Person
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
British Army general · 1665–1716
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- Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex 1661–1721
- Mary Tudor, Countess of Derwentwater 1673–1726
- Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield 1664–1718
- Barbara FitzRoy 1672–1731
- Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans 1670–1726
- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1649–1685
- Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland c. 1662–1730
- Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton 1663–1690
- Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond 1672–1723
- Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth 1657–1680
- Charlotte Jemima FitzRoy 1650–1684
About
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. On 1 October 1674, he was created Earl of Northumberland, Baron of Pontefract (Yorkshire) and Viscount Falmouth (Cornwall). On 6 April 1683, he was created Duke of Northumberland. He was described as "a most worthy man", and as "...a tall, Black-Man, like his father, the King." The same John Macky files described his half-sibling, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond as Black complexion, also like his father, King Charles II.
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