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Catherine Pegge (born c. 1635) was a long-term mistress of Charles II of England. She had two children by him, Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and Catherine FitzCharles. Pegge Family Arms.
Catherine was the beautiful daughter of Thomas Pegge, a gentleman from Derbyshire, and his wife, Catherine Kniveton, who was the daughter of a royalist Baronet. During the English Civil War, her father fought for the royalists, and on his capture the family were forced into exile in Bruges, Belgium.
Catherine Pegge (mother of Charles,Earl of Plymouth,known as “Don Carlo”). Some of the mistresses of Charles II: Winifred Wells – one of the Queen’s Maids of Honour
Catherine Pegge. Catherine and Charles were together for several years while she was living in the Spanish Netherlands. She had two children by the future king, and lived a quiet life with her husband.
Meanwhile the queen, the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza, was left isolated, unhappy and side-lined by the “Windsor beauties”. It was common knowledge that the king enjoyed the company of his mistresses above anyone else.
Catherine Pegge was one of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England and mother of three children by him: Catherine Mary Stuart (1652-1741); Charles Fitzcharles, Duke of Plymouth (1657-1680); Catherine "Sister Ophelia" Fitzcharles (1658-1759).
Feb 3, 2022 · King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza had no children. This meant that Charles’s brother James was heir to the throne. In 1668, James secretly converted to Catholicism. He continued to attend Anglican services and his daughters Mary and Anne were raised as Protestants.
