Charles FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Southampton^[1]

1662 - 1730  (68 years)

• Name	Charles FitzRoy
  Suffix	1st Duke of Southampton
  Birth	18 Jun 1662
  Christening	18 Jun 1662
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Sep 1730
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal05875 Duke of Cleveland. original name Charles Palmer, Lord Limerick the natural son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine. When his mother became Duchess of Cleveland and Countess of Southampton in 1670, he was allowed to assume the name of Fitzroy and the courtesy title of Earl of Southampton. In 1675 he was created Duke of Southampton and Earl of Chichester in his own right 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica «b»Charles Palmer«/b», later «b»FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland and 1st Duke of Southampton«/b» («u»18 June «/u» «u»1662- September 9«/u» «u»1730)«/u», styled «b»Lord Limerick«/b» before «u»1670 «/u» and «b»Earl of Southampton«/b» between 1670 and «u»1675 «/u», was the eldest son of «u»Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Villiers%2C_1st_Duchess_of_Cleveland>«/u» (née Barbara Villiers, later 1st Duchess of Cleveland) and «u»King Charles II <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England>«/u» of «u»England «/u» and «u»Scotland «/u». As the putative son of «u»Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Palmer%2C_1st_Earl_of_Castlemaine>«/u», his nominal father, he was styled «b»Lord Limerick«/b» from birth. His birth marked the separation of his parents; Lord Castlemaine, a «u»Roman Catholic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church>«/u», had him christened into the Roman Catholic faith, but six days later the King had him re-christened into the «u»Church of England <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England>«/u». In 1670, at the age of eight, he was betrothed to Mary Wood, daughter of Sir Henry Wood, Clerk of the Green Cloth, but with the proviso that the marriage be delayed until Mary turned 16. Following the death of her father, the Duchess of Cleveland more-or-less abducted Mary, with the intention of bringing her up with her own children. He had no children of this marriage but had from his secons marriage to Anne Pulteney. In 1670 he was created «b»Duke of Southampton«/b» and upon the death of his mother in «u»1709 «/u» he became «b»2nd Duke of Cleveland«/b», by a special remainder in the Dukedom which allowed it to pass to him, even though he was illegitimate
  Person ID	I48906	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	Charles II Stuart, King of Britain,   b. 29 May 1630, St.James Palace, London, England d. 6 Feb 1685, Whitehall Palace, London, England (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland,   b. 1641   d. 9 Oct 1709 (Age 68 years)
  _STAT	Associated with
  Family ID	F7874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Family ID	F551612205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).