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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 ...
Susan Villiers († 1652), daughter of Sir George Villiers († 1606), married William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, parents-in-law to James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton. William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison († 1643), married Mary Bayning, daughter and heiress of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning. Barbara Villiers, Duchess of ...
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709) c.1660-61. RCIN 420109
CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, Duchess of (1641–1709), mistress of the English king Charles II., was the daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison (d. 1643), by his wife Mary (d. 1684), daughter of Paul, 1st Viscount Bayning. In April 1659 Barbara married Roger Palmer, who was created earl of Castlemaine two years later,
Barbara Villiers, viscontessa Fitzhardinge (1654 – 19 settembre 1708), è stata una nobildonna inglese. Biografia [ modifica | modifica wikitesto ] Era la figlia del colonnello sir Edward Villiers , e di sua moglie, lady Frances Howard (una discendente di John Howard, I duca di Norfolk ).
Barbara’s mother married a cousin of her late husband, but the Villiers family was ruined by the victory of the Parliamentarians and Commonwealth rule in England. Marriage Mismatch By all accounts Barbara was an outstanding beauty with long dark hair, deep blue eyes and sensuous features.
Barbara Villiers nasceu como a única filha de William Villiers, 2.° Visconde Grandison (sendo portanto uma prima de George Villiers, 2.º Duque de Buckingham), e da herdeira Mary Bayning. No outono de 1643 , Lord Grandison morreu numa batalha, deixando sua esposa e filha numa situação financeira difícil.
