Francisation Francization (in American English, Canadian English, and Oxford English) or Francisation (in other British English), Frenchification, or Gallicization is the expansion of French language use—either through willful adoption or coercion—by mo ...

of traditional English " Bullen" coming from the French name

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the C ...

, Boleyn is the surname of a noble English family particularly prominent in the

Tudor period The Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603. The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England that began wit ...

. People with this surname include: *

Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn (; 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key f ...

, Queen consort of England (1533-1536), second wife of Henry VIII and mother of

Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

* Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire 1480-1538), mother of Anne Boleyn *

Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn Elizabeth, Lady Boleyn (' Wood) was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII of England. Through her marriage to Sir James Boleyn, she was the aunt of Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. The two were not close, and Elizabeth Boleyn acted ...

, lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII, wife of Sir James Boleyn * Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463), Lord Mayor of London * George Boleyn (priest) (died 1603), Dean of Lichfield * George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (1504–1536), brother of Anne *

James Boleyn Sir James Boleyn (died 1561) was a courtier in the reign of Henry VIII of England and chancellor of the household of his niece, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. He was thus the grand-uncle of Elizabeth I. James was the son of Sir Wi ...

(died 1561), a courtier of Henry VIII, husband of Lady Elizabeth Boleyn * Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505–1542), wife of George * Mary Boleyn 1499–1543), Anne's sister and long-term mistress of Henry VIII * Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477–1539) father of Anne, George and Mary, courtier and ambassador * William Boleyn (1451-1505), father of Thomas

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