In the "Battle of the Boleyns", who was the more successful sister? How do we even approach this question? Let's find out...

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Portrait of Mary Boleyn attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger. Held by Hever Castle.

Cover for the first edition of Phillipa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl (2001).

DVD cover for the TV movie of The Other Boleyn Girl (BBC; 2003).

Promotional poster for the film The Other Boleyn Girl (Columbia; 2008).

Cover for Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress by Josephine Wilkinson (2011).

Cover for Mary Boleyn: 'The Great and Infamous Whore’ by Alison Weir (2012).

Cover for Mary Boleyn: In a Nutshell by Sarah Bryson (2015).

Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown English artist (late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1533-1536). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Pierre Gringoire, Louis XII of France and his third wife, English princess Mary Tudor, from a book detailing the pageants given for Mary's reception into France (c. 1514). From http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vespasian_b_ii_fs001rAuthor

Detail from a portrait of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, attributed to Jan Gossaert (c. 1516). Held in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough; Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire.

Portrait of Queen Claude of France, Duchess of Brittany by an unknown French artist (16th century).

Portrait of François I, King of France, influenced by Jean Clouet (c. 1530). Held by the Louvre Museum.

Portrait of William Cary, or Carey, husband of Mary Boleyn by an unknown author (c. 1528). From thepeerage.com

The Field of the Cloth of Gold by an unknown artist of the British school (c. 1545). Held by the Royal Collection, on display at Hampton Court Palace.

Detail from the Westminster Tournament Roll showing Henry VIII tilting (jousting) in front of Katherine of Aragon (1511). Held by the College of Arms.

Portrait of Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist (1589-1595, based on a work of circa 1520). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Reconstruction drawing of York Place (c.1530) © Historic Royal Palaces.

Portrait (detail) of Henry VIII from the studio of Hans Holbein the younger (after 1537). Held by the Walker Art Gallery.

Silver Falcon Badge of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I of England. Source: Thomas Willement, Regal Heraldry: The Armorial Insignia Of The Kings And Queens of England, from Coeval Authorities, London, 1821, p.69 & plate XV (b).

Uncrowned falcon carving in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London, thought to have been carved by one of the men arrested alongside Anne.