- 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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