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Harry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond is King Henry’s son with his mistress Elizabeth Blount, the only child Henry had outside of marriage whom he openly acknowledged. Through his father, Richmond is a younger half-sibling to Mary and an older half-sibling to baby Elizabeth. In the novel, Harry mostly stays out of the way, only popping in to express that he is eager to marry the Duke of Norfolk’s daughter and earn his place at court.
Harry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond Quotes in Bring Up the Bodies
The Bring Up the Bodies quotes below are all either spoken by Harry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond or refer to Harry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 2: Master of Phantoms Quotes
The queen is alone now, as alone as she has ever been in her life. She says, Christ have mercy, Jesus have mercy, Christ receive my soul. […] There is a groan, one single sound from the whole crowd. Then a silence, and into that silence, a sharp sigh or a sound like a whistle through a keyhole: the body exsanguinates, and its flat little presence becomes a puddle of gore.
The Duke of Suffolk is still standing. Richmond too. The executioner has turned away, modestly, and already handed over his sword. His assistant is approaching the corpse but the four women are there first, blocking him with their bodies. One of them says fiercely, ‘We do not want men to handle her.’
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Harry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond Character Timeline in Bring Up the Bodies
The timeline below shows where the character Harry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond appears in Bring Up the Bodies. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 1: Falcons
...Henry’s lack of a male heir (other than his one illegitimate child, Harry Duke of Richmond). That night, Cromwell has strange dreams of Cardinal Wolsey and spectral women, hiding in the...
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Part 2, Chapter 1: The Black Book
...saying that without her, the kingdom will collapse. Fitzwilliam suggests that perhaps the Duke of Richmond, Henry’s bastard son, could rule. But before Cromwell can assess this possibility, he notices Henry’s...
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Part 2, Chapter 2: Master of Phantoms
Henry’s bastard son, the Duke of Richmond, knocks. When Henry sees his child, now a teenager, he bursts into tears, horrified at...
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Outside Henry’s chambers, Richmond tells Cromwell that he recently lost his virginity. Therefore, Richmond argues, he wants to be...
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Then, Richmond softens, asking Cromwell if he ever thinks about Wolsey. When Cromwell says he does, Richmond...
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Richmond yawns, and his servants hurry him home, away from Cromwell. Cromwell knows that he is...
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