Noble family House of Howard Mother Elizabeth Stuart | Name Thomas 5th | |
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Parents Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel Siblings Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, Lord Charles Howard, Lord Bernard Howard Grandparents Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel Nephews Henry Charles Howard, Bernard Howard, Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, Lord Thomas Howard | ||
Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk (9 March 1627 – 13 December 1677) was an English nobleman.
Thomas Howard was born to Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Arundel. In 1660 King Charles II, acting on a virtually unanimous petition from the House of Lords recreated the dukedom of Norfolk, which had been forfeited for treason in 1572, and gave it to him.
Thomas had significant mental disabilities that prevented him from marrying or exercising his privileges as Duke. He spent much of his life in a private asylum in Padua, Italy. Thomas' brother, Sir Henry Howard served as Earl Marshal until Thomas died in 1677, then succeeded him as Duke. Another brother, Philip, became a Catholic cardinal.
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