https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn
Early years. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard, who was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and a paternal aunt of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.Thomas Boleyn was a well-respected diplomat with a gift for languages; he was also a favourite of Henry VII of …