atherine Howard (1521-42), 5th queen of Henry VIII, was a granddaughter of the second Duke of Norfolk. Between July 21 and Aug. 8, 1540, she was privately married to the king. Shortly afterward evidence of her immoral conduct before her marriage was brought to light, and she was beheaded. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

The 2nd niece of Sir Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, to marry Henry VIII, she was also the second to be beheaded for her adultery. This was with Thomas Culpeper. Howard had hoped to advance his family’s interests at Court, his success helped to bring about the fall of Thomas Cromwell but this has now turned sour. [THELMA.GED]

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