• Her marriage to George Boleyn was an arranged and unhappy one

• Jane Rochford was excluded from the witty and clever circle of the King, Anne and George Boleyn. Jane resented the close relationship between Anne and George Boleyn
• The marriage between Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII had failed. He had fallen in love with Jane Seymour. He wanted to be rid of Anne Boleyn
• Jane Rochford was instrumental in the arrest of her sister-in-law, Anne and her husband George Boleyn
• Jane Rochford provided damning evidence against them to Thomas Cromwell
• May 15th 1536 George Boleyn was tried for treason and incest in the Great Hall of the Tower of London with his sister Anne
• Her sworn affidavit helped convict them of incest and treason. The allegations were completely false
• George Boleyn was executed on the trumped up charge of incest with his sister Queen Anne
• Jane Rochford later became a Lady of the Privy Chamber to the young Queen Catherine Howard
• Jane Rochford revelled in intrigue and encouraged the young queen in her affair with Thomas Culpepper
• Jane Rochford encouraged Catherine Howard in the affair and she helped organised secret meetings
• Her part as a go-between was discovered and Jane Rochford was arrested and taken to the Tower of London
• She was interrogated and lost her sanity
• A new law which allowed the execution of the insane was passed in order to have her condemned to death
• She confessed before her death, "God has permitted me to suffer this shameful doom as punishment for having contributed to my husband's death. I falsely accused him of loving in an incestuous manner, his sister, Queen Anne Boleyn. For this I deserve to die."
• She was executed immediately after poor, tragic Catherine Howard

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