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Earls and dukes of Norfolk - LoveToKnow 1911 (3019 words) |
 | The illustrious family of Howard, members of which have been dukes of Norfolk from 1483 to the present day, the exception of two periods duringwhich Y? P P the title was forfeited, was connected with the family of Mowbray. |
| Norfolk was a brutal and licentious man, but was a supporter of the Roman church, being, as he himself admits, "quick against the sacramentaries." As a soldier he was serviceable to Henry VIII., but as a diplomatist he was a failure, being far inferior to Wolsey and to Cromwell. |
| Norfolk's first wife, Mary (1540-1557), daughter and heiress of Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel, bore him a son, Philip, who in consequence of his father's attainder was not allowed to succeed to the dukedom of Norfolk, but became 13th earl of Arundel in succession to his maternal grandfather in 1580. |
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