Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (c. 15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536) was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock …

Jan 26, 2026 · Of the many possible candidates for the throne of Tudor England, successful or otherwise, the one most often overlooked is Henry FitzRoy.

Jun 15, 2015 · Henry Fitzroy was the illegitimate child of Henry VIII, the second Tudor monarch, with his mistress Elizabeth Blount. In 1512, when Henry VIII was approximately twenty-one years of age a …

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 …

Henry VIII (born June 28, 1491, Greenwich, near London, England—died January 28, 1547, London) was the king of England (1509–47) who presided over the beginnings of the English Renaissance …

Nov 15, 2024 · Henry FitzRoy was the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England by his mistress, Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount, who had been one of Catherine of Aragon’s maids of honour. Fitzroy was …

Sep 1, 2020 · The boy’s name was Henry Fitzroy and the doting father who had bestowed the titles upon him was none other than King Henry VIII. This seems to have been a proud moment for both …

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.

Jan 12, 2026 · Genealogy for Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519 - 1536) family tree on Geni, with over 280 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.

Apr 28, 2026 · Henry FitzRoy’s father, King Henry VIII of England, had a habit of producing children out of wedlock. However, when this Henry was born (sometime in June of 1519), he would become the …