1473 - 1554 (81 years)| Name | Sir Thomas Howard [1] | |
| Title | Knight of the order of the Garter -- Lord Admiral, 3rd Duke of Norfolk | |
| Suffix | KG | |
| Birth | 1473 | Kenninghall, Norfolk, England  [1] |
| Gender | Male | |
| Kinfolk of Note | He was an uncle of two of the wives of Henry VIII: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and played a major role in the machinations behind these marriages. After falling from favour in 1546, he was stripped of the dukedom and imprisoned in the Tower | |
| Military - Old World | He served in a campaign against the Scots under the command of his father, who knighted him on 30 September 1497. On 4 May 1513 he was appointed Lord Admiral, and on 9 September helped to defeat the Scots at the Flodden | |
| Religion | He aided Mary in securing her throne, setting the stage for alienation between his Catholic family and the Protestant royal line that would be continued by Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Death | 25 Aug 1554 | Kenninghall, Norfolk, England [1] |
| Person ID | I9952 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | 2nd Duke of Norfolk Thomas Earl Howard, b. 1443, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England d. 21 May 1524, Norfolk, England (Age 81 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Countess of Surrey Elizabeth Tilney, b. 1450, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England d. 4 Apr 1497, London, England (Age 47 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 30 Apr 1472 | Norfolk, England |
| Family ID | F5262 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Lady Howard Princess Anne Plantagenet, b. 2 Nov 1475, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 23 Nov 1511, Framlingham, Suffolk, England (Age 36 years) | |
| Marriage | 4 Feb 1494 | Greenwich, Kent, England [1] |
| Marriage End | 1511 | |
| Death of Anne | ||
| Family ID | F3541 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Family 2 | Duchess of Norfolk Elizabeth Stafford, b. 4 Apr 1497, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 30 Nov 1558, London, England (Age 61 years) | |
| Marriage | 8 Jan 1513 | Greenwich, Kent, England |
| Family ID | F3540 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
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| Arms Icons & Insignia |  | Arms-CoA of HOWARD Thomas Arms of Thomas Howard, 3rd 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… |
 | Arms-Crest of Order of the Garter Coat of Arms of the Order of the Garter -- HONY SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE "Shame on him who thinks ill of it" -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter |
| Old World | | _Thomas Howard Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473–1554), played a major role in Henry VIII's government. He was imprisoned during the reign of Edward VI on charges associated with the disgrace of his son Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, who was executed in 1547. He was one of several members of his family portrayed by Holbein, a group of whose clients was… |
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