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Vor 5 Tagen · 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 5 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 politician of ...
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 · Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and later Duchess of Cleveland, by Sir Peter Lely, £450,000 at Christie’s. It was also a good night for Sir Peter Lely ’s (1618-80) aristocratic portrait of Barbara Villiers, Charles II’s principal mistress and one of the most powerful women of her age.
Vor 2 Tagen · Her husband kept many mistresses, most notably Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, whom Catherine was forced to accept as one of her Ladies of the Bedchamber. By his mistresses, Charles fathered many children, whom he acknowledged.
Vor 4 Tagen · “I’d also love to look more closely at elite women at Court in this period – I’ve always been fascinated by some of Charles II’s mistresses, especially Barbara Villiers, Lady Castlemaine.”
Vor 4 Tagen · Personal preferences naturally vary, but a list of books about Cleveland or by local authors, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry, is certainly a fun category for the literary dabbler,...
