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Hace 2 días · Barbara Villiers (1641–1709) was the daughter of William, Viscount Grandison. She married Roger Palmer in 1659 and shortly afterwards became the mistress of Charles II. On her husband's elevation to the peerage she became Countess of Castlemaine, and she was created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670.
Hace 5 días · Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland was born as Barbara Villiers in Westminster, London, England on November 27, 1640. She was the only child of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison and Mary Bayning.
Hace 5 días · By Barbara Villiers (1641–1709), wife of Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, and created Duchess of Cleveland in her own right: Lady Anne Palmer (Fitzroy) (1661–1722), married Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex. She may have been the daughter of Roger Palmer, but Charles accepted her.
Hace 5 días · This was the heyday of Golden Square as a political and social centre. Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, lived at No. 7. James Brydges, the future Duke of Chandos, but in 1707 Paymaster of the Forces, lived at No. 20 and had his office at No. 19A.
Hace 3 días · In this church was baptised, in November, 1640, Barbara Villiers, afterwards the notorious Duchess of Cleveland, of whom we shall have more to say hereafter, when we come to treat of St. James's Palace and its neighbourhood.
Hace 5 días · Barbara’s mother soon married Charles Villiers, 2nd Earl of Anglesey, her late husband’s cousin. The marriage was childless and Barbara’s stepfather died from smallpox in 1661. Barbara was considered one of the most beautiful of the young Royalist women but her lack of a dowry did not help her marriage prospects.
Hace 5 días · Charles II’s most famous mistress was Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. He had several other mistresses, including Nell Gwyn, an actress, and Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth. These relationships were widely known and often the subject of gossip and scandal.
