Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (15 June 1519–23 July 1536) was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his mistress, Elizabeth Blount. Henry had an affair with Elizabeth Blount while he was married to Catherine of Aragon. He was the only illegitimate (a person whose parents are not married) child of Henry VIII that was confirmed by Henry VIII to be his own son. Henry had no other living sons during Fitzroy's lifetime and so Fitzroy was considered as a potential heir to the throne.
He died in 1536 from a lung disease, probably Tuberculosis, one year before his half-brother Edward VI of England was born.
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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke Of Richmond And Somerset Media
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Arms of Sir Henry Fitzroy, KG, at the time of his installation as a knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
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Sketch of the Duchess of Richmond by Hans Holbein the Younger
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Tomb of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and his wife Mary. St Michael the Archangel's Church, Framlingham, Suffolk
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Noah's Ark on the Flood, one of the scenes from the Old Testament in the tomb of the Duke of Richmond
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Coat of arms of the Duke of Richmond, quartered with the Howard family arms (from his marriage to Lady Mary, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Norfolk) on his tomb in Framlingham Church.