Howard, Douglas (1542 - 1608)

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Sheffield, Dudley, Stafford

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1542
Death Date: 1608-12 (buried December 11)

Siblings

Male

Howard, Charles (1536 - 1624) (patron)
Howard, William ( - 1600)

Female

Howard, Frances (1554 - 1598)
Howard, Mary ( - 1600)
Howard, Elizabeth ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Sheffield, John (1538 - 1568)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1562
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588)
    Type: other
    Union began: 1573
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Sheffield's involvement with Leicester possibly began as an affair during the 1570s; however Sheffield claimed a private marriage occurred at Leicester's house at Esher, Surrey between 11 Nov. and 25 Dec. of this year
  3. Stafford, Edward (1552 - 1604/5)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1579-11-29
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 2 sons, both of whom predeceased their parents

Offspring

From Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588)

  1. Male offspring: Dudley, Robert (1574 - 1649)

From Sheffield, John (1538 - 1568)

  1. Male offspring: Sheffield, Edmund (1565 - 1646) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Sheffield, Elizabeth (d. 1600)

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)