Henrietta FitzJames

Henrietta Butler
Viscountess Galmoye
Born	1667
Died	3 April 1730 (aged 62–63)
Buried	Navestock
Noble family	FitzJames
Spouse(s)	Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount Galmoye
Issue	Arabella Waldegrave James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave
Father	James II of England
Mother	Arabella Churchill

Henrietta Butler, Viscountess Galmoye, previously Henrietta Waldegrave, Baroness Waldegrave (née Lady Henrietta FitzJames; 1667 – 3 April 1730), was an illegitimate daughter of James Stuart, Duke of York, subsequently King of England, Scotland and Ireland, by his mistress, Arabella Churchill (a sister of the first Duke of Marlborough). Upon marrying, she became Lady Waldegrave, and then with her second marriage Viscountess Galmoye, as well as Countess of Newcastle (in the Jacobite Peerage).

Early life and marriage

She was the older sister of the celebrated James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick. She was brought up a Roman Catholic and married into a family of the same religion. On 29 November 1683, she married Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave, and by him had two children:

• Arabella Waldegrave
• James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave.

Later life

She accompanied her father and his wife in their exile and lived some years at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France. After her husband's death in 1689, she was involved with an Irish soldier, Mark Talbot.

She subsequently married Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount Galmoye, on 3 April 1695. He had been created Earl of Newcastle in the Jacobite Peerage in 1692. The marriage was childless. She died in 1730 and was buried in Navestock.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henrietta FitzJames

16. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 8. James I of England 17. Mary, Queen of Scots 4. Charles I of England 18. Frederick II of Denmark 9. Anne of Denmark 19. Sophie of Mecklenburg 2. James II of England 20. Antoine of Navarre 10. Henry IV of France 21. Jeanne III of Navarre 5. Henrietta Maria of France 22. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 11. Marie de' Medici 23. Johanna of Austria 1. Henrietta FitzJames 24. Jasper Churchill 12. Sir John Churchill 25. Elizabeth Chaplet 6. Sir Winston Churchill 26. Sir Henry Winston 13. Sarah Winston 27. Dionese Bond 3. Arabella Churchill 28. John Drake 14. Sir John Drake 29. Dorothy Button 7. Elizabeth Drake 30. John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield 15. Eleanor Boteler 31. Elizabeth Villiers *Henrietta's uncle, her mother's brother the Duke of Marlborough, commanded British troops in the War of the Spanish Succession.

References

• The peerage page