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Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (c. 15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536) was the son of Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged.
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Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset (c. 1519 – 7...
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While Henry and his first wife were unsuccessful at...
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Jun 15, 2015 · As Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Richmond and Somerset, the six year-old boy was given lands and revenues around £4845, a staggering sum of money at the time. Fitzroy was also created Warden General of the Northern Marches on 22 June 1525.
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...
Sep 1, 2020 · On 18 June 1525, a six-year-old boy made a dazzling entrance onto England’s public stage. In a ceremony at London’s grand Bridewell Palace, the boy was made Earl of Nottingham and then Duke of both Richmond and Somerset.
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.
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. Henry FitzRoy was conceived when Queen Catherine was approaching her last confinement with another of Henry's children, which sadly turned out to be a stillborn daughter in November 1518.
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.