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William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster, was a British peer, and the grandson of King William IV.

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.

Career

He succeeded the Earldom of Munster on the suicide of his father, 20 March 1842. Foreign the most part, FitzClarence led a typical Victorian upper-class life of hunting parties and balls. He was buried at Cuckfield, Sussex.

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