Geoffrey FitzClarence, 3rd Earl of Munster Geoffrey FitzClarence, 3rd Earl of Munster Geoffrey George Gordon FitzClarence, 3rd Earl of Munster, DSO (18 July 1859 – 2 February 1902), known as Lord Tewkesbury 1870–1901, was a British peer, and the great-grandson of King William IV by his mistress Dorothea Jordan. Born Geoffrey George Gordon FitzClarence, he was the son of William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster (19 May 1824 – 30 April 1901) and Wilhelmina Kennedy-Erskine (27 June 1830 – 9 October 1906). His parents were first cousins, thus making Geoffrey a great-grandson of William IV twice over. His grandfather on his paternal side was Lord George
Hermann and Dorothea the son's character as his burning patriotism protests against the French invasion. But the spirit that permeates the poem as a whole is that of trust in the future and sympathy with mankind. Ewald Eiserhardt, who reviews this work for "Encyclopedia Americana", cites the serene flow of presentation, the masterly descriptions of landscape and home, the plastic vigor of the main figures, the balance of color, all as rendering "Hermann and Dorothea" a great work of literary art. Full text of "Hermann and Dorothea" from Project Gutenberg Hermann and Dorothea Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem, an idyll, written