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Portrait of Nell Gwyn

Nell Gwyn

Royal mistress (1650-1687)

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Eleanor Gwyn was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a longtime mistress of King Charles II of England.

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