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Barbara Villiers, grevinna av Castlemaine och hertiginna av Cleveland, född i november 1640, död 9 oktober 1709, var en engelsk hovdam, mätress till Karl II av England åren 1660–1673. Barbara Villiers hade under sin tid som mätress så stort inflytande att hon kallades "Englands okrönta drottning".
Lady Catherine Herbert. Barbara Palmer née Villiers, Lady Castlemaine by Sir Peter Lely. Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, PC (3 September 1634 – 21 July 1705) was an English courtier, diplomat, and briefly a member of parliament, sitting in the House of Commons of England for part of 1660. He was also a noted Roman Catholic writer.
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.
Lady Barbara Villiers (Gemälde von John Michael Wright, Öl auf Leinwand, 1670) Barbara Villiers, 1. Duchess of Cleveland (* November 1640; † 9. Oktober 1709; verheiratete Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine) war neben Nell Gwyn die berühmteste der zahlreichen Mätressen des englischen Königs Karl II.
Barbara Berkeley, Viscountess Fitzhardinge ( née Villiers; c. 1654 – 19 September 1708) was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne of Great Britain and governess to Prince William, Duke of Gloucester. [2] Her sister Elizabeth Villiers (later Countess of Orkney) was the acknowledged mistress of William III of England from 1680 to 1695.
Description. This picture forms one of the ‘Windsor Beauties’ series, a set of eleven portraits of celebrated women at the Restoration court painted by Sir Peter Lely. The series was commissioned by Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, probably around 1662-5. Pepys recorded on 21 August 1668 that he ‘did first see the Duke of York’s room of ...
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.
