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Barbara Villiers, born in 1640, was the daughter of William Villiers, Viscount Grandison, a royalist who died in 1643 of wounds received in the Civil War. In 1659 she married Roger Palmer, a lawyer, during an affair with Philip Stanhope, second Earl of Chesterfield, who in January 1660 had to leave England after killing an adversary in a duel
Barbara Villiers was Charles II's principal mistress between 1660 and 1670 and the most powerful woman at court. She devoted much energy to public demonstrations of the king's favour through displays of jewels and wealth. She was painted frequently by Lely, who described her beauty as ‘beyond the compass of art’. Cat. 57
Barbara Villiers, daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison, met Charles II during his exile in The Hague and by May 1660 she had become his mistress. She bore him six children, and was created Duchess of Cleveland (1670). Signed in black on the left: 'SC' (monogram) and dated '166i'.
More numerous than suggested by the selection of images analysed here, Barbara Villiers’s portraits as a group present one of the more straightforward and enlightening cases for a study of a Restoration sitter. 8 Two factors determine this assertion: (i) she was without question the woman most often represented in painted portraits during the first decade of the Restoration; and (ii) the ...
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison, first met Charles II during his exile in The Hague, and had become his mistress by May 1660. She bore the king six children and was created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670 before being supplanted in Charles II's affections by the Duchess of Portsmouth.
10 de feb. de 2023 · The most powerful woman in England: Barbara Villiers. Though only 23 herself, Barbara was a pro at the machinations of court. By June 1663, she had borne two of the King’s illegitimate children and was pregnant with their third.
RCIN 404957. This picture forms one of the ‘Windsor Beauties’ series, a set of eleven portraits of celebrated women at the Restoration court painted by Sir Peter Lely. The series was apparently commissioned or at least assembled by Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, probably around 1662-5. Pepys recorded on 21 August 1668 that he ‘did first see ...
