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1480 - April 1538. Countess of Wiltshire. Mother of [[Anne Boleyn]], [[Mary Boleyn]] and George Boleyn. Wife of [[Thomas Boleyn]]. Grandmother of
[[Elizabeth I]].

Elizabeth Howard, later Elizabeth Boleyn, was the daughter of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk, and Elizabeth Tilney. She was sent to court by her family, where she then met and married her husband [[Thomas Boleyn]] around the year 1500. 

Elizabeth was a lady-in-waiting for the mother of [[Henry VIII]], [[Elizabeth of York]] and later for his first wife [[Catherine of Aragon]]. Even though only three of her children survived, she is said to have had multiple deceased children.

While the relationship she had with her younger daughter Anne was a very close one, the relationship to her eldest daughter Mary was not as intimate and friendly.

After the execution and humiliation of her daughter Anne and her son George, Elizabeth and her husband went to live at Hever Castle.
Elizabeth died in April of 1538.