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Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond The match was a triumph for the Boleyn family as the Duchess was a former member of Queen Anne's household, and a staunch advocate of reform. It was also a very advantageous match for the Duchess as with no legitimate male heir to the throne, the Duke was seen at the time as a likely future king.
HENRY FITZROY, DUKE OF RICHMOND. BORN: 1519 DIED: 22 JULY 1536. Henry Fitzroy by Lucas Hornebolte The Royal Collection. Illegitimate son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount.Married Mary Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.
Henry Fitzroy (1519–36) was the son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount, a Lady in Waiting to Katherine of Aragon. His illegitimacy meant he had no claim upon the throne, but he was created a Knight of the Garter, and Duke of Richmond and Somerset aged six. This is the only surviving portrait of Fitzroy, and was probably painted at the time of ...
Apr 26, 2022 · About Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset. Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Earl of Nottingham, born June 15, 1519, at the Priory of St Lawrence at Blackmore, Essex, England, died July 23, 1536, at St. James's Palace, London, England. Henry FitzRoy was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his teenage mistress ...
On this day in history, the 22nd July 1536 (some sources state 23rd July), Henry VIII’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and the Earl of Nottingham, died at the age of 17. His death was a huge blow for Henry VIII, not only because he loved his son deeply but because he was left without an heir.
HENRY FITZROY, DUKE OF RICHMOND, was the son of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth Blount, a lady in waiting on Queen Catherine of Arragon, daughter of John Blount, esq., who, according to Wood, came from Knevet in Shropshire, perhaps Kinglet, an old seat of the Blount family. His mother afterwards married Gilbert, son of Sir George Talboys of Goltho ...
He was an older half-brother to Queen Elizabeth I and King Edward VI and also a young half-brother to Queen Mary I. Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset was the son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. He was born at the Priory of St Lawrence in July 1536. FitzRoy’s mother died shortly after his birth, and he was raised by his ...
