The FitzClarence family was an illegitimate branch of the House of Hanover. Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, who later became King William IV of the United Kingdom, had at least ten ch
Bookplate showing the arms granted to the Fitzclarences
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 to
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.