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Arms of Barbara Villiers as the only daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison: Argent on a cross Gules five escallops Or. [1]Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (née Barbara Villiers / ˈ v ɪ l ər z / VIL-ərz; 27 November [O.S. 17 November] 1640 [2] – 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most ...
Barbara Villiers. Barbara Villiers, Lady Castlemaine, was the favourite mistress of King Charles II…. To the writer and diarist John Evelyn, she was ‘the curse of the nation’. To the Bishop of Salisbury, she was ‘a woman of great beauty, enormously vivacious and ravenous; foolish but imperious’. To the Chancellor of England, she was ...
Oct 5, 2024 · Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (born autumn 1641, London, England—died October 9, 1709, Chiswick, Middlesex) was a favourite mistress of the English king Charles II; she bore several of his illegitimate children. According to the diarist Samuel Pepys, she was a woman of exceptional beauty, but others commented on her crude mannerisms.
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Mistress of Charles II The favourite mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, Barbara Villiers was a dominant presence both at court and in the public's imagination. She married Roger Palmer, later the Earl of Castlemaine, in 1659, and met Charles soon after. She was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen in spite of the latter's protests. Regarded as the foremost beauty of her day, she ...
Nov 27, 2019 · Barbara Villiers: Charles II's mistress and 'curse of the nation' Posted 27 Nov 2019, by Chloe Esslemont Known alternately as 'the uncrowned queen' of Great Britain, or – as famous diarist John Evelyn termed her – 'the curse of the nation', Barbara Villiers remains one of the most divisive and fascinating women of the Restoration.
Feb 10, 2023 · Gramont’s words may have been intended as an insult, but in fact Frances was a child, around 15 years old. This put her in a precarious position, in need of security and court survival skills. Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine could offer her both. Image: Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond before 1662 by Sir Peter Lely.
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Villiers, Barbara (c. 1641–1709)Countess of Castlemaine and duchess of Cleveland who was the powerful and influential mistress of Charles II of England for over ten years . Name variations: Barbara Palmer; Lady Castlemaine; Countess of Southampton; Baroness Nonsuch.
