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Henry FitzRoy was born in June 1519. His mother was Elizabeth Blount, Catherine of Aragon's lady-in-waiting, and his father was Henry VIII. FitzRoy was conceived when Queen Catherine was approaching her last confinement with another of Henry's children, a stillborn daughter born in November 1518.
Henry acknowledged one illegitimate child, Henry FitzRoy, as his own, but is suspected to have fathered several illegitimate children by different mistresses. [1] The number and identity of these is a matter of historical debate. [citation needed] There are many theories about whether Henry VIII had fertility difficulties. [2]
The Blount family was of landed gentry status but had no real national input until Blount gave birth to Henry Fitzroy, the only acknowledged illegitimate child of Henry VIII. [ 6 ] Little is known of Elizabeth Blount's early years, except for her reputation as a beauty, [ 7 ] and for her famous affair with King Henry VIII (born 1491; he was ...
Mary FitzRoy has appeared in many books of noted historical fiction, most notably The Secrets of the Tudor Court by Darcey Bonnette which features Mary as the main character, and The Sixth Wife, in which she is a rival of Katherine Parr, and is used by her brother Surrey to try to become a "seventh wife" of the King despite her protests.
He was the only child and heir of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690) (an illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers) by his wife Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington, a great-granddaughter of William the Silent. He succeeded to his father's titles on 9 October 1690.
Henry FitzRoy (born c. 1100–1104, died 1158) was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England, possibly by Princess Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last king of Deheubarth (d. 1093), and his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn, and was a grandson of William the Conqueror. [1]
Henry Winkler and his wife, Stacey Weitzman, showed their support for their daughter, Zoe Winkler Reinis, at the This Is About Humanity’s 6th Anniversary Soirée. Winkler Reinis attended the ...
Henry FitzRoy may refer to: Henry FitzRoy (died 1158) (c. 1103–1158), illegitimate son of Henry I of England; Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536), the only illegitimate child acknowledged by Henry VIII; Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690), illegitimate son of Charles II of Great Britain; Henry FitzRoy ...