House of Grafton

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The House of Grafton is a British noble family, historically associated with the title Duke of Grafton and descended from an illegitimate line of King Charles II.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
House of Grafton canonical 3
House of FitzRoy 2
House Grafton 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British noble family
associatedCounty Suffolk
associatedPeerage Peerage of England
associatedTown Grafton Regis
surface form: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire
cadetBranchOf illegitimate Stuart line
coatOfArmsDescription Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure
country Kingdom of England
United Kingdom
dynasticStatus still extant in the male line
ethnicGroup English people
familySeat Euston Hall, Suffolk
surface form: Euston Hall
familySeatLocation Euston Hall, Suffolk
surface form: Euston, Suffolk
founder Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
genderedFamilyName FitzRoy
hereditaryTitle The Duke of Grafton
surface form: Duke of Grafton

Earl of Euston
Viscount Ipswich
historicalAssociation British aristocracy
English court of the late 17th century
languageOfFamily English
monarchServed Charles II of England
subsequent British monarchs
motto Et decus et pretium recti
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation Both the ornament and reward of virtue
nobleRank ducal house
nobleTitle The Duke of Grafton
surface form: Duke of Grafton
notableMember Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton
surface form: Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton
originOfDescent illegitimate line of King Charles II
parentHouse House of Stuart
paternalAncestor Charles II of England
politicalConnection produced a British Prime Minister
primeMinisterFromHouse Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
primeMinisterTermEnd 1770
primeMinisterTermStart 1768
region England
socialClass British peerage
styleOfHead The Duke of Grafton
surface form: His Grace The Duke of Grafton
surnameOrigin FitzRoy
surface form: FitzRoy means "son of the king" in Norman French
titleCreatedBy Charles II of England
titleCreationDate 1675
titleNameOrigin Grafton Regis
surface form: Grafton Regis in Northamptonshire
traditionalReligion Anglicanism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Augustus FitzRoy paternalLineage House of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton memberOf House of Grafton
this entity surface form: House of FitzRoy
Grafton dukedom associatedWith House of Grafton
subject surface form: Dukedom of Grafton
this entity surface form: House of FitzRoy
Henrietta Somerset marriedInto House of Grafton
Earl of Euston nobleFamily House of Grafton
House Arryn overlordOf House of Grafton
this entity surface form: House Grafton