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Mistresses of British royalty. Royal mistresses by person. Women of the Stuart period. Court of Charles II of England.
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.
‘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
Charles II's Mistresses. The monarch and his court provided compelling subject matter for printmakers and their rapidly growing market. Particularly popular were prints of the king's succession of mistresses, who included members of the British and French aristocracy, but also actresses on the London stage, such as Nell Gwyn and Moll Davis.
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.
Barbara Villiers was married to Roger Palmer when she became Charles’s mistress in 1660.
