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197:. Dorothea was the most successful actress of her day and continued to act on the stage during their relationship. Amelia had nine siblings from the relationship, four sisters and five brothers all surnamed FitzClarence. While circumstances prevented the couple from ever marrying, for twenty years William and Dorothea enjoyed domestic stability and were devoted to their children. In 1797, they moved from Clarence Lodge to Bushy House, residing at the Teddington residence until 1807. Amelia was born there. 39: 208:
in 1818. He and Dorothea had parted ways in December 1811 under a deed of separation, the debt-ridden duke desiring to secure a rich wife. Dorothea was granted ÂŖ4,400 and the task of caring for their daughters; William was permitted to visit them until they turned thirteen. She left Bushy in January
220:, a German man with knowledge of the classics and English, was engaged to tutor the two youngest FitzClarence daughters. He left in 1822, upon the completion of their education. In June 1830, the Duke of Clarence succeeded his brother 213:, France, to evade her creditors. On 5 July 1816, she died there alone. She had suffered from ill health and possessed little money, having squandered the bulk of it on her eldest daughter, Frances (fathered by another man). 256:. They had one son, Lucius William Charles Frederick Cary, Master of Falkland (24 November 1831 – 6 August 1871), who married Sarah Christiana Keighly (d. 4 October 1902), but died childless. The couple lived at 169:. Amelia had four sisters and five brothers, all surnamed FitzClarence. Soon after their father became monarch, the FitzClarence children were raised to the ranks of younger children of a 216:
William's new wife, Princess Adelaide, was gentle and loving to the FitzClarence children. In 1818, Amelia and her siblings were granted a pension of ÂŖ500. In 1819,
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1812. The money was not enough to cover her debts, however. Dorothea continued to act on the stage after his leaving. In 1815, she moved from London to
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would later write that Bushy was "a happy and beloved home" until it "came to end" upon Prince William's marriage to
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as King William IV. The following year, he made his eldest son,
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Falkland (Viscountess), Amelia Fitz Clarence Cary (1857).
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Index

The Right Honourable

London
Family
FitzClarence
Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
William IV
Dorothea Jordan
William IV of the United Kingdom
Dorothea Jordan
marquess
George III
Princess Amelia
Prince William, Duke of Clarence
Dorothea Jordan
Wilhelmina
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Boulogne
Baron Franz Ludwig von Bibra
George IV
George
marquess
Duchess of Kent
Princess Victoria
Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
Brighton
Rudby Hall
North Yorkshire
Falkland Ridge
Nova Scotia

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