Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey
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and Elizabeth Trussell, Countess of Oxford. Frances married twice, first to Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, KG, , known as The Earl of Surrey although he never was a peer, was an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry.-Life:...
, son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
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and Lady Elizabeth Stafford
Elizabeth Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Elizabeth Howard was the eldest daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and the wife of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk...
, by whom she had five children. Secondly she married Thomas Staynings, and by him had one child.
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman.Norfolk was the son of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was taught as a child by John Foxe, the Protestant martyrologist, who remained a lifelong recipient of Norfolk's patronage... |
March 10, 1536 | June 2, 1572 | (1) married Mary FitzAlan Mary FitzAlan Lady Mary FitzAlan, Duchess of Norfolk was the youngest daughter and child of Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel and his first wife Lady Catherine Grey. Because her only brother had predeceased her, she and her elder sister, Jane FitzAlan were co-heiresses to the earldom of her father... - had issue (2) married Margaret Audley - had issue; (3) married Elizabeth Leybourne - had no issue |
| Catherine Howard | 1538 | 1596 | married Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley Baron Berkeley The title Baron Berkeley originated as a feudal title and was subsequently created twice in the Peerage of England by writ. It was first granted by writ to Thomas II de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, 6th feudal Baron Berkeley, in 1295, but the title of that creation became extinct at the death of... |
| Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was a significant English aristocrat and courtier. He was suspect as a crypto-Catholic throughout his life, and went through periods of royal disfavour, in which his reputation suffered greatly. He was distinguished for learning, artistic culture and his... |
February 25, 1540 | June 15, 1614 | |
| Margaret Howard | 1543 | 1590 | married Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton Sir Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG was the son and heir of John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Catherine Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.... - had issue |
| Jane Howard | 1533/1537 | June 30, 1593 (buried) | married Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland was an English nobleman and one of the leaders of the Rising of the North in 1569.... - had issue |
| Unnamed Son | c. 1555 | Unknown | by Thomas Staynings |