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Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield (4 February 1663 – 14 July 1716) was an English peer, the son of a baronet, who at 14 years of age married one of the illegitimate daughters of King Charles II, Charlotte Lee, prior to which he was made Earl of Lichfield.
The 1st Earl of Lichfield from the Lee family was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, George Henry Lee, who became the 2nd Earl and 6th Baronet. He constructed the stately home of Ditchley in Oxfordshire. On his death the titles passed to his son George Henry Lee, the 3rd Earl.
At the age of ten, Edward Henry Lee (1663–1716), a Catholic, was betrothed to nine-year-old Charlotte Fitzroy, the illegitimate and preferred daughter of Charles II and his mistress Barbara Villiers. At the same time, Charles created the title of Henry Earl of Litchfield.
Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield was an English peer, the son of a baronet, who at 14 years of age married one of the illegitimate daughters of King Charles II, Charlotte Lee, prior to which he was made Earl of Lichfield. They had a large family; Lady Lichfield bore him 18 children.
Edward Henry Lee, primer conde de Lichfield (4 de febrero de 1663 - 14 de julio de 1716) fue un par inglés, hijo de un baronet, que a los 14 años se casó con una de las hijas ilegítimas del rey Carlos II, Charlotte Lee, antes de del que fue nombrado conde de Lichfield.
Biography. Son of Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet of Quarendon and his wife Lady Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe. Edward Lee was Fifth Baronet of Ditchley and of Quarendon. At age 10 he was created Earl of Lichfield. He was also Viscount Quarendon and Baron Spelsbury.
When Sir Edward Henry Lee 1st Earl of Lichfield was born on 4 February 1663, in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England, his father, Sir Francis Henry Lee 3rd Baronet Of Quarendom, was 24 and his mother, Lady Elizabeth Pope, was 17.
