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Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709) c.1660-61. RCIN 420109
Barbara Villiers Countess of Suffolk. Baptised in Westminister Abbey on June 1, 1622, Barbara was on the celebrity A list from birth, thanks to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, her father’s half brother and favourite of King James I. A prized pawn in the matrimony market, Barbara was married off at a young age, although there appears ...
El dormitorio del rey en el Palacio de Hampton Court, por James Digman Wingfield (1849).En la parte superior izquierda pueden observarse los retratos de Frances Stuart, duquesa de Richmond, y Jane Needham, Mrs Myddelton; en la parte inferior pueden apreciarse los retratos de Barbara Villiers, duquesa de Cleveland, y Elizabeth Hamilton, condesa de Gramont.
In 1659 Barbara Villiers had married Roger Palmer, later Earl of Castlemaine, although soon after she became King Charles II's mistress, exerting considerable political influence until her fall from favour in the early 1670s.
CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, Duchess of (1641–1709), mistress of the English king Charles II., was the daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison (d. 1643), by his wife Mary (d. 1684), daughter of Paul, 1st Viscount Bayning. In April 1659 Barbara married Roger Palmer, who was created earl of Castlemaine two years later,
17 de ago. de 2021 · Barbara Villiers was born in St. Margaret’s, Westminster on 27 November 1640 to a Royalist family. Her father was the 2nd Viscount Grandison, and a half-nephew of the infamous 1st Duke of ...
7 de ene. de 2017 · Barbara Palmer’s lack of fortune limited her marriage prospects, despite her beauty. Barbara was born in 1640 in Westminster, London, as the only child of the 2nd Viscount Grandison, William Villiers. After the death of her father, the family was left impoverished, and Barbara had to make her way among the Royalists.
