Was the Duke of Richmond really your son

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Was the Duke of Richmond really your son
Yes. Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond was my son.
He was born in 1519, his mother Elizabeth Blount
was my mistress. My wife Queen Katherine, she
knew of him but never crossed me about it, Henry
was my proof that I could father a son and that
the lack of sons with Katherine was her fault.
This is why I formally recognised him and made
him Duke of Richmond. It was politics again, I
needed a male heir to the throne and Katherine
did not appear to be a mother of a son, so I
started proceedings to make Henry my successor. I
arranged his marriage to the daughter of the Duke
Of Norfolk, Mary Howard, when he was 14 years
old, this was a master stroke of politics, as the
Norfolks were the highest nobles, and related to
the Boleyns. Henry Fitzroy died of tuberculosis
on 22nd July 1536 he was only 17 years old. He
was not my only son out of wedlock! I was having
an affair with Mary Boleyn whilst she was married
to William Carey. A son was born, Henry Carey. I
did not let it be known that he was my son on
account that I was courting Marys sister Anne
Boleyn.
Mary Howard Duchess of Richmond
Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond
Henry Carey
Mary Boleyn
William Carey