Mary (FitzAlan) Howard (abt. 1539 - 1557)

Born about 1539 in Arundel, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Howard KG — married 30 Mar 1555 (to 25 Aug 1557) in England

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1557 at about age 18 in Arundel House, London, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Born about 1539 Mary FitzAlan was the third and youngest child of Henry FitzAlan and his first wife, Katherine Grey. Her mother died in 1542 and in 1545 her father took as his second wife Mary Arundell daughter of John Arundell and his wife, Jane Grenville. Mary is remembered today for her classical learning, her works now at the British Library, her last work being undertaken together with her step-brother, John Ratcliffe. ^[1]

Mary married Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, son of Henry Howard Earl of Surrey and his wife, Frances de Vere on 30 March 1555.^[2] Her brother Henry died in Brussels on 30 Jun 1556,^[3] leaving Mary and her sister, Jane as their father's joint heirs.

On 28 Jun 1557 she gave birth at Arundel House to her only child, a son, Philip.^{[4] [5]}

Mary died on 25 August 1557 at Arundel House in the Strand and was buried at St Clement Danes.^[6]

Research note

The portrait by Hans Eworth of a 16 year old lady in red dated 1565 has traditionally been believed to have been of Mary FitzAlan Howard however Mary was dead before that date. It has been suggested that the date should be 1555 based on the costume detail which was the year of Mary's marriage. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Stephanie Hodgson-Wright, ‘Howard , Mary, duchess of Norfolk (1539/40–1557)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2007 accessed 15 Oct 2017
2. ↑ Thepeerage.com: Lady Mary FitzAlan Cites: G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 253
3. ↑ MedLands
4. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Howard, Philip (St Philip Howard), thirteenth earl of Arundel (1557–1595) J. G. Elzinga
5. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 28 Howard, Philip (1557-1595) by Mandell Creighton
6. ↑ MedLands
7. ↑ Wikimedia Commons

See also:

• Wikipedia: Mary FitzAlan