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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 notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five ...
In fact, she was granted the titles of Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Southampton, and Baroness Nonsuch in 1670 – though this could have been a golden handshake to mark the end or her “reign”.
27 November 1640 - 9 October 1709. The notorious Barbara Palmer, mistress of Charles II, was born Barbara Villiers, the daughter of William Villiers, Viscount Grandison, and his wife, Mary Bayning, heiress of the 1st Viscount Bayning, at Westminster, London, on 20 September 1643. She was named after her paternal grandmother Barbara Villiers.
Mar 8, 2024 · Explore genealogy for Barbara (Villiers) Palmer born bef. 1640 Westminster, Middlesex, England died 1709 Chiswick, Middlesex, England including ancestors + descendants + 6 photos + 13 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
Apr 13, 2024 · Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (27 November [O.S. 17 November] 1640 – 9 October 1709) was an English courtesan and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of whom he acknowledged and subsequently ennobled.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland. (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II. Sitter in 35 portraits. 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.
Barbara Villiers, dutchess of Cleveland, was sole daughter and heir of William viscount Grandison, and wife to Roger Palmer, esq. afterwards created earl of Castlemaine. Her person was to the last degree beautiful; but she was, in the same degree, rapacious, prodigal, and revengeful.
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