Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

The Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard painted by an unknown artist, c. 1565.
Personal details
Born10 March 1536 or 1538
Kenninghall, Norfolk
Died2 June 1572 (aged 34 or 36)
Tower Hill, London, England
Resting placeChapel of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London
Spouse(s)Mary FitzAlan
Margaret Audley
Elizabeth Leyburne
ChildrenPhilip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Lord William Howard
Lady Elizabeth Howard
Lady Margaret Howard
Parent(s)Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Frances de Vere
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Arms of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk: Quarterly of 4: 1: Gules, on a bend between six cross-crosslets fitchy argent an escutcheon or charged with a demi-lion rampant pierced through the mouth by an arrow within a double tressure flory counterflory of the first (Howard, with augmentation of honour); 2: Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure a label of three points argent (Plantagenet, arms of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk); 3: Chequy or and azure (de Warenne, Earl of Surrey); 4: Gules, a lion rampant golden, heraldry of the FitzAlan family assumed by the Duke of Norfolk upon his marriage to Mary FitzAlan

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG (10 March 1536 or 1538 – 2 June 1572), was an English nobleman and politician. He was a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and held many high offices during the earlier part of her reign.

Norfolk was the son of the poet, soldier and politician Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was executed for his role in the Ridolfi plot.


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