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William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG (c. 1490 – 15 October 1542) was an English courtier and soldier. He was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.
9 de abr. de 2024 · William Fitzwilliam, earl of Southampton was an English admiral during the reign of Henry VIII. A son of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Aldwarke, near Rotherham, Fitzwilliam was a companion in boyhood of Henry VIII and was knighted for his services at the siege of Tournai in 1513.
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William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG ( c. 1490, Aldwark, North Riding of Yorkshire – 15 October 1542, Newcastle upon Tyne ), English courtier and soldier, was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.
William Fitzwilliam, a younger son in a cadet branch of a relatively undistinguished Yorkshire family, was probably chosen at the age of ten as a companion for Prince Henry as a result of his mother's second marriage to Sir Anthony Browne, the King's standard-bearer and constable of Calais.
15 de oct. de 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 15th October 1542, in the reign of King Henry VIII, courtier, diplomat and naval commander William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is thought that he was buried in Newcastle. Fitzwilliam's offices included Vice Admiral, Treasurer of the Household and Lord Privy Seal.
When William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Southampton was born about 1489, in Aldwarke Hall, Yorkshire, England, his father, Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, was 42 and his mother, Lady Lucy Neville, was 25. He married Mabel Clifford about 1500, in Essex, England, United Kingdom.
Earl of Southampton was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of England. Its first creation came in 1537 in favour of the courtier William FitzWilliam . He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1542.
