Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (born June 15, 1519) was the son of King Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount, one of the ladies in waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon. He was the Kings eldest son and the only illegitimate offspring the King acknowledged (the name Fitzroy was a title given to illegitimate children and actually translates as "child of the King"). Henry Fitzroy was named to the two Dukedoms and the Earlship of Nottingham at the age of six. November 1533, The Duke married Mary Howard the daughter of the Duke of Norfolk and cousin to Anne Boleyn.