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1 day ago · Barbara Villiers (1641–1709) was the daughter of William, Viscount Grandison. She married Roger Palmer in 1659 and shortly afterwards became the mistress of Charles II. On her husband's elevation to the peerage she became Countess of Castlemaine, and she was created Duchess of Cleveland in
1 day ago · Louise Renée de Penancoet de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth and Charles II are ancestors of Diana, Princess of Wales, Queen Camilla, and Sarah, Duchess of York. Born July 16, 1672, at her mother’s home, Cleveland House in London, England, Lady Barbara Fitzroy was the illegitimate daughter of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland in ...
2 days ago · She married Roger Palmer, created earl of Castlemaine in 1661, and, having become mistress to Charles II, was created duchess of Cleveland in 1670. In 1676 she sold Mailscot to Henry Benedict Hall, (fn. 316) with whose Highmeadow etate it descended.
3 days ago · In the house of the Duke of Cleveland is the well-known original portrait of the beautiful Duchess of Cleveland, by Sir Peter Lely; and the mansion of the late Earl De Grey, afterwards that of the Dowager Countess of Cowper (No. 4), is mentioned by Dr. Waagen as containing a fine gallery of portraits by Vandyke, Salvator Rosa, Titian ...
4 days ago · Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 5, 1676-1679.Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
5 days ago · And yet the dramatised version of her as a tragic figure defies hyperbole: a blueprint for the Hollywood-minded Duchess of Sussex who, with the Duke, ended up in their own ‘near catastrophic’ paparazzi car chase through the normally gridlocked roads of Manhattan this summer.
The Duchess of Cleveland, the premier mistress who was losing her hold on the King’s affections, is reported to have led the King to Frances Stuart’s apartment at midnight when Richmond was closeted with her, and the Duke was immediately expelled from court.
