House of Howard

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The House of Howard is a prominent English noble family that rose to great influence in the late medieval and Tudor periods, producing several dukes of Norfolk and other high-ranking aristocrats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble family
aristocratic house
associatedWithMonarch Elizabeth I of England
Henry VIII of England
coatOfArms 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 gules
country Kingdom of England
heldOffice Earl Marshal
surface form: Earl Marshal of England

Lord High Admiral of England
Lord High Treasurer
surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
hereditaryDignity Hereditary Earl Marshal of England
Premier Duke in the peerage of England
involvedIn English Reformation politics
Pilgrimage of Grace
Wars of the Roses
maritalAllianceWith House of Boleyn
House of Fitzalan
Tudor dynasty
surface form: House of Tudor

House of York
nobleTitleHeld Baron Howard de Walden
Baron Howard of Rising
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Arundel
Earl of Carlisle
Earl of Suffolk
Earl of Arundel
surface form: Earl of Surrey
notableMember Anne Boleyn
Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk
Catherine Howard
Duke of Norfolk
surface form: Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Norfolk
surface form: Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk

Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
originatedIn late medieval period
politicalRole leading noble house in Tudor politics
supporters of the Catholic cause in England
region Norfolk
Sussex NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
roseToProminenceDuring Tudor period
seat Arundel Castle
Framlingham Castle
Norfolk House
socialStatus peerage of England

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Earl Marshal associatedWith House of Howard
Catherine Howard house House of Howard