Lady Mary Tudor (16 October 1673 – 5 November 1726), by marriage Countess of Derwentwater,[1] was an actress and biological daughter of King Charles II of England by his mistress, Mary "Moll" Davies, an actress and singer.[2]
Mary Tudor
Countess of Derwentwater
Painting by Bernard Lens of Lady Mary Radcliff, Countess of Derwentwater (also known as Mary Tudor)
Arms of Lady Mary Tudor: Royal Arms of Charles II the whole within a bordure a bordure quarterly, 1 and 4 Ermine, 2 and 3 countercompony Argent and Gules
On 10 December 1680, seven-year-old Mary was, in recognition of her paternity,[1][4] granted by a Royal warrant, the name Tudor (as a nod to their collateral descent from the Tudor family) and the precedence of the daughter of an Earl.[6] In September 1683, she was issued an annuity of £1500 (roughly equivalent to £239,585 in 2021), and five months later, on 21 February, her precedence was heightened to that of a daughter of a Duke.[7]
Mary formally separated from Lord Derwentwater on 6 February 1700, it could be due to her unwillingness to convert to Roman Catholicism or because she was unfaithful.[9]
On 23 May 1705, shortly after Lord Derwentwater's death, she married secondly, to Henry Graham. Graham died on 7 January 1707. A few months later, on 26 August, Lady Mary married Major James Rooke. By whom she had one daughter[8]
Margaret Frances Disney Rooke (ca. 1708-1720 1766) married a William Sheldon and had issue.
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Lady Mary died in Paris on 5 November 1726, aged 53.[7]
Referencesedit
^ abNorkolk, George Fisher (of Swaffham) (1832). A Companion and Key to the History of England: Consisting of Copious Genealogical Details of the British Sovereigns ... with an Appendix, Exhibiting a Chronological Epitome of the Successive Holders of the Several Titles of the British, Saxon, and English Nobility ... with ... Their Armorial Bearings ... Simpkin and Marshall.
^Walkling, Andrew R. (25 August 2016). Masque and Opera in England, 1656-1688. Taylor & Francis. ISBN9781317099703.
^"Moll Davis". The Wrong Side of the Blanket. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ abUrban, Sylvanus (1794). The Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle For The Year MDCCXCIV (1794). Vol. LXIV (64). London (Church Yard, Ludgate-Street): Arkose Press. p. 889.
^"Mary Tudor". The Wrong Side of the Blanket. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^Paul, James Balfour (1904). The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. 1. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Edinburgh : D. Douglas. p. 32.
^ abCokayne, George E. (George Edward) (1910). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 4. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. London : The St. Catherine press, ltd. p. 225.
^ abProfile, thepeerage.com; accessed 25 July 2017.
^Watkins, Sarah-Beth (12 October 2023). Charles II's Illegitimate Children: Royal Bastards. Pen and Sword History. p. 137. ISBN978-1-3990-0097-0.
January 01, 1970
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