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William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG (c. 1490 – 15 October 1542) was an English courtier and soldier. He was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.
9 de abr. de 2024 · William Fitzwilliam, earl of Southampton was an English admiral during the reign of Henry VIII. A son of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Aldwarke, near Rotherham, Fitzwilliam was a companion in boyhood of Henry VIII and was knighted for his services at the siege of Tournai in 1513.
It was this Sir William Fitzwilliam, later Earl of Southampton, who first employed his young namesake and who by 1536 considered him a trusted servant and secretary. Fitzwilliam assisted the earl in his examination of prisoners in Surrey in 1538 and in the same year Southampton appointed him the principal feoffee of all his extensive property ...
15 de oct. de 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 15th October 1542, in the reign of King Henry VIII, courtier, diplomat and naval commander William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM, Earl of Southampton (d. 1542), lord high admiral of England, was the younger son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Aldwarke, West Riding of Yorkshire, by Lucy, daughter and coheiress of John Neville, marquis of Montacute.
William Fitzwilliam (c.1490–1542) was one of the young men who formed part of Prince Henry’s inner circle and who went on to hold high office after the Prince’s accession. He served as Ambassador to France in 1521 before becoming Treasurer of the Household and Lord High Admiral.
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