House of Grafton

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The House of Grafton is a British noble family, historically associated with the title Duke of Grafton and descended from an illegitimate line of King Charles II.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
House of Grafton canonical 7
House of FitzRoy 3
House Grafton 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British noble family ⓘ
associatedCounty Suffolk ⓘ
associatedPeerage Peerage of England ⓘ
associatedTown Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire ⓘ
linked to: Grafton Regis
cadetBranchOf illegitimate Stuart line ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dynasticStatus still extant in the male line ⓘ
ethnicGroup English people ⓘ
familySeat Euston Hall ⓘ
familySeatLocation Euston, Suffolk ⓘ
founder Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton ⓘ
genderedFamilyName FitzRoy ⓘ
hereditaryTitle Duke of Grafton ⓘ
linked to: The Duke of Grafton

Earl of Euston ⓘ
Viscount Ipswich ⓘ
historicalAssociation British aristocracy ⓘ
English court of the late 17th century ⓘ
languageOfFamily English ⓘ
monarchServed Charles II of England ⓘ
subsequent British monarchs ⓘ
motto Et decus et pretium recti ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Both the ornament and reward of virtue ⓘ
nobleRank ducal house ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Grafton ⓘ
linked to: The Duke of Grafton
notableMember Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton ⓘ
originOfDescent illegitimate line of King Charles II ⓘ
parentHouse House of Stuart ⓘ
paternalAncestor Charles II of England ⓘ
politicalConnection produced a British Prime Minister ⓘ
primeMinisterFromHouse Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
primeMinisterTermEnd 1770 ⓘ
primeMinisterTermStart 1768 ⓘ
region England ⓘ
socialClass British peerage ⓘ
styleOfHead His Grace The Duke of Grafton ⓘ
linked to: The Duke of Grafton
surnameOrigin FitzRoy means "son of the king" in Norman French ⓘ
linked to: FitzRoy
titleCreatedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
titleCreationDate 1675 ⓘ
titleNameOrigin Grafton Regis in Northamptonshire ⓘ
linked to: Grafton Regis
traditionalReligion Anglicanism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Augustus FitzRoy → paternalLineage → House of Grafton ⓘ
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton → memberOf → House of FitzRoy ⓘ
linked to: House of Grafton
Dukedom of Grafton → associatedWith → House of FitzRoy ⓘ
subject linked to: Grafton dukedom
linked to: House of Grafton
Henrietta Somerset → marriedInto → House of Grafton ⓘ
Earl of Euston → nobleFamily → House of Grafton ⓘ
House Arryn → overlordOf → House Grafton ⓘ
linked to: House of Grafton
Dukes of Grafton → nobleFamily → House of FitzRoy ⓘ
linked to: House of Grafton
Viscount Ipswich → nobleFamily → House of Grafton ⓘ