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Vor einem Tag · 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
Vor 4 Tagen · This was the heyday of Golden Square as a political and social centre. Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, lived at No. 7. James Brydges, the future Duke of Chandos, but in 1707 Paymaster of the Forces, lived at No. 20 and had his office at No. 19A. Next to him lived Henry St. John, later Viscount Bolingbroke, the leading Tory ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 6, 1679-1680.Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
Vor 5 Tagen · It is said to have been the last home of Charles II's former mistress Barbara Villiers, duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709), who was buried in Chiswick church, and to have supplied a lodging for the politician Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) as a law student c. 1796.
Vor 4 Tagen · Charles II’s most famous mistress was Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. He had several other mistresses, including Nell Gwyn, an actress, and Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth. These relationships were widely known and often the subject of gossip and scandal. Charles II’s Reign
Vor 4 Tagen · By Barbara Villiers (1641–1709), wife of Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, and created Duchess of Cleveland in her own right: Lady Anne Palmer (Fitzroy) (1661–1722), married Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex .
Vor 4 Tagen · 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. The surname FitzRoy comes from the Anglo-Norman Fitz ...
