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Hace 5 días · Somewhat reduced by grants and sales, the honor remained a Crown estate until 1706, when it passed to the 2nd duke of Grafton in tail male. The duke was also granted the rangership of Whittlewood Forest by the same tenure, thus acquiring the use of Wakefield Lodge, which he and his descendants made their Northamptonshire seat in ...
Hace 3 días · One of King Charles II’s illegitimate children, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth in Garter robes; Credit – Wikipedia Many illegitimate children of British monarchs have the surname FitzRoy or Fitzroy, a surname derived from the Anglo-Norman with Fitz, meaning “son of”, and Roy, meaning “king”.
Hace 3 días · George Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1665 – 1716), married (1) Catherine Wheatley, no children (2) Mary Dutton, no children On November 22, 1689, 17-year-old Lady Barbara became a novice at the Benedictine English Priory of St. Nicholas in Pontoise , Normandy, France, taking the name Sister Benedicta.
27 de jun. de 2024 · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Hace 6 días · Also in 1722 the Whig corporation chose another prominent Whig, Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, to succeed Sunderland as recorder.
28 de jun. de 2024 · On June 28, 1716, fifty-year-old George Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Northumberland died suddenly at Frogmore House. He was buried at Westminster Abbey in London, England, in the Duke of Albemarle’s Vault in the north aisle of the Henry VII Chapel.
17 de jun. de 2024 · In 1673, however, Blisworth was given by the king to Henry Earl of Arlington, with remainder to his son-inlaw Henry Fitzroy, who succeeded on his death in 1685. He was created Duke of Grafton in 1675, and Blisworth remained in the hands of his descendants until 1919, when most of the Northamptonshire estates of the Dukes of Grafton ...
