Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk facts for kids

Quick facts for kids His Grace The Duke of Norfolk
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Duke of Norfolk
In office 1660 – 13 December 1677 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 4th Duke of Norfolk (title forfeited 1572, vacant 1572 - 1660)
Succeeded by	The 6th Duke of Norfolk
Personal details
Born	9 March 1627
Died	13 December 1677 (1677-12-14) (aged 50)
Parents	Henry Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel (father) Lady Elizabeth Stuart (mother)

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. His maternal grandfather was Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox.

In 1660 King Charles II, acting on a virtually unanimous petition from the House of Lords, recreated for him the dukedom of Norfolk, which had been forfeited for treason by his great-great-grandfather Thomas Howard in 1572.

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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