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Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC (28 December 1665 – 28 June 1716) was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of England ('Charles the Black') by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine (also known as Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland); he was the fifth of Charles's eight ...
George Fitzroy, Earl and Duke of Northumberland, was buried on 11th July 1716 in the vault of the Duke of Albemarle in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel. A stone with names of those buried in this vault was added in 1869.
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Duke of Northumberland Died: 28 June 1716 at Epsom, Surrey. George FitzRoy (alias Palmer) was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II, by Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine (alias Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland).
After plans for Northumberland to campaign with the Imperialists in Hungary during the summer of 1683 fell through, he was promoted in the peerage, being made duke of Northumberland on 6 Apr. 1683.10 The king further ensured his election as a knight of the Garter on 10 Jan. 1684 and he was installed on 8 April.11 Almost immediately after, he ...
Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine ; he was the fifth of Charles's eight illegitimate sons.
George FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, an illegitimate son of king Charles II, was created Duke of Northumberland in the Peerage of England in 1683. He had already been created Baron of Pontefract, Viscount Falmouth and Earl of Northumberland in 1674, also in the Peerage of England.
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1665 – 1716) Details of the life of George FitzRoy (formerly Palmer) are readily available from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography which may be accessed through the Surrey Libraries website, alternatively a shorter version may be read at www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/gfitzroy_dofn/ .
