Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk | |
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1907 copy of a contemporary depiction | |
| Lord High Treasurer | |
| In office 16 June 1501 – 4 December 1522 | |
| Monarchs | Henry VII Henry VIII |
| Preceded by | John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk |
| Earl Marshal | |
| In office 1509–1524 | |
| Preceded by | The Duke of York |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Suffolk |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 1514 – 21 May 1524 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Duke of Norfolk |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Duke of Norfolk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1443 Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk |
| Died | 21 May 1524 (aged 80–81) Framlingham Castle, Suffolk |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk Sir Edward Howard Lord Edmund Howard Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham Lord Thomas Howard Dorothy Stanley, Countess of Derby 11 more |
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Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk KG PC (1443 – 21 May 1524), styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1485 and again from 1489 to 1514, was an English nobleman, soldier and statesman who served four monarchs. He was the eldest son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Catharina de Moleyns. The Duke was the grandfather of both Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Katherine Howard and the great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1513, he led the English to victory over the Scots at the decisive Battle of Flodden, for which he was richly rewarded by King Henry VIII, then away in France.