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Villiers, Barbara (c. 1641–1709)Countess of Castlemaine and duchess of Cleveland who was the powerful and influential mistress of Charles II of England for over ten years . Name variations: Barbara Palmer; Lady Castlemaine; Countess of Southampton; Baroness Nonsuch. Source for information on Villiers, Barbara (c. 1641–1709): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
Barbara Palmer Facts. 1. Poor Little Rich Girl. Palmer was born Barbara Villiers on November 27, 1640 to the old-as-balls aristocratic Villiers family. Her father William was a Viscount, while her mother Mary was a co-heiress. Sadly, one day it all came crashing down.
10 de feb. de 2023 · Learn about the relationship between Frances Stuart and Barbara Villiers, two of the most influential women at the court of King Charles II.
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.
In 1659 Barbara Villiers had married Roger Palmer, later Earl of Castlemaine, although soon after she became King Charles II's mistress, exerting considerable political influence until her fall from favour in the early 1670s. She is believed to have borne him five children and was created a Lady of the Bedchamber to Catherine of Braganza in 1662 and Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. The sitter is ...
Barbara's mother, barely out of her teens at the time of her father's death, remarried to Charles Villiers, 2nd Earl of Anglesey, her first husband's cousin and a Royalist supporter. After the execution of Charles I in 1649, the Villiers family transferred their loyalty to his son, Charles, then a penniless exile, but recognised by the Royalists as Charles II. Barbara spent her childhood in ...
Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk ( née Villiers; May/June 1622 – 13 December 1680), [1] formerly Lady Wentworth, was an English courtier and the wife of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk.
