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Henry FitzRoy, I duca di Richmond e di Somerset (Blackmore, 15 giugno 1519 – Thetford, 23 luglio 1536), era un figlio naturale di re Enrico VIII d'Inghilterra e dell'amante Elizabeth Blount, conosciuta come "Bessie".
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.
Henry FitzRoy, I duca di Richmond e di Somerset (Blackmore, 15 giugno 1519 – Thetford, 23 luglio 1536), era un figlio naturale di re Enrico VIII d'Inghilterra e dell'amante Elizabeth Blount, conosciuta come "Bessie".
RCIN 420019. Henry Fitzroy (1519–36) was the son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount, a Lady in Waiting to Katherine of Aragon. His illegitimacy meant he had no claim upon the throne, but he was created a Knight of the Garter, and Duke of Richmond and Somerset aged six.
Il ducato fu creato prima (come Duca di Richmond e Somerset) per Henry FitzRoy, il figlio illegittimo di Enrico VIII (della dinastia Tudor) avuto da Elizabeth Blount. In seguito alla sua morte senza figli nel 1536 si estinse.
RCIN 420019. Henry Fitzroy was the favoured illegitimate son of Henry VIII. Instead of depicting Fitzroy as a confident, wealthy and quasiroyal youth, this intimate portrait shows him in a state of undress, wearing a nightcap and shirt.
In this intimate portrait of Henry VIII’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, aged about 15 is dressed in unusually informal attire – a shirt left open at the collar and a linen nightcap embroidered with geometric blackwork.