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Fitzroy was made Duke of Richmond and Somerset.
Consultant editor for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1983–88; Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, 1954–93. Author of The Tudor Revolution in Government and others.
Jul 20, 2019 · 20th July 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...
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.
views 2,966,685 updated. FitzRoy, Henry, duke of Richmond (1519–36). FitzRoy was Henry VIII's illegitimate son by Elizabeth Blount, a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. Since Henry had no surviving male heir until 1537, and his marriage to Catherine was disputed, the future of FitzRoy produced much comment.
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.
c.1533-4. RCIN 420019. 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.
