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Catherine Howard [b] (c. 1523 – 13 February 1542) was Queen of England from July 1540 until November 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a cousin to Anne Boleyn (the second wife of Henry VIII), and the niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.
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The sitter was formerly identified as Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII. The lady is now thought to be a member of the Cromwell family, perhaps Elizabeth Seymour (c.1518–1568), sister of Henry VIII’s third wife, Jane Seymour, and wife of Thomas Cromwell’s son, Gregory .
Notes: Widener Collection: References: Pictures in the collection of P.A.B. Widener at Lynnewood hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Early German, Dutch & Flemish schools, 56 ; L'opera completa di Van Dyck, 918
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1: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis in pale or between two flaunches ermine (each charged with a rose gules) (first marriage augmentation created for Queen Catherine Howard) 2: Royal arms of King Edward I, a label of three points argent for difference (Brotherton) (Arms of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk)
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