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- Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519-1536) c.1533-4 RCIN 420019 Henry Fitzroy was the favoured illegitimate son of Henry VIII.
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Jun 15, 2015 · The first signs of any illness was recorded on 8 July and just two weeks later the young man was dead. Even though he was the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII, and also Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Fitzroy did not receive a public or lavish funeral.
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A few months after Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, on 28 November 1533, the fourteen-year-old Richmond, as he came to be known, was married to Lady Mary Howard, the only daughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and the first cousin of Queen Anne Boleyn.
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Henry VIII by his mistress Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount. “Fitzroy” is a Norman-French surname meaning “son of the King” and was a name given to monarchs’ illegitimate sons.
The fourteen-year-old Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond, married Mary Howard on 26th November 1533. It has been claimed by Alison Weir , the author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2007), that the marriage had been arranged by Anne Boleyn in an effort to gain the support of the Duke of Norfolk.
Jul 20, 2019 · In 1525, at the age of six, he was made a Knight of the Garter at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. 1525 also saw FitzRoy created Duke of Richmond and Somerset and Earl of Nottingham in an...
FitzRoy died on 23 July 1536, aged 17, probably of tuberculosis. He was buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. His titles were forfeit on his death and were not restored until after the accession of his son, Henry FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Somerset, to the throne in 1603.
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 teenage mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only illegitimate offspring whom Henry acknowledged.
