Find out everything about Kit’s family here, from his prominent and noteworthy forebears to his marriage to his Game of Thrones co-star.
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Why not learn a little bit more about the actor before the Channel 4 show airs on Thursday night? Find out everything about Kit’s family here, from his prominent and noteworthy forebears to his marriage to his Game of Thrones co-star.

The Game of Thrones actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie wed in 2018

Christopher “Kit” Harington, who was named after Christopher Marlowe, whose first name was also abbreviated to Kit, was born to parents Sir David Harington and erstwhile playwright Deborah Jane. John, Kit’s older brother, is currently in line to inherit his father’s baronetcy. The Harington family line extends back to the fifteenth century.

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Kit is descended from Scottish politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, through his father. He is also related to individuals who took part in the Gunpowder Plot from opposing perspectives as he has a mother-side relationship with Robert Catesby and a father-side relationship with King James I.

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After six years of dating, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie got married in 2018.

When they were chosen to portray on-screen lovers Wildling Ygritte and Jon Snow in Game of Thrones in 2012, the actor and his wife Rose Leslie, who is descended from the illustrious Scottish family Clan Leslie, got married.

Kit and his wife are extremely, extremely distantly linked to one another due to their extensive family histories—both of them can trace their roots back to King Charles II!

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The 35-year-old couple exchanged vows in Wardhill, a beautiful 12th-century Scottish castle owned by Rose’s ancestors, in 2018. Numerous co-stars of the couple, including Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams, were present.

They expanded their family since then, welcoming a baby boy in 2021. Their now one-year-old son’s name has not yet been made public, but they have stated that they are raising him in a recently renovated Tudor house in East Anglia.

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