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13 de abr. de 2024 · Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland was baptised on 17 November 1640 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England.4 She was born in 1640.4 She was the daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison of Limerick and Hon. Mary Bayning.3 She married, firstly, Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, son of Sir James Palmer and Lady Catherine Herbert, on 14 April 1659 at St ...
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (née Barbara Villiers / ˈ v ɪ l ər z / VIL-ərz; 27 November [O.S. 17 November] 1640 – 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled.
10 de feb. de 2023 · Gramont’s words may have been intended as an insult, but in fact Frances was a child, around 15 years old. This put her in a precarious position, in need of security and court survival skills. Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine could offer her both. Image: Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond before 1662 by Sir Peter Lely.
Mistress of Charles II The favourite mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, Barbara Villiers was a dominant presence both at court and in the public's imagination. She married Roger Palmer, later the Earl of Castlemaine, in 1659, and met Charles soon after. She was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen in spite of the latter's protests. Regarded as the foremost beauty of her day, she ...
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (born autumn 1641, London, England—died October 9, 1709, Chiswick, Middlesex) was a favourite mistress of the English king Charles II; she bore several of his illegitimate children. According to the diarist Samuel Pepys, she was a woman of exceptional beauty, but others commented on her crude mannerisms.
Barbara Palmer ( 1640 – 9 oktober 1709) was 1e hertogin van Cleveland en een van de minnaressen van koning Karel II van Engeland . Ze werd geboren als Barbara Villiers, de dochter van de graaf van Grandiston, William Villiers. Hij stierf in 1643 aan een oorlogswond, waardoor zijn vrouw en kind in benarde situatie achterbleven.
Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk (née Villiers; May/June 1622 – 13 December 1680), formerly Lady Wentworth, was an English courtier and the wife of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk. She served as First Lady of the Bedchamber for the queen of England, Catherine of Braganza , from 1660 until 1681.
