Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln

Henry Brandon
1st Earl of Lincoln
A portrait once thought to be of Edward VI, now thought to be of Henry Brandon.
Born	1523 England
Died	1 March 1534 (aged 10–11) Southwark, England
House	Tudor
Father	Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Mother	Mary Tudor, Queen of France

Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (ca. 1523 – 1 March 1534 Southwark) was the youngest child and second son born to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, who was a daughter of Henry VII of England. Thus Henry Brandon was nephew to Henry VIII of England. His older sisters were Lady Frances Brandon and Lady Eleanor Brandon.

He and his older brother (1516-1522) are often mistakenly thought to be the same person, because both died as children and bore the same name. It was not unusual in Tudor times to name a child after a deceased sibling.

His paternal grandparents were Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. His maternal grandparents were Henry VII of England and his queen consort Elizabeth of York.

His maternal uncles were Arthur, Prince of Wales, Henry VIII of England and Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset. His maternal aunts were Margaret, queen consort of Scotland, Elizabeth Tudor and Katherine Tudor.

Brandon was created Earl of Lincoln by Henry VIII on 18 June 1525 at the age of only two. He was "so young that Sir John Vere was appointed to carry him" during the elaborate ceremony. His father planned a marriage for him with Catherine Willoughby, a peeress in her own right and daughter of Maria de Salinas, who had been one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting.