Dorothy JordanMrs Jordan (November 21, 1761 - July 5, 1816), actress, was the mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom. She was born Dorothea Bland near Waterford, the daughter of Francis Bland and his wife, née Grace Phillips. 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). She became William IV's mistress and they had at least ten illegitimate children:
She was also romantically linked with Sir Richard Ford, a police magistrate, and Richard Daly, manager of the Theatre Royal, Cork. She died at Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France. This page about Dorothy Jordan includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Dorothy Jordan News stories about Dorothy Jordan External links for Dorothy Jordan Videos for Dorothy Jordan Wikis about Dorothy Jordan Discussion Groups about Dorothy Jordan Blogs about Dorothy Jordan Images of Dorothy Jordan |
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