Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Abt 1473 - 1554  (81 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Thomas Howard
  Suffix	3rd Duke of Norfolk
  Birth	Abt 1473	Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Aug 1554	Kenninghall, Norfolk, England
  Initiatory (LDS)	13 Sep 1929	SLAKE
  FamilySearch ID	LZK5-NLP
  Burial	Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Framlingham, Suffolk, England
  Person ID	I170367	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk,   b. 1 Feb 1443, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England d. 21 May 1524, Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Agnes Tilney, Duchess of Norfolk,   b. Bef 1445, Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England d. 4 Apr 1497, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age > 52 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1472	Norwich, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F42642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1473 - Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England Death - 25 Aug 1554 - Kenninghall, Norfolk, England Initiatory (LDS) - 13 Sep 1929 - SLAKE Burial - - Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Framlingham, Suffolk, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk KG PC (1473 – 25 August 1554) , w a s a p rominent English politician and nobleman of the Tudor era. H e wa s a n uncl e of two of the wives of King Henry VIII, namely Anne Bol eyn a nd C atherin e Howard, both of whom were beheaded, and played a maj or rol e i n the mach inations affecting these royal marriages. After fal ling fr om f avour in 15 46, he was stripped of his Dukedom and imprisone d in th e Towe r of London, avoiding execution when Henry VIII died on 2 8 Januar y 1547. He was released on the accession of the Roman Catholic queen, Mar y I , w h o he aided in securing her throne, thus setting the stage for t ensi on s be tween his Catholic family and the Protestant royal line tha t woul d b e con tinued by Mary I's half-sister, Elizabeth I.