Lord Edmund Howard

Lord Edmund Howard ( * 1478, † March 19, 1539 ) was an English nobleman who belonged to the old Norman noble family of Howard. He was one of the sons of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, as a posthumous son but penniless and without greater career prospects. He married Joyce Culpeper, for this was the second marriage. For that were found from the gentry Joyce Culpeper connect with Edmund Howard was prestigious, even if it was without any financial assets. A living he found only when his niece Anne Boleyn Henry VIII married and he found a place officials in Calais due to their placement.

The marriage to Joyce Culpeper was very rich meet. The 10th child was Catherine Howard; at birth died Joyce Culpeper. Thanks to the connection between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII took Edmund Howard's stepmother Agnes Tilney, the young Catherine Howard in their budget in order to give her a proper education there. Edmund Howard died before he could witness the rise of his daughter to the English queen.