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Mistresses of British royalty. Royal mistresses by person. Women of the Stuart period. Court of Charles II of England.
‘Pretty, witty Nell’ was perhaps the best known and remembered mistress of King Charles II. She was one of many (there were 13 in all during his lifetime), but she was the least ‘greedy’ of them all. When he lay dying he begged his heir, the Duke of York, “not to let poor Nellie starve”.
6 de mar. de 2021 · Nell Gywn: the orange girl who became a king's mistress in Restoration England. From penniless orange seller to wealthy mistress of Charles II, Nell Gwyn’s wit and charm endeared her as a darling of society and a symbol of a more fun-loving and lavish England.
- Lauren Good
18 de mar. de 2024 · The many (many) mistresses of Charles II Charles II's relationships with his mistresses, many of whom enjoyed pensions and countless perks from the Merry Monarch, created an extensive alternative royal family of illegitimate children.
27 de nov. de 2019 · Charles' son by an earlier mistress, the Duke of Monmouth, went on to have an affair with Barbara herself. The younger Barbara also went on to cause scandal by bearing an illegitimate child by the Earl of Arran, and then running away to France to become a nun.
Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England (c. April 1668 – 6 February 1685).
14 de abr. de 2020 · According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’. In Mistresses, historian Linda Porter tells the story of the women who shared Charles’s bed, gaining influence over the country’s political and cultural life.
