Dorothy Jordan

Mrs Jordan (November 21, 1761 – July 5, 1816), actress, was the mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

Related Topics:
November 21 - 1761 - July 5 - 1816 - Actress - Mistress - William IV of the United Kingdom

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She was born Dorothea Bland near Waterford, the daughter of Francis Bland and his wife, née Grace Phillips.

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She became an actress and assumed the name "Mrs Jordan", because it was slightly more respectable for a married woman to be on the stage (there was no "Mr Jordan" and Dorothea Bland never married).

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She became William IV's mistress and they had at least ten illegitimate children:

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• George Augustus (1794-1842), created Earl of Munster in 1831.
• Henry Edward (1795-1817)
• Sophia (1796-1837)
• Mary (1798-1864), who married Charles Richard Fox
• Frederick (1799-1854)
• Elizabeth (1801-1856)
• Adolphus (1802-1856)
• Augusta (1803-1865)
• Augustus (1805-1854)
• Amelia (1807-1858)

She was also romantically linked with Sir Richard Ford, a police magistrate, and Richard Daly, manager of the Theatre Royal, Cork.

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She died at Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France.

Related Topics:
Saint-Cloud - Paris - France

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