Howards

The ancestor of the Howards family tradition brings Hereward Wake - the leader of the Anglo-Saxon resistance to the Norman conquest of England in 1066-1070.

The early Howard genealogy is quite controversial. They come from Leicestershire . The first reliably known representative of the genus is Sir William Howard of Wigenhall (d. 1308), who was the chief judge and was a member of the House of Commons in 1295. His son, Sir John Howard of Wigenhall (d. 1331), was the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk . He married Joanna, daughter of Richard of Cornwall, illegitimate son of the Roman King Richard of Cornwall . One of his descendants, Sir Robert Howard of Stoke Neyland, married Margaret Mowbray, the eldest daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk . Thanks to this marriage, their son John Howard , 1st Baron Howard, who faithfully served King Edward IV and facilitated the ascension to the English throne of Richard III in 1483, received the title of Duke of Norfolk, vacant after the Mowbray family was extinct (June 28, honor of the two hundredth anniversary of the barony of Mowbray , to whom he was a senior co-heir) and the hereditary position of Earl Marshal of England .

John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The new king Henry VII declared all who participated in the battle traitors, on the basis of which the possessions and titles of the Howards were confiscated. Thomas Howard , son of the 1st Duke, who received the title of Earl of Surrey in 1483, was captured at the same battle at Bosworth and spent 3 years in prison. He was allowed to retain the title of Earl of Surrey. Only after the death of Henry VII did his heir Henry VIII in 1513 return to Thomas Howard the title of Duke of Norfolk.

The daughter of Thomas Howard, Elizabeth was the mother of Anna Boleyn , the second wife of King Henry VIII, and the daughter of Edmund Howard, one of the sons of the 2nd Duke, was Catherine , the fifth wife of Henry VIII. The eldest son and heir of the 2nd Duke, Thomas Howard , 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was a zealous Catholic. He was a prominent figure at the royal court, but after the execution of his niece Catherine Howard, his position shook. His son Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey, was the leader of the Catholic Party and was executed in 1547. Only the death of Henry VIII saved the old duke, his father, from death, he spent 6 years in prison and received freedom only after the accession of Mary I Tudor .

After the death of the 3rd Duke, he was succeeded by his grandson Thomas Howard , 4th Duke of Norfolk. Although he converted to Protestantism after the coronation of Elizabeth I , his 3 wives were Catholic. After the death of his third wife, Thomas planned to marry Mary Stuart , who was imprisoned in England, and raise her to the Scottish throne, but Queen Elizabeth did not approve of his plans. And after the Duke of Norfolk organized 2 conspiracies against the Queen, he was accused of treason and executed in 1572. The title of the Duke of Norfolk was confiscated, but his descendants inherited the title of Count Arundel . Later they received the title of Earl of Norfolk, and in 1660 the title of Duke of Norfolk was revived.

Howards, unlike many other English families, continue to adhere to Catholicism to this day. The genus is highly branched, and representatives of different branches are currently peers of England.

Currently, there are the following main branches of the genus (in order of genealogical seniority):

• The Fitzalans-Howards are the descendants of Philip Howard , the 20th Earl of Arundel, the eldest son of Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk. She owns the titles of Earl and Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey, and they also occupy the hereditary position of Earl Marshal of England;
• The Howard branch of Penrith is the descendants of the younger brother of the 12th Duke of Norfolk . They bear the title of Barons Howard of Penrith ;
• the Howard branch of Suffolk is the descendants of Thomas Howard , 1st Earl of Suffolk, 2nd son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. They bear the titles of Earls of Suffolk and Berkshire;
• the Howard branch of Carlisle is the descendants of Lord William Howard, the 3rd son of the 4th Duke of Norfolk. They bear the title of Earls of Carlyle;
• the Howard branch of Effingham is the descendants of William Howard , 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, 4th son of Henry Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. They carry the title of Earls of Effingham.

There were also branches:

• Staffords-Howards are descendants of William Howard , son of Thomas Howard , 21st Earl of Arundel. They wore the titles of Baron and Earl of Stafford. The branch died out in 1762.

The Origins of the Howards

The reliability of the first generations of the Howard genealogy in the 11th – 13th centuries is weak; it has become more or less reliable since the end of the 13th century.

Hereward Wake (d. After 1070)

• Hereward
  • Hereward (2nd half of the 12th century); wife: Wilburg
    • Robert Howard of Wigenhall
      • John Howard of Wigenhall ; wife: Lucy Germun
        • Sir William Howard of Wigenhall (d. 1308), Chief Justice, Member of the House of Commons of the English Parliament in 1295; 1st wife: Alice Fitton , daughter of Sir Edward Fitton; 2nd wife: Alice Ufford , daughter of Sir Robert Ufford
          • (1st marriage) Sir John Howard of Wigenhall (d. 1331), Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk; wife: Joanna, daughter of Richard of Cornwall, illegitimate son of the Roman king Richard of Cornwall
            • Sir John Howard , Norfolk Sheriff, Admiral; wife: Anna de Boyce , daughter or sister of Sir Robert de Boyce of Fersfield
              • Sir Robert Howard
                • Sir John Howard of Stoke New Zealand ; 1st wife: Margaret Skales , daughter of Robert , 3rd Baron Skales, and Catherine Ufford; 2nd wife: Alice Tendring , daughter of Sir William Tendring and Katherine Mild
                  • (from 1st marriage) Sir John Howard of Wigenhall (d. April 24, 1438), Sheriff of Essex and Hertford; 1st wife: Margaret Playes (c. 1367 - August 1391), 6th Baroness Playes from 1389, daughter of Sir John Playes, 5th Baron Playes, and Joan de Staplto; 2nd wife: NN
                    • (from the 1st marriage) Sir John Howard of Wickenhall (c. 1374-1409), 7th Baron Playes from 1391; wife: until May 1406 Joan Walton (d. 1424), daughter of Sir John Walton of Wavenhaw
                      • Elizabeth Howard (c. 1409/1410 - after December 25, 1475); husband: from May 22 / August 31, 1425 John de Ver (April 23, 1408 - February 26, 1462), 12th Earl of Oxford from 1417
                  • (from 1st marriage) Margaret Howard ; 1st husband: Constantine de Clifton (c. 1372–1395), 2nd Baron Clifton of Buckingham; 2nd husband: formerly 1397 Sir George Talbot (d. February 1399)
                  • (from 2nd marriage) Sir Robert Howard of Stoke New Zealand (c. 1384/1385 - 1436); wife: from 1417 Margaret Mowbray (c. 1388 - after 1437), daughter of Thomas Mowbray , 1st Duke of Norfolk, and Elizabeth Fitzalan
                    • John Howard (1428 - August 22, 1485), 1st Baron Howard from 1470, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 12th Baron Mowbray and 13th Baron Segrave from 1483; 1st wife: from approx. 1442/1443 Catherine de Molaines (c. 1429 - November 3, 1465), daughter of Sir William de Molaines and Anna Walesboro; 2nd wife: earlier January 22, 1467 Margaret Chandworth (d. 1494), daughter of Sir Sir John Chandworth, widow of Nicholas Wyford and John Norreis of Bray
                      • Dukes of Norfolk
                    • Margaret Howard ; husband: Thomas Daniel (d. 1452), Baron Ratwire
                    • Catherine Howard ; husband: Sir Edward Neville (d. October 18, 1476), 3rd Baron of Abergavenny
                  • (from 2nd marriage) Henry Howard of Teringhampton ; wife: Mary Hussey , daughter of Sir Henry Hassay
                    • Elizabeth Howard ; husband: Henry Wentward of Codeham (d. March 22, 1482)
          • (from 1st marriage) William Howard

Howards from Norfolk

John Howard (1428 - August 22, 1485), 1st Baron Howard from 1470, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 12th Baron Mowbray and 13th Baron Segrave from 1483; 1st wife: from approx. 1442/1443 Catherine de Molaines (c. 1429 - November 3, 1465), daughter of Sir William de Molaines and Anna Walesboro; 2nd wife: earlier January 22, 1467 Margaret Chandworth (d. 1494), daughter of Sir Sir John Chandworth, widow of Nicholas Wyford and John Norreis of Bray

• (from the 1st marriage) Thomas Howard (May 1443–21, 1524), 2nd Baron Howard, 1st Earl of Surrey in 1483–1514, Earl Marshall from 1509, 2nd Duke of Norfolk from 1514; 1st wife: from April 30, 1472 Elizabeth Tilney (d. April 4, 1497), the daughters of Sir Frederick Tilney of Eschuelthorpe and Elizabeth Cheney of Ditton, the widow of Sir Humphrey Bourrier 2nd wife: from November 8, 1497 (papal permission on August 17, 1497) Agnes Tilney (d. 1545), daughter of Hugh Tilney of Skirbek and Eleanor Theilboys
  • (from the 1st marriage) Thomas Howard (1473 - August 25, 1554), 2nd Earl of Surrey from 1514, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and 3rd Baron Howard from 1524, Earl Marshall from 1533; 1st wife: from February 4, 1494 Anna of York (November 2, 1475 - November 23, 1511), daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville ; 2nd wife: from January 8, 1513 (divorce 1533) Elizabeth Stafford (c. 1497 - November 30, 1558), daughter of Edward Stafford , 3rd Duke of Buckingham, and Eleanor Percy
    • (from 1st marriage) Thomas Howard (c. 1496-1508)
    • (from 1st marriage) Henry Howard (d. child)
    • (from 1st marriage) William Howard (d. child)
    • (from the 1st marriage) son (d. child)
    • (from the 2nd marriage) Mary Howard (d. December 9, 1557); husband: after November 26, 1533 Henry Fitzroy (June 15, 1519 - July 22, 1536), 1st Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Somerset from 1525
    • (from the 2nd marriage) Henry Howard (1517 - January 19, 1547), Earl of Surrey; wife: until April 1532 (contract February 13, 1532) Francis de Ver (c. 1516/1517 - June 30, 1577), daughter of John de Ver , 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell. Second marriage married Thomas Stainings
      • Thomas Howard (March 10, 1537 - June 2, 1572), 4th Duke of Norfolk, 3rd Earl of Surrey and 4th Baron Howard from 1554; 1st wife: from March 30, 1555 Mary Fitzalan (d. August 25, 1557), daughter of Henry Fitzalan , 19th Earl of Arundel, and Catherine Gray; 2nd wife: from 1558 Margaret Audley (d. 1563), daughter of Thomas Audley , 1st Baron Audley of Walton, and Elizabeth Gray, widow of Lord Henry Dudley ; 3rd wife: from January 29, 1566, Elizabeth Leiburn (d. September 4, 1567), daughter of Sir James Leiburn, widow of Thomas Dacre , 4th Baron Dacre of Gisland
        • (from the 1st marriage) Philip Howard (June 28, 1557 - October 19, 1595), 20th Earl of Arundel from 1580; wife: from 1571 Anna Dacre (March 21, 1557 - April 19, 1630), daughter of Thomas Dacre , 4th Baron Dacre of Gisland, and Elizabeth Leiburn
          • Fitzalans-Howards
        • (from 2nd marriage) Thomas Howard (August 24, 1561 - May 28, 1626), 1st Baron Howard of Walden from 1597, 1st Earl of Suffolk from 1603; 1st wife: earlier May 9, 1577 Mary Dacre (July 4, 1563 - April 7, 1578), daughter of Thomas Dacre , 4th Baron Dacre of Gisland, and Elizabeth Leiburn
          • Suffolk Howard Branch
        • (from the 2nd marriage) William Howard (December 19, 1563 - October 7, 1640); wife: from October 28, 1577 Elizabeth Dacre (d. November 12, 1564), daughter of Thomas Dacre , 4th Baron Dacre of Gisland, and Elizabeth Leiburn
          • Howard Branch of Carlisle
        • (from the 2nd marriage) Margaret Howard (after 1558 - September 4, 1591); husband: from approx. February 4, 1479 Robert Sackville (1561 - February 25, 1609), 2nd Earl of Dorset from 1608
        • (from 2nd marriage) Henry Howard (d. child)
        • (from 2nd marriage) Elizabeth Howard
      • Henry Howard (February 24, 1540 - June 15, 1614), 1st Earl of Northampton from 1603
      • Jane Howard (d. C. June 1593); husband: Charles Neville (1542/1543 - November 16, 1601), 6th Earl of Westmoreland and 9th Baron Neville of Rabbi from 1564
      • Katherine Howard (c. 1538 - April 7, 1596); husband: from 1554 Henry Berkeley (November 26, 1534 - November 26, 1613), 7th Baron of Berkeley from 1534
      • Margaret Howard (January 30, 1543 - March 17, 1591); husband: earlier September 10, 1565 Henry Le Scroop (c. 1535 - June 13, 1592), 9th Baron Scroop from Bolton from 1549
    • (from 2nd marriage) Thomas Howard (c. 1520-1582), 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon from 1559; 1st wife: Elizabeth Marnie (c. 1517 -?), Daughter of John Marney, 2nd Baron Marnie, and Christiana Newburgh; 2nd wife: after 1565 Gertrude Light , daughter of William Light of Lillesdon and Dorothy Kelloey; 3rd wife: from June 7, 1576 Mabel Burton , daughter of Nicholas Burton of Carlshelton
      • (from 1st marriage) Henry Howard (1542 - January 16, 1590), 2nd Viscount Howard of Bindon from 1582; wife: Francis Meotis , daughter of Peter Meotis of Westham
      • (from 1st marriage) Thomas Howard (d. March 1, 1611), 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon from 1590; wife: until January 10, 1580 Grace Duffeld (d. 1596), daughter of Bernard Duffeld
      • (from 1st marriage) Francis Howard
      • (from 1st marriage) Gilles Howard
      • (from 1st marriage) Grace Howard ; husband: Sir John Horsley of Cliff
      • (from 2nd marriage) Charles Light-Howard ; wife: Roberta Webb , daughter of William Webb
        • Katherine Light Howard ; husband: Sir Thomas Tinn of Longleat
        • Elizabeth Light Howard ; husband: sir james murray
        • Ann Light Howard ; husband: Sir William Thornhurst of Ekincourt
      • (from the 3rd marriage) Francis Howard (July 27, 1578 - October 8, 1639); 1st husband: Henry Prenell (d. 1600) 2nd husband: from May 27, 1601 Eduard Seymour (May 22, 1539 - April 6, 1621), 1st Earl of Hartford and 1st Baron Beauchamp of Hutch from 1559; 3rd husband: from June 16, 1621, Louis Stuart (September 29, 1574 - February 16, 1624), 2nd Earl and 2nd Duke of Lennox from 1583, 1st Earl of Richmond and 1st Baron Settrington from 1613, 1- 1st Duke of Richmond and 1st Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1623
  • (from 1st marriage) Sir Edward Howard (1476/77 - April 25, 1513), Admiral; 1st wife: Elizabeth Stapleton (d. 1505), daughter of Mil Stapleton, widow of Sir William Coltrop and Sir John Fortescue; 2nd husband: Earlier January 1506 Alice Lowell (c. 1465/1467 - December 23, 1518), 9th Baroness Morley
  • (from the 1st marriage) Lord Edmund Howard (c. 1478/1480 - March 19, 1539); 1st wife: Joyce Culpaper , daughter of Sir Richard Culpaper, widow of Ralph Lay; 2nd wife: Dorothy Troye (d. 1530), daughter of Thomas Troye; 3rd wife: Margaret Mundy , daughter of Sir John Mundy, widow of William Uweidale
    • (from 1st marriage) Henry Howard , squire
    • (from 1st marriage) Sir Charles Howard , courtier
    • (from 1st marriage) Sir George Howard (c. 1519-1580), courtier
    • (from 1st marriage) Margaret Howard ; husband: Sir Thomas Arundel (d. February 26, 1552)
    • (from the 1st marriage) Catherine Howard (c. 1525 - February 13, 1542); husband: from July 28, 1540 Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 - January 28, 1547), king of England from 1509
    • (from 1st marriage) Mary Howard ; husband: Sir Edmond Trafford (June 3, 1526–1590)
    • (from 1st marriage) Joyce Howard
    • (from 1st marriage) Isabella Howard ; husband: Henry Boynton of Broughham
  • (from 1st marriage) Elizabeth Howard (c. 1480/86 - April 3, 1538); husband: from approx. 1500 Thomas Boleyn (c. 1477 - March 12, 1539), Viscount Rochefort from 1525, 1st Earl of Ormond from 1527, 1st Earl of Wiltshire from 1529
    • Anna Boleyn ; husband: Henry VIII , king of England
  • (from the 1st marriage) Muriel (Marcella) Howard (1486-1512 / 15); 1st husband: John Gray (April 1480 - September 9, 1504), 2nd Viscount Lyle from 1492; 2nd husband: earlier on July 9, 1506, Sir Thomas Nivett (d. August 1512)
  • (from 1st marriage) Henry Howard (c. 1480-1501 / 13)
  • (from 1st marriage) Richard Howard (c. 1487 - March 27, 1517)
  • (from 1st marriage) Sir John Howard (c. 1482 - March 23, 1503)
  • (from 1st marriage) Charles Howard (c. 1483 - May 3, 1512)
  • (from 2nd marriage) Howard, William, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (c. 1509/1510 - January 11/12, 1573), 1st Baron Howard of Effingham from 1554; 1st wife: until June 18, 1531, Katherine Broughton (d. April 23, 1535), daughter of John Broughton of Toddington and Anna Sapkout; 2nd wife: Margare Gamage (d. May 18, 1581), daughter of Sir Thomas Gamage of Coiffy and Margaret St. John of Bletsow
    • Howards from Effingham
  • (from 2nd marriage) Lord Thomas Howard (1511 - October 31, 1537)
  • (from 2nd marriage) Richard Howard (d. 1517)
  • (from 2nd marriage) Dorothy Howard ; husband: after February 21, 1530 Edward Stanley (May 10, 1509 - October 24, 1572), 3rd Earl of Derby, 4th Baron Stanley, 11th Baron Strange of Nokin and 7th Baron Mogun from 1521
  • (from the 2nd marriage) Anna Howard (d. until February 22, 1559); husband: from November 16, 1511, John de Ver (August 14, 1499 - July 14, 1526), ​​14th Earl of Oxford from 1513
  • (from the 2nd marriage) Catherine Howard (d. c. May 1554); 1st husband: formerly 1522 Rice ap Griffith (c. 1508-1531); 2nd husband: Henry Dobni (December 1493 - April 12, 1548), 2nd Baron Doobni from 1508, 1st Earl of Bridgewater from 1538
  • (from the 2nd marriage) Elizabeth Howard (d. September 18, 1537); husband: Henry Radcliffe (c. 1506 - February 17, 1557), 2nd Earl of Sussex and 11th Baron Fitzwalter from 1542

• (from 1st marriage) Ann Howard ; husband: Sir Edmund George of Rexhall
• (from 1st marriage) Isabelle Howard ; husband: Sir Robert Mortimer
• (from the 1st marriage) Joan Howard (d. 1508); husband: from 1481 sir John Timperley of Hintlesham (c. 1446/1451 - 1510)
• (from 1st marriage) Margaret Howard ; husband: Sir John Wyndham of Crownhorp (d. 1503)
• (from 1st marriage) Nicholas Howard
• (from the 2nd marriage) Catherine Howard (d. March 12, 1536); husband: John Bursier (c. 1466/1467 - March 19, 1533), 2nd Lord Berners

Fitzalans-Howards

Penrith Howard Branch

Staffords-Howards

Suffolk Howard Branch

The Howard Branch of Carlisle

The Howard Branch of their Effingham

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