Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Agnes Tilney
Duchess of Norfolk
Bornc. 1477
DiedMay 1545
Spouse(s)Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
IssueWilliam Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
Lord Thomas Howard
Lord Richard Howard
Lady Dorothy Howard, Countess of Derby
Lady Anne Howard, Countess of Oxford
Lady Katherine Howard, Countess of Bridgewater
Lady Elizabeth Howard
FatherHugh Tilney
MotherEleanor, daughter of Walter Tailboys

Agnes Howard (née Tilney) (c. 1477 – May 1545) was the second wife of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. Two of King Henry VIII's queens were her step-granddaughters, Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. Catherine Howard was placed in the Dowager Duchess's care after her mother's death.

Agnes' brother, Sir Philip Tilney of Shelley (d.1533), was the paternal grandfather of Edmund Tilney (1535/6–1610), Master of the Revels to Queen Elizabeth and King James. Edmund Tilney's mother, Malyn, was implicated in the scandal surrounding the downfall of Queen Katherine Howard.


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