Mary FitzAlan

This article is about the daughter of the 19th Earl of Arundel. For his wife, married name Mary Fitzalan, see Mary Arundell (courtier).

Lady Mary FitzAlan
Duchess of Norfolk
Traditionally called Mary, Duchess of Norfolk, aged 16, 1565.
Spouse(s)	Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Issue Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
Noble family	FitzAlan (by birth) Howard (by marriage)
Father	Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
Mother	Lady Katherine Grey
Born	1540
Died	23/25 August 1557
Buried	St Clement Danes, Westminster, London, England

Lady Mary FitzAlan, Duchess of Norfolk (1540 – 23/25 August 1557) was the youngest daughter and child of Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel and his first wife Lady Catherine Grey. Because her only brother had predeceased her, she and her elder sister, Jane FitzAlan were co-heiresses to the earldom of her father. Mary and Jane both received an excellent education. Several of her translations from Greek to Latin have been preserved.

Mary was the first wife of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, whom she married in 1555. They had one son, Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, born the following year. Mary died eight weeks after the birth of Philip at Arundel House. She was buried on 1 September 1557 in St Clement Danes.

Upon the death of her father in 1580, the earldom of Arundel passed to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk's son, Philip.

Ancestry

Family of Mary FitzAlan

16. William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel               8. Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel                       17. Lady Joan Neville               4. William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel                             18. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers               9. Lady Margaret Woodville                       19. Jacquetta of Luxembourg               2. Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel                                   20. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland               10. Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland                       21. Eleanor Poynings, Lady Poynings               5. Lady Anne Percy                             22. William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke               11. Lady Maud Herbert                       23. Anne Devereux               1. Lady Mary FitzAlan, Duchess of Norfolk                                         24. Sir John Grey               12. Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset                       25. Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England               6. Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset                             26. William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington               13. Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville                       27. Lady Katherine Neville               3. Lady Katherine Grey                                   28. Nicholas Wotton               14. Sir Robert Wotton                       29. Elizabeth Bamburgh               7. Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset                             30. Henry Belknap               15. Anne Belknap                       31. Margaret Knollys