William Fitzwilliam KG (abt. 1490 - 1542)

Sir William "1st Earl of Southampton" Fitzwilliam KG

Born about 1490 in Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Fitzwilliam and Lucy (Neville) Browne

Brother of Thomas Fitzwilliam, Elizabeth (Fitzwilliam) Hervey, Margaret (Fitzwilliam) Gascoigne, Lucy (Browne) Clifford [half], Anthony Browne KG [half], Elizabeth (Browne) Somerset [half] and Henry Browne [half]

Husband of Mabel (Clifford) FitzWilliam — married Nov 1513 [location unknown]

Died 15 Oct 1542 at about age 52 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

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Biography

Sir William Fitzwilliam was a member of the aristocracy in England.

He mar., Nov. 1513, Mabel, Gentlewoman to Queen Catherine of Aragon, sister of Henry (CLIFFORD), 1st EARL or CUMBERLAND, da. of Henry, LORD CLIFFORD, by his 1st wife, Anne, da. of Sir John ST. JOHN, of Bletsoe, co. Bedford. He d.s.p. “of his ordinary malady of the stone,” while leading the van of the army into Scotland, 15 Oct. 1542, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was probably bur. there. Will dat. 10 Sep. 1542, pr. 16 Feb. 1542/3. Inq. pm. at East Grinstead, 19 Aug. 36 Hen. VIII. At his death the Earldom became extinct. His Widow d. at Farnham, and was bur. there 1 Sep. 1550.