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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset

1519 - 1536

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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. Through his mother, he was the elder half-brother of Elizabeth, George, and Robert Tailboys. His surname means "son of the king" in Norman French. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset is the 1,193rd most popular politician (up from 3,701st in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 775th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset ranks 1,193 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcian, Chandragupta I, Sigismund I the Old, Cao Pi, Tokhtamysh, and Sukjong of Joseon. After him are Warren G. Harding, Hyder Ali, Gratian, Zubayr ibn al-Awam, Franklin Pierce, and Pietro Badoglio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset ranks 5. Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Henry II of France, Pope Innocent IX, and Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Francis, Duke of Guise, Gaspard II de Coligny, Isabella Jagiellon, Occhiali, Theodore Beza, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Andrea Cesalpino. Among people deceased in 1536, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset ranks 6. Before him are Erasmus, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford. After him are Baldassare Peruzzi, Germaine of Foix, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, John of Leiden, William Tyndale, and Garcilaso de la Vega.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset ranks 323 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Shaw (1927), Kate Bush (1958), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), and Tim Berners-Lee (1955). After him are Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Francis Crick (1916), Ben Kingsley (1943), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Anthony Eden (1897), and Edmund Ironside (993).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset ranks 77. Before him are Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Henry I of England (1068), Harold Godwinson (1022), Louise, Princess Royal (1867), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944). After him are Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Anthony Eden (1897), Edmund Ironside (993), James Connolly (1868), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), and Benjamin Disraeli (1804).

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