George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
George Augustus Frederick Fitz- Clarence, 1st Earl of Munster ( born January 29, 1794 in London, † March 20, 1842 ibid ) was a British Major-General the 36th ( Herefordshire ) Regiment of Foot.
Life
Frederick was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Clarence and later King William IV (1765-1837) and his longtime mistress and actress Dorothea Jordan ( 1761-1816 ). The children from the Liaison got the family name FitzClarence. Frederick got for his stand accordingly a good education and studied at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Sandhurst, Berkshire.
On October 18, 1819 Frederick FitzClarence married in London Maria Wyndham ( 1800-1842 ), illegitimate daughter of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, and his mistress and later wife Elizabeth Ilive. From the joint connecting seven children were born:
- Adelaide Georgiana (1820-1883)
- Augusta Margaret (1822-1846) ∞ 1844 Baron Philip Knut de Bonde
- William George (1824-1901), 2nd Earl of Munster ∞ 1855 Lady Wilhelmina Kennedy - Erskine
- Frederick Charles George (1826-1878) ∞ 1856 Lady Adelaide Augusta Willhelmina Sydney
- Mary Gertrude (1832-1834)
- George (1836-1894) ∞ 1864 Lady Henrietta Maria Scott
- Edward (1837-1855) fallen in the Crimean War