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Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond as played by Zak Jenciragic

Born June 15, 1519 - died July 23,1536

Character's backstory:
Illegitimate son of Henry VIII & Elizabeth Blount. Raised by a nanny : Agnes Partridge along with her own son.
died 1536/7 (aged appx 17) - after he had witnessed Anne Boleyn's execution - possibly due to Tuberculosis like his half brother Prince Edward Tudor. There is some research at present that their deaths & their uncle, Arthur Tudor's maybe connected to a similar condition or even poisoning.
*Unlike the series which shows his death at 3 yrs of age.*

Buried in Thetford Priory - later transferred to St. Michael's Church, Framlingham, Suffolk (wrapped in lead rather than in a traditional coffin). There is some mystery because there was no autopsy which was common and the funeral was held in secret.

Gentility: Illegitimate son of King Henry VIII

Position: created 1st Duke of Richmond,
duke of Somerset & earl of Nottingham 21 June 1524

Personality type:

Signature look:

Endearing trait(s):

Annoying trait(s):
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Elizabeth Blount - The Tudors Wiki
Henry Fitzroy - The Tudors Wiki

CHARACTER CONNECTIONS


Family members:
Father: Henry VIII
Mother: Elizabeth Blount
Half-sister: Princess Mary Tudor
Half-sister: Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Half-brother: Prince Edward Tudor



Romance(s):
Married Lady Mary Howard on Nov.28, 1533-1536(only daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and cousin of Anne Boleyn - who worked for the pairing)
for a larger view of this sketch see:
Hans Holbein's paintings & sketches
Image:MaryHowardDuchessOfRichmond.jpg







Friends:
Friends with the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey - his brother-in-law. Surrey wrote a poem remembering "With a Kinges sonne, my childishe yeres did passe".


Enemies:


INTERESTING FACTS:
- once, in an effort to work out the complicated Tudor succession while King Henry VIII & Queen Katherine of Aragon were still married, some suggested Fitzroy marry his half-sister, Princess Mary Tudor which was strangely enough sanctioned by the pope

- On 10th July 1533, Norfolk and George Boleyn, caught up with the French court. While they were there both Surrey and Richmond became violently sick, at the same time. Richmond was so ill, that for a while, it was feared he might die. The boys had shared a cup of wine and the physicians thought the symptoms were characteristic of poisoning. Because the wine had been shared, Richmond had not taken enough to kill him. George Boleyn was found to have departed immediately the boys became ill, leaving all his luggage and entourage behind. Later, George Boleyn's wife stated that Anne and her brother had tried to poison the Duke of Richmond and Princess Mary.

-There were no political parties as such, but there were political factions. Anne Boleyn & her family represented one, Jane Seymour and her brother another, and the Duke of Richmond, another faction.

LITERATURE:
Nonfiction:
  • "Tudor Bastard: Henry VIII's son, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and his mother Elizabeth Blount"Blount" ISBN: 978-1-871443-30-1By Heather Hobden.
  • "Bastard Prince: Henry VIII's Lost Son" By Beverley A. Murphy
  • "The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards" By Philippa Jones
Fiction:
  • "Blood Pact" By Tanya Huff
  • "This Scepter'd Isle" By Mercedes Lackey

DEFINING EPISODES | MEMORABLE SCENES










PHOTOS


Henry Fitzroy
Henry Fitzroy by Horenboult
By Lucas Horenboult
in the collection
of the Earl of Orford


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Bessie Blount watches her son invested
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Henry Fitzroy - The Tudors Wiki
Richmond's seal
Henry Fitzroy - The Tudors Wiki
Richmond's tomb; St. Michael's Church, Framlingham, Suffolk.
Henry Fitzroy has a serie!!!
it's "blood ties" he is a vampire.
here is the link
:
Blood ties site

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Kyle Schmid as Henry Fitzroy.
Henry Fitzroy - The Tudors Wiki
an 18th century engraving
from the miniature picture above