Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland (21 March 1807 – 2 July 1858), was a British noblewoman. Born the fifth illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom (then Duke of Clarence) by his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan. 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 marquess. A granddaughter of George III, Amelia was named after her aunt Princess Amelia. Amelia FitzClarence was the fifth daughter of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, by his long-time mistress,
English and British royal mistress but his wife and Queen Henrietta Maria of France. Neither Mary II nor Anne had any physical relationships outside of marriage, although Anne had intense emotional attachments to first Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and then her cousin Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, both of whom became politically important. William III, the husband and co-ruler of Mary II, was presumed to have had one mistress, Elizabeth Villiers. George I had divorced his wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle 20 years before his accession to the British throne, and thus brought with him to the Kingdom of Great Britain his long-established mistress: Ehrengard