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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.. 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 – 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious ...
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- William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison, Mary Bayning
- 9 October 1709 (aged 68), Chiswick Mall, England
Nov 27, 2023 · Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland George Villiers wasn’t the only Villiers member to have a close relationship with King Charles II. As the only child of the 1st Duke of Buckingham’s half-nephew, Barbara Palmer was perhaps the most prominent mistress of the ruling monarch.
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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 ...
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 . Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland
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Even so, later in 1672 all of the Duchess of Cleveland’s children given the surname FitzRoy (including the youngest child, Barbara), meaning ‘son of king’ to publicly confirm their ‘official’ parentage, regardless of any doubt that there may have been over any of their paternal lines.
Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland in 1705; Credit – Wikipedia After the death of her husband Roger Palmer in 1705, 64-year-old Barbara married Robert Fielding . Six months later, she found out that Fielding was a fortune hunter and a bigamist.
