Elizabeth Blount
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Elizabeth Blount, commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount, was a mistress of Henry VIII of England.
Stylized brass with the likeness of Blount
Sculpture of Elizabeth Blount on the tomb monument of her parents at Kinlet church.
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged. He was the you
Elizabeth Blount
…in 1513 when he waged war against Louis XII. The Blount family was of landed gentry status but had no real national input until Blount gave birth to Henry FitzRoy, the only acknowledged illegitimate child of Henry VIII. Her parents were married in childhood in 1491, as stated in post-mortem inquisition of Sir…
Portrait miniature, 1533/1534
Sketch of the Duchess of Richmond by Hans Holbein the Younger
Tomb of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and his wife Mary. St Michael the Archangel's Church, Framlingham, Suffolk
Noah's Ark on the Flood, one of the scenes from the Old Testament in the tomb of the Duke of Richmond