Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

Other partners

Relationships recorded without a marriage.

• Charles II of EnglandKing of England, Scotland, and Ireland1630–1685

Children

• Anne Lennard, Countess of SussexEnglish Countess1661–1721
• Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of ClevelandSon of Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine and Charles II of Englandc. 1662–1730
• Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of GraftonIllegitimate son of King Charles II and English duke1663–1690
• Charlotte Lee, Countess of LichfieldBritish noble1664–1718
• George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of NorthumberlandBritish Army general1665–1716
• Cecelia FitzRoy1670–1759
• Barbara FitzRoyNoblewoman; British prioress1672–1731

Questions about the House of Stuart

• Why did James VI and I succeed Elizabeth I of England?
  Inheritance by blood, secured by political preparation
• Why did Charles I of England succeed James VI and I?
  Inheritance
• How were Elizabeth I of England and James VI and I related?
  First cousins twice removed

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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