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Dorothea Jordan

ドロシー・ジョーダン　/　どろしー・じょーだん

Stage actor from Ireland

November 21, 1761 – July 5, 1816　・　Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland

County Waterford
stage actor
actor

My Take

What strikes me about Dorothea Jordan is how a celebrated Anglo-Irish comic actress is now remembered mostly as a royal footnote. Born near Waterford in 1761, she became the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, the future King William IV, and bore him ten children, all taking the FitzClarence name. I find it telling that her stage talent gets eclipsed by that liaison. Her life reads as both glittering and precarious: adored on the boards, yet ultimately set aside and dying in 1816. To me she embodies the brutal arithmetic faced by women who built careers on charm in a deeply unequal era.

Overview

Dorothea Jordan (née Bland; 22 November 1761 – 5 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Dorothea Jordan
Name (Japanese): ドロシー・ジョーダン
Reading: どろしー・じょーだん
Born: November 21, 1761 – July 5, 1816
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Snake
Origin: Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: stage actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3

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