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William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG (c. 1490 – 15 October 1542) was an English courtier and soldier. He was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.
Apr 19, 2002 · Yorkshire, England. Immediate Family: Son of Thomas FitzWilliam, Of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville. Husband of Mabel Clifford, Countess of Southampton. Brother of Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Aldwark; Anthony Fitzwilliam; Richard Fitzwilliam; Mary Fitzwilliam; Edmund Fitzwilliam and 2 others.
Oct 15, 2023 · October 15 – William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton. 6 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway. No comment yet. On this day in Tudor history, 15th October 1542, in the reign of King Henry VIII, courtier, diplomat and naval commander William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is thought that he was buried in Newcastle.
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William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG ( c. 1490, Aldwark, North Riding of Yorkshire – 15 October 1542, Newcastle upon Tyne ), English courtier and soldier, was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.
When William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Southampton was born about 1489, in Aldwarke Hall, Yorkshire, England, his father, Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, was 42 and his mother, Lady Lucy Neville, was 25. He married Mabel Clifford about 1500, in Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM, Earl of Southampton (d. 1542), lord high admiral of England, was the younger son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Aldwarke, West Riding of Yorkshire, by Lucy, daughter and coheiress of John Neville, marquis of Montacute.
Its first creation came in 1537 in favour of the courtier William FitzWilliam. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1542. Its second creation came in 1547 in favour of the politician Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley, Lord Chancellor between 1544 and 1547.