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  Duke of Richmond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry FitzRoy's arms were as follows: 1st and 4th canton borders for Brittany, 2nd and 3rd canton borders for Somerset, centred by the English Royal Arms, surmounted by an escutcheon of Nottingham, with a bar attached to show royal bastardy.
Richmond was the compromise between Lancaster and York, in the Wars of the Roses.
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox (1672-1723)
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 Earls and dukes of Richmond - LoveToKnow Watches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
From 1414 to 1435 the earldom of Richmond was held by John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford, and in 1453 it was conferred on Edmund Tudor, uterine brother to King Henry VI., whose.
His son Charles, 2nd duke (1701-1750), added to the titles he inherited from his father that of duke of Aubigny in France, to which he succeeded in 1 734 on the death of his grandmother the duchess of Portsmouth; and all these honours are still held by his descendant the present duke of Richmond.
The 2nd duke, by his marriage with Sarah, daughter of the 1st Earl Cadogan, was father of Lady Caroline Lennox, who eloped with Henry Fox, and was the mother of Charles James Fox, and of the beautiful Lady Sarah Lennox (1745-1826) with whom George III.
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 Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (June 15, 1519 – June 18, 1536) was the son of Henry VIII and his teenaged mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only bastard that Henry acknowledged.
Fitzroy was created 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset on June 16, 1525.
Fitzroy married Mary Howard, the daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, on November 28, 1533.
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 Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (15 June 1519–18 June 1536) was the son of King Henry VIII and his teenaged mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only bastard that Henry acknowledged.
FitzRoy was created Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Richmond and Somerset on 16 June 1525.
Anne was executed on 19 May 1536, and despite the King's crocodile tears (he embraced Richmond, telling him that he was lucky to have escaped the "witch's" plans), the boy died of consumption at St.
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 Henry VIII of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Born at the Palace of Placentia at Greenwich, Henry VIII was the third child of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
Henry entered into an alliance with Charles V through the Treaty of Bruges, and Francis I was defeated by Charles' imperial armies at the Battle of Pavia in February 1525.
Henry was certainly the inspiration for the title of the popular song "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" (1911), recorded by Harry Champion and later by Herman's Hermits; the actual song, however, is about a man named Henry whose wife has been married to seven different individuals, all named Henry.
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 Wives of Henry VIII - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Henry annulled his marriage to her after she had borne him a girl, Mary I.
She could not produce a male ("Henry's Great Matter") and their marriage was annulled, against Papal orders, starting the schism between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.
Elizabeth Blount, mothered Henry's firstborn son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, whom Henry acknowledged.
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 Order of the Garter
Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, Admiral of the Fleet and Steward of England (1300-1361)
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset, uncle of the Prince of Wales (1541)
Duke Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha, brother-in-law of the Prince of Wales (1750)
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 Lord High Constable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The constableship was granted as a grand serjeanty with the earldom of Hereford by the empress Maud to Milo of Gloucester, and was carried by his heiress to the Bohuns, earls of Hereford and Essex.
Through a coheiress of the Bohuns it descended to the Staffords, dukes of Buckingham; and on the attainder of Edward Stafford, third duke of Buckingharn, in the reign of Henry VIII.
The Lacys and Verduns were hereditary constables of Ireland from the 12th to the 14th century; and the Hays, earls of Erroll, have been hereditary constables of Scotland from early in.
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 1536 Encyclopedia Articles @ OfficialTexts.com (Official Texts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English statesman and poet (died 1608)
January 7 - Catherine of Aragon, queen of Henry VIII of England (born 1485)
June 18 - Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England (born 1519)
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 The Definitive Guide to Wives of Henry VIII XXXX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Henry, then a devout Roman Catholic, sought the Pope's approval for an annulment on the grounds that the marriage was invalid because Catherine had first been his brother's wife.
She agreed to have an annullment, claiming the marriage had not been consummated, and she was given a generous settlement, including Hever Castle, former home of Henry's former in-laws the Boleyns.
- February 13, 1542) was Henry's fifth wife 1540-1542, sometimes known as "the rose without a thorn." After the annulment of the marriage, she was beheaded at the Tower of London.
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 Wives of Henry VIII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
She could not produce a male ("Henrys Great Matter") and their marriage was annuled, against Papal orders, starting the schism between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.
She was falsely accused of adultery and treason in order that the King could marry someone else in 1536; she was beheaded by a French swordsman on the 19th May. Before her death, she joked that, "I heardsay the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck." Jane Seymour 3.
Anne Boleyn remains a sympathetic figure; mostly for her bad luck (unable to produce a male heir), and her early stature as a vocal female, who was dared to have expressed herself forcefully in political matters.
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 Henry CAREY (1° B. Hundson)
This boy was called Henry Fitzroy - the surname traditionally given to royal bastards - and was ennobled, given the title Duke of Richmond.
William Carey died on 23 Jun 1528 and Henry VIII promptly granted Anne Boleyn the wardship of her nephew (and possibly his son), two-year-old Henry Carey.
In 1559, on the accession of Elizabeth to the throne, Henry Carey was ennobled as Baron Hunsdon, with lands in Hertfordshire, Kent, and Hampshire, and becomes Elizabeth's Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners, the Queen's personal bodyguard.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
The 2nd duke was killed at the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455 and his titles passed to his son Henry Beaufort (1436-1464) who had been known as the Earl of Dorset since his father's creation as Duke of Somerset.
Henry's titles were forfeited by act of parliament; but his brother Edmund Beaufort (c.1439-1471) was styled Duke of Somerset by the Lancastrians.
Edward Seymour (c.1500-1552), brother of Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour, became Lord Protector of England during Minority between 1547 and 1549.
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 Wives of Henry VIII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Catherine of Aragon The wives of Henry VIII, of England were:
- February 13, 1542) was the fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England 1540-1542, sometimes known as "the rose without a thorn." After annulment of marriage, she was beheaded at the Tower of London on 10 February 1542.
Henry VIII of England, Wives of Henry VIII of England, Wives of
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 Duke of Richmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The title Duke of Richmond (named after Richmond in North Yorkshire) has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
Arms of the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon since 1791
Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox (1791-1860)
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 WRGF - Great Britain
Descendants of Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663-1690)
Descendants of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672-1723)
Descendants of Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (1436-1464)
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 Earls and Dukes of Richmond
This Alan married Bertha the daughter and heiress of Conan III the reigning Duke of Brittany.
From 1414 to 1435 the earldom was held by John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford and in 1452 was conferred on Edmund Tudor, brother to King Henry VI.
In 1525 Henry Fitzroy the son of Henry VIII (shown left) and Elizabeth Blount was created duke of Richmond and Somerset and earl of Nottingham.
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 1536 - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
30 May - Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour.
7 January - Catherine of Aragon (wife of Henry VIII of England).
18 June - Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England.
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 1519 - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
March 31 - King Henri II of France (d.
June 12 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d.
June 15 - Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England and Elizabeth Blount
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 [ information-center.be | Henry,_Duke_of_Cornwall Resources ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He was born on 1 January 1511, eighteen months after his parents' marriage and coronation.
Henry distracted himself from his grief by unsuccessfully waging war against Louis XII of France with his father-in-law, Ferdinand II of Aragon.
In total Henry had ten children by his six wives and at least one illegitimate son.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Thomas Mowbray, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1366-1399)
Richard, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1473-1483) (son-in-law of the last Earl of Nottingham of the previous creation)
Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1519-1536)
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 Articles - 1536   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
* Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English statesman and poet (died 1608)
* January 7 -, queen of Henry VIII of England (born 1485)
* June 18 - Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England (born 1519)
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Prince Henry, later King Henry VIII of England 1493
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