Person
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709) · 1640–1709
Marriages and partners
Parents
Children
- George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1665–1716
- Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex 1661–1721
- Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland c. 1662–1730
- Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton 1663–1690
- Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield 1664–1718
- Barbara FitzRoy 1672–1731
- Cecelia FitzRoy 1670–1759
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About
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, 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 children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. Barbara was the subject of many portraits, in particular by court painter Sir Peter Lely.
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