Henry fitzroy and mary howard

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    Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset

    Illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England

    For other people named Henry FitzRoy, see Henry FitzRoy (disambiguation).

    Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (c. 15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536) was the son of Henry VIII of England and his mistressElizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged. He was the younger half-brother of Mary I, as well as the older half-brother of Elizabeth I and Edward VI. Through his mother, he was the elder half-brother of Elizabeth, George, and Robert Tailboys. His surname means "son of the king" in Norman French.[1]

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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. To avoid scandal, Blount wa

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    On this day in Tudor history, 26th November 1533, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, married Mary Howard at Hampton Court Palace.

    Henry Fitzroy was King Henry VIII’s illegitimate son by his mistress Bessie Blount and Mary Howard was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. They were both fourteen years old at the time of their wedding and were not expected to consummate the marriage or live together.

    It appears that the marriage, which was a political match rather than a love match, was the idea of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn.

    Find out more about the marriage and its context…

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    On this day in Tudor history, 26th November 1533, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset married Mary Howard. Fitzroy was the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII by his mistress Elizabeth or Bessie Blount, and Mary was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. They were both fourteen years old.

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    In 1529, the Duke of Norfolk informed the Spanish ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, that the King was arranging for his daughter, Mary Howard, to wed the King’s oäkta son, Henry Fitzroy, the Duke of Richmond. Two years later, the negotiations were finalised, with the wedding to take place in the second half of 1533, once the couple, who were the same age, had reached 14 years of age, the legal age for boys to marry (girls could be wed from 12).

    At the same time this match was being planned, Henry VIII was embroiled in his own matrimonial quandary, as his attempts to have his first marriage to Katherine of Aragon declared null and void, to allow him to marry Anne Boleyn, were proving futile.

    Although it seemed like the King was pushing the Fitzroy-Howard marriage, there fryst vatten evidence that Anne was the driving force behind this match, with the bride’s mother, the Duchess of Norfolk writing ‘queen Anne got the marriage clear for my lord my husband.’ And indeed, Anne had far great