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2 days ago · (Barbara (Benedicta) Fitzroy (1672–1737) – She was probably the child of John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, who was another of Cleveland's many lovers, and was never acknowledged by Charles as his own daughter.
5 days ago · Charles Fitzroy, second Duke of Grafton and grandson of the Duchess of Cleveland, as Lord Chamberlain, used the house as his office from 1734 to 1742, when he disposed of his estate in Park Place.
1 day ago · Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton (1662 – 1730), married (1) Mary Wood, no children (2) Anne Pulteney, had six children; Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663 – 1690), married Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of ; Arlington in her own right, had one son
2 days ago · In 1670, Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine, was made Countess of Southampton and her son, Charles (by Charles II), was first Earl, and then (in 1675), Duke of Southampton. In 1710 he took the title of Duke of Cleveland and died in 1730.
Jun 28, 2024 · Barbara FitzRoy (1672–1737), unmarried, became a nun taking the name Sister Benedicta; her mother claimed that she was Charles II’s daughter but she was probably the child of her mother’s second cousin and lover, John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough
3 days ago · In 1674 he was created Earl of Lichfield, and in February, 1676–7, married Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, the 12-year-old daughter of Charles II by the Duchess of Cleveland. In 1687 he was appointed lord-lieutenant of Oxfordshire, but retired from office at the Revolution.
Jun 28, 2024 · Born on December 28, 1665, in a Fellow’s chamber (a Fellow is a member of the teaching staff) at Merton College, University of Oxford in Oxford, England, George Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Northumberland was the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and one of his mistresses, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland in her own right.
