Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and poet credited with pioneering the English sonnet form and introducing blank verse into English literature.

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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey canonical 22

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instanceOf English nobleman ⓘ
Renaissance poet ⓘ
Tudor-period nobleman ⓘ
poet ⓘ
accusedOf quartering the royal arms of England ⓘ
treason ⓘ
causeOfDeath beheading ⓘ
child Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton ⓘ
Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk ⓘ
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
contemporaryOf Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
convictedIn trial for treason, 1547 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1516 ⓘ
1517 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1547-01-19 ⓘ
educatedAt court of Henry VIII ⓘ
employer Henry VIII of England ⓘ
era Tudor period ⓘ
familyName Howard ⓘ
father Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
genre elegy ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
influenced Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
later English sonneteers ⓘ
influencedBy Italian Renaissance poetry ⓘ
Petrarch ⓘ
linked to: Francesco Petrarca
knownFor introducing blank verse into English literature ⓘ
pioneering the English sonnet form ⓘ
refining the English or Shakespearean sonnet structure ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk ⓘ
movement English Renaissance ⓘ
Petrarchism ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Howard ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Surrey ⓘ
notableWork Aeneid, Book II (English blank verse translation) ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid

Aeneid, Book IV (English blank verse translation) ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid

English translations of Petrarch’s sonnets ⓘ
occupation courtier ⓘ
poet ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn Henry VIII’s 1544 campaign in France ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hunsdon, Hertfordshire ⓘ
linked to: Hunsdon
placeOfBurial All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London ⓘ
linked to: Tower Hill, London
placeOfDeath Tower of London ⓘ
positionHeld Knight of the Garter ⓘ
Lieutenant General of the King on Sea and Land ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Kenninghall, Norfolk ⓘ
court of Henry VIII ⓘ
linked to: Court of Henry VIII
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances de Vere ⓘ

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House of Howard → notableMember → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Marshal of England → positionHeldBy → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Howard family → notableMember → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta → influenced → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Petrarchan sonnet tradition → adoptedBy → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Howard → hasNotableBearer → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Thomas Wyatt → influenced → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk → child → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Earl of Surrey → notableHolder → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk → father → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton → father → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Renaissance lyric tradition → hasKeyFigure → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Fragments of Vernacular Matters → influenced → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk → motherOf → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk → child → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Frances de Vere → spouse → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Kenninghall, Norfolk → associatedWith → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Kenninghall, Norfolk → hasNotableResident → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Mary Howard, Duchess of Richmond → sister → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Howard (surname) → hasNotableBearer → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Elizabeth Tilney, Duchess of Norfolk → grandmotherOf → Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ