Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey (before 1445 – 4 April 1497) was an English heiress, courtier, and the first wife of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. She was the mother of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Through her daughter Elizabeth she was the maternal grandmother of Anne Boleyn, and through another son, Edmund, the paternal grandmother of Katherine Howard, both queens consort of King Henry VIII. Elizabeth's great-granddaughter was Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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4 April 1497 (aged )
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