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Vor einem Tag · Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences. The Duchess took revenge with an unflattering description of the Queen in her memoirs, which was widely accepted by historians until Anne was reassessed in the late 20th century.
Vor 4 Tagen · Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744) by Charles Jervas c. 1700. Source: UK Government Art Collection Despite Anne’s gratitude for Marlborough’s wartime success, her long-term friendship with Sarah started to deteriorate. Politics was part of the problem. While the queen favored the Tories in Parliament, Sarah favored the ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The Fen Ditton estate descended jointly to Sir William Willys's six sisters, from whom it was bought by Sarah Churchill, duchess of Marlborough, for her daughter Henrietta Godolphin, the next duchess (d. 1733).
Vor 2 Tagen · Built in 1709–10, by Sir Christopher Wren for John, Duke of Marlborough, on ground leased on easy terms to his Duchess by Queen Anne; it occupies the site of the old pheasantry of St. James's Palace, and of the garden of Mr. Secretary Boyle, the latter of which was taken out of St. James's Park.
Vor 3 Tagen · Marlborough, Sarah (Churchill) Countess (from 14 Dec. 1702 Duchess) of Groom of the Stole 12 May 1702 (LC 5/166, p. 72). Rem. by 24 Jan. 1711 (Ibid ., pp. 261-2). -- Mistress of the Robes and Keeper of the Privy Purse 19 June 1702 (Ibid ., p. 76).
Vor 5 Tagen · The surname FitzRoy comes from the Anglo-Norman Fitz, meaning “son of” and Roy, meaning “king”, implying the original bearer of the surname was a child of a king. Anne was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England and one of his mistresses Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland in her own right.
Vor 5 Tagen · SACHEVERELL was born the son of a cleric, and the grandson of another, in Marlborough. His grandfather had been a dedicated Low Churchman, ejected in 1662. The resolutely High Henry, however, was in a very different mould. Even as a young man, Sacheverell was pugnacious.
