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5 de abr. de 2024 · The real story behind the duo was in many ways even stranger than the new fictionalized retelling. James indeed lavished wealth and status on his much-younger male favorite, George Villiers ...
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 ...
Barbara Villiers was Charles II's principal mistress between 1660 and 1670 and the most powerful woman at court. She devoted much energy to public demonstrations of the king's favour through displays of jewels and wealth. She was painted frequently by Lely, who described her beauty as ‘beyond the compass of art’. Cat. 57
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.
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.
13 de abr. de 2024 · Barbara Villiers figures prominently in Bernard Shaw's play In Good King Charles's Golden Days. Barbara is the protagonist in Royal Mistress, by Patricia Campbell Horton (1977) Barbara Palmer née Villiers, as Countess of Castlemaine, features prominently in Kathleen Winsor's scandalous 1944 bestseller "Forever Amber".
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 ...
