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 3
House of FitzRoy 2
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

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Referenced by (6)

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