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unusual facts about Mary Howard, of the Holy Cross



Baron Mordaunt

On his death in 1697, the earldom was inherited by the his nephew, Charles and the barony was inherited by his only child, Mary, the estranged wife of the 7th Duke of Norfolk.

Mary Howard

Mary Howard de Liagre (1913-2009), American actress usually credited as Mary Howard

Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset (1519-1557), née Lady Mary Howard, lady-in-waiting, wife of Henry Fitzroy, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Norfolk and daughter-in-law of Henry VIII

Mary FitzAlan (1541-1557), Duchess of Norfolk, married name Mary Howard

Mary Howard, of the Holy Cross

Mary Howard, of the Holy Cross (born 28 December 1653; died at Rouen, 21 March 1735) was an English nun of the Poor Clares.

Norfolk House

Parts of the interior of the eighteenth-century house were removed before demolition and still survive, including the Music Room, designed by Giovanni Battista Borra for the ninth Duke's wife Mary.


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