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Mary "Moll" Davis (c. 1648 – 1708), also spelt Davies or Davys, was a courtesan and mistress of King Charles II of England. She was an actress and entertainer before and during her role as royal mistress.
Like her fellow actress, Nell Gwyn, Mary ‘Moll’ Davis’ roots are a bit of a mystery.Contemporary accounts disagreed on who her family were. Some said she was from Wiltshire and that her father was a blacksmith; others claimed that she was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Berkshire, and that he was one of the men that dangled her under the king’s nose when Barbara ...
Notorious Strumpets On The English Restoration Stage. Mary “Moll” Davis and Nell Gwyn, as painted in separate portraits by Sir Peter Lely. “Women-actors [are] all notorious impudent, prostituted Strumpets” — William Prynne, Histrio-Mastix 1633. These infamous words from Prynne’s lengthy critique of theatricality exemplify the ...
Lady Mary Tudor, Countess of Derwentwater. Mary was born on 16 October 1673, to Moll Davis and Charles II, and was the last of the king’s children.
Moll Davis – Common actress to royal mistress. Sunday, 4 October 2020, 0:00 Amy Eloise Kelly The Royal Mistresses Series, The Royal Women 3. (public domain) Mary Davis, better known as Moll, was supposedly born in the year 1648 in London.
27 de nov. de 2022 · There was competition between Nell and her friend Moll Davis, and it was Davis who managed to win the King’s affections first, receiving gifts and being called to his bed chamber often. To win the upper hand, it is said that Nell played an awful trick on Davis, putting laxatives in her supper before she went to see the King for the night.
Mary "Moll" Davis (también Davies o Davys ; [1] ca. 1648-1708) fue una animadora , cortesana , cantante y actriz del siglo XVII que se convirtió en una de las muchas amantes del rey Carlos II de Inglaterra .
