NameThomas Howard , 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Suffolk
Birth1443
Death21 May 1524, Framlingham, Suffolk, England
Spouses
Birthabt 1450, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Death4 Apr 1497
Notes for Thomas Howard , 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Earl Of Surrey, Earl Marshal
b. 1443
d. May 21, 1524, Framlingham, Suffolk, England. Noble prominent during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII of England.
Son of the 1st Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Howard early shared his father's fortunes; he fought at Barnet for Edward IV and was made steward of the royal household and created Earl of Surrey in 1483 (at the same time that his father was created duke). Taken prisoner at Bosworth Field while fighting for Richard III, he was attainted and remained in captivity until January 1489, when he was released and restored to his earldom of Surrey but not to the dukedom of Norfolk. He was then entrusted with the maintenance of order in Yorkshire and with the defense of the Scottish borders; he was made lord treasurer and a privy councillor in 1501, and he helped to arrange the marriage between Margaret, the daughter of Henry VII, and James IV of Scotland. Henry VIII, too, employed him on public business, but the earl grew jealous of Thomas Wolsey, and for a short time he absented himself from court. He commanded the army that defeated the Scots at Flodden in September 1513, and he was created Duke of Norfolk in February of the following year, with precedency as of the creation of 1483.
In his later years Norfolk worked more harmoniously with Wolsey. He was guardian of England during Henry's absence in France in 1520, and he acted as lord high steward at the trial of his friend Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, in 1521.
Children:
Howard, Elizabeth
Howard, Thomas Duke of Norfolk 3rd, Earl of Surrey
Howard, Edmund
Howard, Edward Admiral
Howard, Muriel
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
Child 1: Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 3rd, b. 1473
Child 2: Howard, Elizabeth
Child 3: Howard, Edmund, Lord
Child 4: Howard, Edward, Admiral, Sir
Child 5: Howard, Muriel
Notes for Agnes (Spouse 2)
Child 6: Howard, William of Effingham, Baron Howard 1st, b. CIR 1510
Child 7: Howard, Dorothy, Countess of Derby
Child 8: Howard, Elizabeth, Lady FitzWalter
Child 9: Howard, Thomas, Lord Howard
Child 10: Howard, Katherine
Child 11: Howard, Anne