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Henry VIII of England had one acknowledged illegitimate child, and is suspected to have fathered several others by his various mistresses.. Henry acknowledged his paternity of Henry FitzRoy (15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536), the son of his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and granted him a dukedom; FitzRoy married Lady Mary Howard, but had no issue.
The confiscation of church property that had begun under Henry VIII resumed under Edward—notably with the dissolution of the chantries—to the great monetary advantage of the crown and the new owners of the seized property. [123] Church reform was therefore as much a political as a religious policy under Edward VI. [124]
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. He was the younger half-brother of Mary I, as well as the older half-brother of Elizabeth I and Edward VI.
On the day of Henry VIII's death, 28 January 1547, the line of succession was governed by the Third Succession Act: 1. Edward, Prince of Wales (born 1537), only legitimate son of Henry VIII 2. Lady Mary (born 1516), elder daughter of Henry VIII 3. Lady Elizabeth (born 1533), younger daughter of Henry VIII
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 ...
Margaret Bryan, Baroness Bryan (c. 1468 – c. 1551/52) was lady governess to the children of King Henry VIII of England, the future monarchs Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Edward VI, as well as the illegitimate Henry FitzRoy. [1] The position of lady governess in her day resembled less that of the popular modern idea of a governess, more that of a ...
Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547. Edward was nine years old. He was brought from Hertford Castle to Enfield, where he joined his half-sister Elizabeth. [2] He was proclaimed king on 30 January. [3] [4] Edward later wrote that the cause of his father's death was dropsy. Henry was buried at Windsor next to Jane Seymour, Edward's mother, on 16 ...
Seymour was played by Charlotte Roach in David Starkey's documentary series The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 2001. [46] Seymour is a supporting character in the 2003 BBC television drama The Other Boleyn Girl, played by Naomi Benson opposite Jared Harris as Henry VIII and Jodhi May as Anne Boleyn. [47]