George FitzRoy

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George FitzRoy was an English nobleman and military officer, an illegitimate son of King Charles II who was elevated to the peerage as Duke of Northumberland.

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Label Occurrences
George FitzRoy canonical 3
George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman ⓘ
illegitimate royal child ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
birthDate 1665-12-28 ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1716-06-28 ⓘ
education King's College, Cambridge ⓘ
elevatedToPeerageBy Charles II of England ⓘ
familyName FitzRoy ⓘ
father Charles II of England ⓘ
fullName George FitzRoy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
heldOffice Lord-Lieutenant of Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ
Lord-Lieutenant of Durham ⓘ
Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland ⓘ
house House of Stuart ⓘ
illegitimateChildOf Charles II of England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of England ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
militaryBranch English Army ⓘ
militaryConflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
mother Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
Barbara Villiers ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Pontefract ⓘ
Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
notableFor being an illegitimate son of Charles II elevated to a dukedom ⓘ
peerage Peerage of England ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Epsom ⓘ
position Master of the Horse to the Queen ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
sibling Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
Charles FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Southampton ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Southampton

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland ⓘ
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield ⓘ
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton ⓘ
spouse Catherine Lucy ⓘ
Catherine Wheatley ⓘ
style His Grace ⓘ
titleCreated Duke of Northumberland (1674) ⓘ

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

George FitzRoy → fullName → George FitzRoy ⓘ
Caroline FitzClarence → spouse → George FitzRoy ⓘ
Caroline FitzClarence → spouse → George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton ⓘ
linked to: George FitzRoy