(1515-1578), the daughter of Henry VIII's sister, Margaret Tudor, and her second husband, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (c. 1489 - 1557). By the end of 1535 Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret Douglas had fallen in love and become secretly engaged.

Imprisonment and death

Howard's niece, Queen Anne, fell from power in May 1536. This undoubtedly contributed to the King's fury when in early July 1536 he learned of the marriage

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