Background
FitzClarence"s father, George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster, was an illegitimate son of King William IV by his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan. Therefore the second Earl of Munster was the great-grandson of King George III. His mother was Mary Wyndham (d 3 December 1842), the illegitimate daughter of George O"Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont.
