Mary FitzAlan

Mary FitzAlan, Duchess of Norfolk (1540 – 23/25 August 1557) was an English translator.

Lady Mary FitzAlan
Duchess of Norfolk
Traditionally called Mary, Duchess of Norfolk, aged 16, 1556.
Born	1540
Died	23/25 August 1557 (aged 16-17) Arundel House, The Strand, Middlesex, England
Buried	first at St Clement Danes, London and then at Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel
Noble family	FitzAlan (by birth) Howard (by marriage)
Spouse(s)	Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Issue	Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
Father	Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel
Mother	Lady Katherine Grey

She was the youngest daughter and child of Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel and his first wife Lady Katherine Grey, therefore Mary was a first cousin of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, father of Lady Jane Grey. Because her only brother had predeceased her, she and her elder sister, Jane FitzAlan were co-heiresses to the earldom of her father. Mary and Jane both received an excellent education. Several of her translations from Greek to Latin have been preserved.

Mary was the first wife of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, whom she married in 1555. They had one son, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, born the following year. Mary died eight weeks after the birth of Philip at Arundel House. She was buried on 1 September 1557 in St Clement Danes church in London. Decades later, based on the provisions of the will of her grandson Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, her remains were moved to the Fitzalan Chapel in Arundel.

Upon the death of her father in 1580, the earldom of Arundel passed to Mary's son Philip, all of his aunt Jane's children having predeceased her, and Jane having predeceased her father Henry.