Biography of Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle 1667-1730

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Denman 1581-1661

1685 Death and Burial of Charles II

1701 Death of King James II

On 14 Oct 1633 [her father] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland was born to [her grandfather] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 32) and [her grandmother] Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 23) at St James's Palace [Map]. He was created 1st Duke York at birth by his father.

On 03 Sep 1660 [her father] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) and [her mother] Anne Hyde Queen Consort England (age 23) were married in secret. She by marriage Duchess York. She gave birth to their son [her brother] Charles Stewart seven weeks later. She the daughter of Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon (age 51) and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon (age 43). He the son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 50).

In 1667 Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle was born to James Duke of York (age 33) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 29).

On 31 Mar 1671 [her mother] Anne Hyde Queen Consort England (age 34) died.

On 20 Sep 1673 [her father] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 39) and [her step-mother] Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 14) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England.

On 29 Nov 1683 Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset (age 22) and Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 16) were married. She the daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 50) and Anne Hyde Queen Consort England.

Around 1684 [her father-in-law] Charles Waldegrave 3rd Baronet (age 58) died. Around 1684 His son [her husband] Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset (age 23) succeeded 4th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 17) by marriage Lady Waldegrave of Hever Castle.

In 1684 [her son] James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave was born to [her husband] Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset (age 23) and Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 17). He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Death and Burial of Charles II

On 06 Feb 1685 [her uncle] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 54) died at 1145 in the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh (age 69). His brother [her father] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 51) succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. [her step-mother] Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 51), William Chiffinch (age 83), Richard Mason (age 52) and Archbishop William Sancroft (age 68) were present. Duke York merged with the Crown.

In 1686 [her husband] Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset (age 25) was created 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset by [her father] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52) three years after Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset (age 25) married the King's illegitimate daughter Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 19). Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 19) by marriage Baroness Waldegrave Chewton Somerset.

Evelyn's Diary. 06 Jan 1686. Passed the Privie Seale, amongst others, the creation of Mrs. Sedley J (concubine to) Countesse of Dorchester (age 28), which the [her step-mother] Queene took very grievously (age 27), so as for two dinners, standing neere her I observed she hardly eate one morsel, nor spake one word to the [her father] King (age 52), or to any about her, tho' at other times she us'd to be extreamly pleasant, full of discourse and good humour. The Roman Catholics were also very angry, because they had so long valu'd the sanctity of their religion and proselytes. Dryden (age 54) the famous playwriter, and his two sonns, and Mrs. Nelly (age 35) (Misse to ye late) were said to go to masse; such proselytes were no greate losse to the church. This night was burnt to the ground my Lord Mountague's palace in Bloomsbury, than wch for painting and furniture there was nothing more glorious in England. This happen'd by the negligence of a servant, airing, as they call it, some of the goods by the fire in a moist season; indeede so wet and mild a winter had scarce ben seene in man's memory. At this Seale there also pass'd the creation of [her husband] Sr H. Walgrave (age 25) to be a Peere. He had married one of the King's natural daughters (age 19) by [her mother] Mrs. Churchill. These two Seales my brother Commissioners pass'd in the morning before I came to towne, at. wch I was not displeas'd. We likewise pass'd Privy Seales for 5.2/6,000 upon severall accounts, pensions, guards, wardrobes, pri vie purse, &c. besides divers pardons, and one more wch I must not forget (and wch by Providence I was not present at) one Mr. Lytcott to be Secretary to the Ambassador to Rome. We being three Commissioners, any two were a quorum.

In 1692 [her future husband] Piers Butler 1st Earl Newcastle (age 39) was created 1st Earl Newcastle in Limerick.

On 03 Apr 1695 Piers Butler 1st Earl Newcastle (age 43) and Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Newcastle in Limerick. She the daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 61) and Anne Hyde Queen Consort England.

1701 Death of King James II

On 16 Sep 1701 [her father] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 67) died at Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines. He was buried in the Church of the English Benedictines.

On 20 May 1714 [her son] James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Webb Countess Waldegrave (age 19) were married. He the son of Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset and Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 47). They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 03 Apr 1730 Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle (age 63) died.

On 18 Jun 1740 [her former husband] Piers Butler 1st Earl Newcastle (age 88) died without surviving issue. Earl Newcastle in Limerick extinct.

[her daughter] Arabella Waldegrave was born to Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset and Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle. She a granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle 1667-1730 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 1566-1625

Royal Ancestors of Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle 1667-1730

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Royal Descendants of Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle 1667-1730

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 1

Ancestors of Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle 1667-1730

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James IV of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James V of Scotland Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rene Valois Duke Alençon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean III King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

GrandMother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Henrietta Fitzjames Countess Newcastle Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lawrence Hyde

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Hyde

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Sibell

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Sibell

GrandFather: Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Langford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Langford

Mother: Anne Hyde Queen Consort England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Aylesbury

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Aylesbury 1st Baronet

GrandMother: Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Denman