Dorothea Jordan
Anglo-Irish actress and courtesan (1761-1816) · Actors · Died at 54
Dorothea Jordan was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence.
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George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
Lady Augusta Gordon
Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll
Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley
Lady Mary Fox- Lucy Hester Rachel Ford
- Henry FitzClarence
Lord Frederick FitzClarence
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence
Lord Augustus FitzClarence
Frances Alsop
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Dorothea Jordan as Rosalind by William Beechey, 1787
Mrs. Jordan in her role of Peggy in The Country Girl, David Garrick's tamer adaption of Wycherley's earlier, more scandalous play The Country Wife
Portrait of the Duke of Clarence by Martin Archer Shee, 1800. Jordan was in a long-standing relationship with the third son of George III, who later inherited the throne as William IV.
In this 1791 James Gillray cartoon, Jordan is depicted in bed with the Duke of Clarence.About this person
She was known professionally as Dorothea Francis and Dorothea Jordan, was informally Dora Jordan, and she was commonly referred to as Mrs Jordan and Mrs FitzClarence.
