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Charles II of England. Mistresses of British royalty. Royal mistresses by person. Women of the Stuart period. Court of Charles II of England.
Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England (c. April 1668 – 6 February 1685).
- Actress
- 14 November 1687 (aged 37), Pall Mall, London, England
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- Charles II of England
6 de mar. de 2021 · Nell Gywn: the orange girl who became a king's mistress in Restoration England. From penniless orange seller to wealthy mistress of Charles II, Nell Gwyn’s wit and charm endeared her as a darling of society and a symbol of a more fun-loving and lavish England. Hers is story of rags to riches and back again...
- Lauren Good
‘Pretty, witty Nell’ was perhaps the best known and remembered mistress of King Charles II. She was one of many (there were 13 in all during his lifetime), but she was the least ‘greedy’ of them all. When he lay dying he begged his heir, the Duke of York, “not to let poor Nellie starve”.
18 de mar. de 2024 · The three-part drama-documentary follows King Charles II’s hunt for his father’s killers – the Regicides - as a window into a remarkable and often overlooked historical period. The show airs Tuesdays at 9pm on Sky HISTORY. The full series is now available on demand to Sky and Virgin customers.
Charles II's Mistresses. The monarch and his court provided compelling subject matter for printmakers and their rapidly growing market. Particularly popular were prints of the king's succession of mistresses, who included members of the British and French aristocracy, but also actresses on the London stage, such as Nell Gwyn and Moll Davis.
Barbara Villiers, Lady Castlemaine, was the favourite mistress of King Charles II… Michael Long. 7 min read. To the writer and diarist John Evelyn, she was ‘the curse of the nation’. To the Bishop of Salisbury, she was ‘a woman of great beauty, enormously vivacious and ravenous; foolish but imperious’.
