What is Mary Boleyn?
{{Infobox noble | name = Mary Boleyn | image = Mary Boleyn.jpg | caption = Portrait of Mary Boleyn | spouse = [[William Carey (courtier)|William Carey, of Aldenham]]<br>[[William Stafford (courtier)|William Stafford, of Chebsey]] | full name = | noble family = [[Boleyn family|Boleyn]] | father = [[Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]] | mother = [[Lady Elizabeth Howard]] | birth_date = 5 February 1499 | birth_place = [[Blickling Hall]], [[Norfolk]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1543|7|19|1499|2|5|df=yes}} | issue = [[Catherine Carey|Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys]]<br>[[Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon]]<br>Anne Stafford<br>Edward Stafford | burial_place = }}'''Mary Boleyn''' (about 1499 – [[19 July]] 1543) was the younger sister of [[Anne Boleyn]], the second wife of King [[Henry VIII]]. They had a brother named [[George Boleyn]]. There have been many stories and books about Mary Boleyn, so historians are not sure what is true about her.<ref name=Smith>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-hundreds-years-unknown-woman-tudor-painting-was-identified-180975071/|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|accessdate=February 3, 2021|title=After Hundreds of Years, Unknown Woman in Tudor Portrait Identified as Mary Boleyn|author=Nora McGreevy|date=June 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name=NPR>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/12/141276812/mary-the-great-and-infamous-other-boleyn|publisher=NPR|accessdate=February 3, 2021|title='Great And Infamous' Mary: The Other 'Boleyn' Girl|date=October 12, 2011}}</ref> == Early Life == Mary was born some time between 1500 and 1507 at Blickling Hall in [[Norfolk]]. Her parents were Sir [[Thomas Boleyn]] and Lady [[Elizabeth Howard]]. While her parents had her sister Anne educated at the court of Margaret of [[Austria]], Mary was probably educated at home. She had a well-rounded education for a woman in the 1500s. Among Mary's other skills, she could speak French.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=https://www.histor