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Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519-36), was the illegitimate son of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Blount, a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. The child was officially acknowledged by the King after the early deaths of the three sons born to the Queen.
After his elevation to the peerage, Fitzroy was referred to on official documents as “right high and noble prince Henry, Duke of Richmond and Somerset.” He was given a complete education fitting a Royal Prince and given an annual income of £4845.
Image of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond , bastard son of King Henry the eight. Natural son of Henry VIII by the Elizabeth Blount, daughter of Sir John Blount of Kinlet, of the family of the Lords Mountjoy. He was the only bastard that Henry VIII acknowledged. When Henry became the father of a royal bastard, he was delighted; his ability to ...
The Dukedom of Richmond emerged under King Henry VIII . The first creation of a dukedom of Richmond (as Duke of Richmond and Somerset) was made in 1525 for Henry FitzRoy, an illegitimate son of King Henry VIII. His mother was Elizabeth Blount. Upon the Duke's death without children in 1536, his titles became extinct.
Jul 20, 2019 · King Henry VIII certainly took enough mistresses in his day, but only one of the resulting children was acknowledged: his beloved son, Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. He was born in ...
Picture of Henry Fitzroy made by Lucas Hourenbout, 1534/35. Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (15 June 1519–23 July 1536) was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his mistress, Elizabeth Blount. Henry had an affair with Elizabeth Blount while he was married to Catherine of Aragon.
Henry FitzRoy is the bastard son of King Henry VIII and one of his early mistresses, Elizabeth Blount. FitzRoy was the first son of Henry's who lived beyond infancy, and the only illegitimate child that the King officially recognized as his own. FitzRoy is born in episode 1.02 of The Tudors; about five or six years later he is given noble titles, becoming Duke of Richmond (though Henry cannot ...
