Person:James FitzRoy (1)

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James FitzRoy _____
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  1. James FitzRoy _____1649 - 1685
  2. Mary Walters1651 - 1693
  • HJames FitzRoy _____1649 - 1685
  • W.  Eleanor Needham (add)
  1. Henrietta Crofts - 1729/30
Facts and Events
Name[1] James FitzRoy _____
Alt Name James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
Gender Male
Birth[1] 9 Apr 1649 Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Marriage to Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Marriage to Eleanor Needham (add)
Death[1] 15 Jul 1685 Tower Hill, London, Englandexecuted
Reference Number? Q140235?


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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland with his mistress Lucy Walter.

The Duke of Monmouth served in the Second Anglo-Dutch War and commanded English troops taking part in the Third Anglo-Dutch War before commanding the Anglo-Dutch brigade fighting in the Franco-Dutch War. He led the unsuccessful Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, an attempt to depose his uncle King James II and VII. After one of his officers declared Monmouth the legitimate king in the town of Taunton in Somerset, Monmouth attempted to capitalise on his Protestantism and his position as the son of Charles II, in opposition to James, who had become a Roman Catholic. The rebellion failed, and Monmouth was beheaded for treason on 15 July 1685.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Royal Family of Europe: Reference Walters Family, Lucy Walters. (GED File, Received July 5, 2004).
  2.   James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.