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Catherine Pegge (born c. 1635) was a long-term mistress of Charles II of England. She had two children by him, Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and Catherine FitzCharles. Pegge Family Arms.
Catherine was the beautiful daughter of Thomas Pegge, a gentleman from Derbyshire, and his wife, Catherine Kniveton, who was the daughter of a royalist Baronet. During the English Civil War, her father fought for the royalists, and on his capture the family were forced into exile in Bruges, Belgium.
Catherine Pegge, born about 1635, was a long term mistress of Charles II. She had two children by him, Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and Catherine FitzCharles. There are allegedly two portraits of Catherine Pegge by Sir Peter Lely, the whereabouts of which are unknown.
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Queen Catharine was responsible for popularising tea-drinking in England.When she first arrived in Portsmouth on 13 May 1662,she asked for a cup of tea.This baffled the English as the drink was...
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Charles FitzCharles was the first child of Catherine Pegge and Charles II. He was born sometime in 1657 in Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, where the future Charles II was temporarily living in exile.
In August 1675, Charles II granted the title of Duke of Richmond to Charles Lennox, his illegitimate son by Louise de Kérouaille.Just one month later, the king further created his son the Duke of Lennox, and the two titles were held jointly, with Richmond as the principal title.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Birthplace: Yeldersley,Ashbourne,Derbyshire,England. Death: 1678 (42-43) London,London,,England. Immediate Family: Daughter of Thomas Pegge, of Yeldersley and Catherine (Kniveton) Pegge. Wife of Sir Edward Greene, 1st (and last) Baronet of Sampford. Ex-partner of Charles II of England.
