Duke of Norfolk

Dukedom of Norfolk
Dukedom of Norfolk
	; Arms: Quarterly, 1st: Gules on a Bend between six Cross-crosslets fitchy Argent an Escutcheon Or charged with a Demi-lion rampant pierced through the mouth by an arrow within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the first (Howard); 2nd: Gules three Lions passant gardant in pale Or, Armed and Langued Azure, in chief a Label of three points Argent (Plantagenet of Norfolk); 3rd: Checky Or and Azure (Warenne); 4th: Gules a Lion rampant Or, Armed and Langued Azure (Fitzalan).
Creation date	1397 (forfeit 1399–1425) (first creation); 1477 (second creation); 1483 (forfeit 1485–1514, 1547–1553, 1572–1660) (third creation);
Created by	Richard II (first creation); Henry VI (first creation, restored); Edward IV (second creation); Richard III (third creation); Henry VIII (third creation, restored); Mary I (third creation, restored); Charles II (third creation, restored);
Peerage	Peerage of England
First holder	Thomas de Mowbray
Present holder	Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
Heir apparent	Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel
Remainder to	1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Earl of Arundel; Earl of Surrey; Earl of Norfolk; Earl Marshal (office); Baron Beaumont; Baron Maltravers; Baron FitzAlan; Baron Clun; Baron Oswaldestre; Baron Howard of Glossop;
Extinction date	1476 (first creation); 1483 (second creation) ;
Seat(s)	Arundel Castle; Carlton Towers;
Former seat(s)	Framlingham Castle; Bungay Castle; Clun Castle;

Duke of Norfolk is a title in the peerage of England, and is the premier non-royal peerage. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the county of Norfolk. The current duke is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk. The dukes have historically been Catholic, a state of affairs known as recusancy in England.

All past and present dukes have been descended from Edward I. The son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; the earl was descended from Edward III. As all subsequent dukes after Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk are descendants of the Earl of Surrey, this means they are also descended from Edward III.

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