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Elizabeth Blount (c. 1498 /c. 1500 /c. 1502 – 1540), commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount, was a mistress of Henry VIII of England.
Aug 5, 2016 · Elizabeth, or Bessie Blount as she is more famously known, is one of the few mistresses of Henry VIII whose name is remembered today. She was a love of Henry VIII?s youth ? before he met Anne Boleyn and decided to end his first marriage to take her as his wife.
Elizabeth Blount, more commonly known to history as ‘Bessie’, was born around 1498-1500. Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir John Blount (Politician) and Catherine Blount (formerly Pershall). Elizabeth’s mother Catherine had served as a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon during her marriage to Prince Arthur.
Aug 17, 2023 · Elizabeth Blount, a lady-in-waiting at the Tudor court, became one of the most talked-about figures of her time due to her relationship with King Henry VIII. Born into the Blount family of ...
Elizabeth Blount (c. 1498 /c. 1500 /c. 1502 – 1539/1540), often called Bessie Blount, was famous for having an affair with King Henry VIII of England.
Oct 8, 2022 · Elizabeth Blount (c. 1502 - 1539/1540) [1], who was better known by her nickname of "Bessie", was a mistress of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Sir John Blount and Catherine Pershall, of Kinlet, Shropshire.
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (c. 15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536) was the son of Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged. He was the younger half-brother of Mary I, as well as the older half-brother of Elizabeth I and Edward VI.
Elizabeth or Bessie Blount, mother of his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, to whom Henry VIII gave the dukedoms of Somerset and Richmond. Fitzroy, which means son of the king was acknowledged by Henry and there was talk in the 1530s that the King, who then had no male heir, would legitimise Fitzroy.
ELIZABETH BLOUNT. BORN: 1500. DIED: 1540. Mistress of Henry VIII and mother to his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy.
Jul 7, 2021 · Bessie Blount was the king's first love. More beautiful than Anne Boleyn or any of Henry's other wives or concubines, Bessie's beauty and other charms ensured that she turned heads, winning a place at court as one of Catherine of Aragon's ladies.
