Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

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Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (née Tilney; c. 1477 – May 1545) was the second wife of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. Two of King Henry VIII's wives were her step-granddaughters, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Catherine Howard was placed in the 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 Elizabeth I and James VI and I. Edmund Tilney's mother, Malyn, was implicated in the scandal surrounding the downfall of Catherine Howard.

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