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Nell Gwynn House, Chelsea. Though Gwyn was often caricatured as an empty-headed woman, John Dryden said that her greatest attribute was her native wit, and she certainly became a hostess who was able to keep the friendship of Dryden, the playwright Aphra Behn, William Ley, 4th Earl of Marlborough (a lover of hers), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, and the King's other mistresses.
Nell Gwyn (o Gwynn o Gwynne ), nacida Eleanor, (2 de febrero de 1650-14 de noviembre de 1687), fue una de las primeras actrices inglesas que obtuvo reconocimiento público, y fue amante durante muchos años del rey Carlos II. Samuel Pepys la llamó pretty, witty Nell («bella e ingeniosa Nell»). Personificó el espíritu de la Restauración ...
Nell Gwyn (born Feb. 2, 1650, London, Eng.—died Nov. 14, 1687, London) was an English actress and mistress of Charles II, whose frank recklessness, generosity, invariable good temper, ready wit, infectious high spirits, and amazing indiscretions appealed irresistibly to a generation that welcomed in her the living antithesis of Puritanism.
Nell Gwyn (Gwynne) ‘Pretty, witty Nell’ was perhaps the best known and remembered mistress of King Charles II…. “Pray good people be civil, I am the Protestant whore” was Nell Gwyn’s cheeky retort to the masses pushing around her coach in the mistaken belief that it was that of the Duchess of Portsmouth, the Catholic Louise de ...
6 de mar. de 2021 · Samuel Pepys, describing Nell Gwyn in John Dryden’s Secret Love, March 1667. The affair didn’t last long, and Gwyn was soon back on stage. Her charms, svelte figure and flowing brown hair worked their magic once again, but on a much bigger fish than Lord Buckhurst. She was not yet 20 when she became a mistress of the rakish libertine ...
Nell Gwyn, 1650–1687 Actress An Unfortunate Upbringing. When she was just a child, Eleanor Gwyn lost her father, who likely died in a debtor's prison. The futur… Louise Renee de Keroualle duchess of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Louise de Kéroualle, duchess of (1649–1734).
21 de dic. de 2005 · A new book recreates the story behind one of England's greatest love affairs — the 17-year relationship between Charles II and Nell Gwyn. Charles Beauclerk is a direct descendant of the pair ...
