{"id":580,"date":"2015-03-06T06:45:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishhistory.net\/?p=580"},"modified":"2022-01-16T11:06:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:06:53","slug":"elizabeth-stafford-elizabeth-blount-henry-fitzroy-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/tudor\/relative\/elizabeth-stafford-elizabeth-blount-henry-fitzroy-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Stafford, Elizabeth Blount & Henry Fitzroy Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Stafford<\/h2>\n

born ?
\ndaughter of Henry Stafford, duke of Buckingham (led failed revolt against Richard III<\/a> & was executed for treason) and Catherine Woodville
\nmarried Thomas Howard, 3rd duke of Norfolk
\ndied May 1532
\nburied in Essex
\ninteresting notes: Elizabeth Stafford’s mother, Catherine Woodville, was the niece of Queen Elizabeth Woodville and daughter of Jacquetta of Luxembourg
\nalso, Henry’s illegitimate son with Elizabeth Blount married Elizabeth Stafford’s daughter, Mary Howard!<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Blount, known as Bessie Blount<\/h2>\n

born about 1502
\ndaughter of Sir John Blount of Shropshire
\nmarried Gilbert, Lord Talboys
\nmother of Henry Fitzroy, duke of Richmond (father was Henry VIII<\/a>)
\ndied 1539<\/p>\n

Henry Fitzroy<\/h2>\n

born early June 1519
\nson of Elizabeth Blount and Henry VIII, king of England
\ncreated duke of Richmond, duke of Somerset & earl of Nottingham 21 June 1524
\nmarried to Mary Howard 1533
\ndied 1536\/7
\nburied in Thetford (wrapped in lead rather than in a traditional coffin)<\/p>\n

interesting note: once, in an effort to work out the complicated Tudor succession while Henry & Katharine were still married, some suggested Fitzroy marry his half-sister, Princess Mary Tudor<\/a>. Oddly enough, the plan was endorsed by the pope!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Stafford born ? daughter of Henry Stafford, duke of Buckingham (led failed revolt against Richard III & was executed for treason) and Catherine Woodville married Thomas Howard, 3rd duke of Norfolk died May 1532 buried in Essex interesting notes: Elizabeth Stafford’s mother, Catherine Woodville, was the niece of Queen Elizabeth Woodville and daughter of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2533,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions\/2533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}