# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-fitzroy-1st-duke-of-richmond-and-somerset
# Generated: 2026-09-07T02:39:02.994Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-fitzroy-1st-duke-of-richmond-and-somerset"
name: "Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset"
slug: "henry-fitzroy-1st-duke-of-richmond-and-somerset"
description: "The only bastard Henry VIII ever publicly claimed — given a duke's title at six, dead at seventeen, and for a time the likeliest heir to the Tudor throne if the king's marriage wars went differently."
tagline: "Royal Bastard of Henry VIII (1519–1536)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horenbout_HenryFitzRoy.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1519-06-15"
deathDate: "1536-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 15 June 1519 to Elizabeth Blount, Henry FitzRoy carried a surname that announced exactly what he was: "son of the king" in Norman French. Henry VIII acknowledged him openly, a rare move, and by age six had made him Duke of Richmond and Somerset. He stood as younger half-brother to Mary, older half-brother to Elizabeth and Edward — and for years, as Henry's legitimate male heirs remained uncertain, the boy represented a plausible path to the throne. He died on 23 July 1536, seventeen years old, leaving the succession question wide open once more.