- George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC (
Oxford ,December 28 1665 –June 28 1716 ,Epsom ) was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II and his motherBarbara Villiers , Countess of Castlemaine (also known asBarbara Villiers , Duchess of Cleveland). OnOctober 1 1674 , he was createdEarl of Northumberland ,Baron of Pontefract (Yorkshire ) andViscount Falmouth (Cornwall ). OnApril 6 1683 , he was createdDuke of Northumberland .The first
Duke of Northumberland was born atMerton College ,Oxford . In 1682, he was employed on secret service in Venice. Upon his return toEngland in 1684, he was elected (January 10 ) and installed (April 8 )Knight of the Garter . That summer, he served as a volunteer on the side of the French at the Siege of Luxembourg. In 1687, Northumberland commanded the2nd Troop of Horse Guards . A year later, he was appointed a lord of His Majesty's bedchamber. In 1701, he was appointedConstable ofWindsor Castle andLord Lieutenant of Surrey . In 1712, he becameLord Lieutenant of Berkshire as well. In 1703, he succeeded theEarl of Oxford asColonel of theRoyal Regiment of Horse . Seven years later, onJanuary 10 ,1710 , he becameLieutenant-General . OnApril 7 1713 , he was sworn into the Privy Council and asChief Butler of England .In March 1686, Northumberland married
Catherine Wheatley , the daughter of poulterer, Robert Wheatley ofBracknell inBerkshire . Catherine was the widow of Thomas Lucy ofCharlecote Park , acaptain in theRoyal Horse Guards . Soon after the marriage, Northumberland and his brother,Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton , allegedly attempted to privately convey her abroad to an Englishconvent inGhent ,Belgium . After the death of Catherine in 1714, Northumberland remarried toMary Dutton , the sister ofCaptain Mark Dutton .The Duke lived at
Frogmore House at Windsor inBerkshire , but died suddenly atEpsom onJune 28 1716 . He had no legitimate offspring. Mary died at Frogmore House in 1738.Ancestry
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1= 1. George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
2= 2.Charles II of England
3= 3.Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
4= 4.Charles I of England
5= 5.Henrietta Maria of France
6= 6. William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison
7= 7. Mary Bayning
8= 8.James I of England
9= 9.Anne of Denmark
10= 10.Henry IV of France
11= 11.Marie de' Medici
12= 12. Edward Villiers
13= 13. Barbara St. John
14= 14. Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning
15= 15. Anne Glemham
16= 16.Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
17= 17.Mary I of Scotland
18= 18.Frederick II of Denmark
19= 19. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
20= 20.Antoine of Navarre
21= 21.Jeanne III of Navarre
22= 22.Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
23= 23.Johanna of Austria
24= 24. George Villiers
25= 25. Audrey Saunders
26= 26. John St. John
27= 27. Lucy Hungerford
28= 28. Paul Bayning
29= 29. Susanna Norden
30= 30. Henry Glemham
31= 31. Anne Sackville
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