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Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, KG (8 May 1670 – 10 May 1726) was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by his mistress Nell Gwyn . Biography. His surname, Beauclerk ( Anglo-Norman for "fine scholar"), had been an epithet of King Henry I.
May 9, 2024 · Charles Beauclerk, 1st duke of Saint Albans was the illegitimate son of Charles II, the elder of two illegitimate sons born to Nell Gwyn, an English actress. Charles Beauclerk was created Baron Heddington and earl of Burford in 1676 and duke of St. Albans in 1684.
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans. Charles was Nell Gwyn and Charles II’s first child, born on 8 May 1670.
King Charles II had accepted that Burford was his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn, an actress, and awarded him the dukedom just as he had conferred those of Monmouth, Southampton, Grafton, Northumberland, and Richmond and Lennox on his other illegitimate sons who married .
In 1684, he was created Duke of St. Albans and, on Easter day of that year, accompanied his father and two other natural sons of the King, the Dukes of Northumberland and Richmond, when Charles II made his offering at the altar at Whitehall, the three boys entering before the King within the rails.
In 1676, the boy was created Baron Heddington and Earl of Burford, and on January 10, 1684, he became the first Duke of St. Albans. A soldier from an early age, he was present at the taking of Belgrade in 1688 and later served directly under William III, who held him in high esteem.
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans. He was born in London on 8th May 1670, an illegitimate son of Charles II and Nell Gywnne. His father created him Earl of Burford and in 1684 Duke of St Albans. He served in the army against the Turks and with William III in Flanders.
