X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset


Henry Fitzroy

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536), the only illegitimate child acknowledged by Henry VIII

Tanya Huff

The first book introduces Vicki Nelson, a former police officer with failing eyesight due to Retinitis Pigmentosa and Henry Fitzroy, a vampire and writer of historical romances—which is natural for him as he was Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII before he was seduced by a vampire.


Baron Southampton

The Southampton title had previously been created for Charles FitzRoy, eldest natural son of Charles II and the Duchess of Cleveland and the elder brother of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, but had become extinct in 1774 on the death of his son William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland and 2nd Duke of Southampton, six years before the creation of the barony of Southampton.

Henry Fitzroy

Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1848–1912), eldest son of Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690), one of the sons of Charles II of Great Britain

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

Johanna of Austria


see also

Bessie Blount

Elizabeth Blount, mistress of Henry VIII of England and mother of his son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset