George benefited from his sister’s new position, being appointed to various high-ranking positions in court. Anne became Henry’s mistress in 1526 and she would eventually become his second wife in 1533. This rise in power was due, in large part, to his sister Anne’s influence over Henry VIII. George Boleyn helped the king get a divorce from his first wife so that he could marry Anne. It was undoubtedly by 1526 when the King’s attention turned to another Boleyn sibling, Anne, and in 1527 he began to look for a way to marry her. It’s uncertain when that connection began or how long it persisted. Mary Boleyn began an affair with King Henry VIII in 1519, and she would become his mistress. In 1529, George Boleyn was made a Knight of the Bath and, just a few years later in 1532, he was made Viscount Rochford.
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