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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]
Arms of Sir Henry Fitzroy, KG, at the time of his installation as a knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (c. 15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536) was the son of Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged.
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 ...
By Elizabeth Blount (mistress; bore the only illegitimate child Henry VIII acknowledged as his son) Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset: 15 June 1519 23 July 1536 illegitimate; acknowledged by Henry VIII in 1525; no issue By Anne Boleyn (married Westminster Abbey 25 January 1533; annulled 17 May 1536) beheaded 19 May 1536 Queen ...
Elizabeth or Bessie Blount, mother of his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, to whom Henry VIII gave the dukedoms of Somerset and Richmond. Fitzroy, which means son of the king was acknowledged by Henry and there was talk in the 1530s that the King, who then had no male heir, would legitimise Fitzroy. [1] Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn.
In conjunction with legislation passed by the English Parliament, it was supposed to have a regulative effect in deciding the succession to the three following monarchs of the House of Tudor, the three legitimate and illegitimate children (the Third Succession Act expressly recognised the illegitimacy of Henry's daughters) of King Henry VIII.
Henry VIII's two illegitimate (by the Third Succession Act) daughters were excluded: Lady Mary (born 1516), first daughter of Henry VIII; Lady Elizabeth (born 1533), second daughter of Henry VIII; Descendants of Henry's elder sister Margaret, Queen of Scots were excluded by Henry's will:
Carey's mother, Mary Boleyn, was mistress to King Henry VIII from 1520. [7] The exact dates when the affair started and ended are unknown, although it is believed to have ended by the time Carey was born on 4 March 1526. [8] Contemporary rumours stated that Carey was an illegitimate child of Henry VIII.