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Duke of Norfolk is a title in the peerage of England.The premier non-royal peer, the Duke of Norfolk is additionally the premier duke and earl in the English peerage. [1] ...
Arms of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, KG: 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 ...
Norfolk is the son of Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell. [2] He was educated at Ampleforth College, a Roman Catholic independent school, [2] before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford.
John Foxe.After educating Howard, the priest became a valued personal friend of the Duke, even though the Duke himself was a Catholic. Thomas was born on 10 March 1536 (although some sources cite his birth in 1538) [1] [2] at Kenninghall, Norfolk, being the first or second of five children of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and his wife Lady Frances de Vere.
The Duke of Lancaster has merged with the Crown and so is held by the monarch. Besides the dukedoms of Cornwall and Lancaster, the oldest extant title is that of Duke of Norfolk, dating from 1483 (the title was first created in 1397). The Duke of Norfolk is considered the premier duke of England.
Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk; Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk; R. Re Duke of Norfolk's Settlement Trusts
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk KG, also known as Jack of Norfolk, [1] (c. 1425 – 22 August 1485), was an English nobleman, soldier, politician, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of King Richard III , with whom he was slain at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG PC FRS (11 January 1655 – 2 April 1701) was an English nobleman, politician, and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, and Elizabeth Dormer.