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Mary "Moll" Davis (c. 1648 – 1708), also spelt Davies or Davys, was a courtesan and mistress of King Charles II of England. She was an actress and entertainer before and during her role as royal mistress.
- 1708, London, England
Like her fellow actress, Nell Gwyn, Mary ‘Moll’ Davis’ roots are a bit of a mystery.Contemporary accounts disagreed on who her family were. Some said she was from Wiltshire and that her father was a blacksmith; others claimed that she was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Berkshire, and that he was one of the men that dangled her under the king’s nose when Barbara ...
Moll Davis murió en 1708, a los 60 años de edad. A pesar de su turbulenta vida personal, fue recordada como una de las actrices más talentosas y populares de su época. También se la recuerda como una de las amantes más famosas del rey Carlos II, quien la describió como "la mujer más alegre y graciosa que haya conocido".
Lady Mary Tudor, Countess of Derwentwater. Mary was born on 16 October 1673, to Moll Davis and Charles II, and was the last of the king’s children.
Moll Davis – Common actress to royal mistress. Sunday, 4 October 2020, 0:00 Amy Eloise Kelly The Royal Mistresses Series, The Royal Women 3. (public domain) Mary Davis, better known as Moll, was supposedly born in the year 1648 in London.
Moll Davies, also an actress, had a child by the King. The child was known as Lady Mary Tudor. Moll was given a house in Suffolk Street and a ring worth £600 by the King before she fell from favour.
Mary ‘Moll’ Davis. Though Nell comes to mind when we think about Charles’ actress mistress, Moll was on the scene long before her, and was already causing a stir at court by being a commoner who was parading round in jewels and finery. But an embarrassing prank at the hands of her rival nearly cost her her place at court…
