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Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

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62: 637: 745: 528: 561:. In December 1663, Lady Castlemaine announced her conversion from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. Historians disagree as to why she did so. Some believe it was an attempt to consolidate her position with the King, and some believe it was a way of strengthening her ties with her Catholic husband. The King treated the matter lightly, saying that he was interested in ladies' bodies, but not their souls. The Court was equally flippant, the general view being that the Church of Rome had gained nothing by her conversion, and the 201: 376: 404:, against his family's wishes; his father predicted that she would make him one of the most miserable men in the world. The Palmers had joined the ambitious group of supplicants who sailed for Brussels at the end of 1659. In 1660, Barbara became the King's mistress, and on 20 August 1660 was awarded two pennies 627:
to bring about Lord Clarendon's downfall. On his dismissal in August 1667, Lady Castlemaine publicly mocked him; Clarendon gently reminded her that if she lived, one day she too would be old. There are also accounts of exceptional kindness from Lady Castlemaine; once, after a scaffold had fallen onto
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with £5,000 she gave him. The King, who was no longer troubled by the Duchess's infidelity, was much amused when he heard about the annuity, saying that after all a young man must have something to live on. Her open promiscuity and extravagant spending made her a popular figure for satirists to use
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in 1661. These titles were given with the stipulation that they would only be passed down through Roger's heirs by Barbara, and thus served as a way for the king to indirectly secure an inheritance for his illegitimate children. The two officially separated in 1662, following the birth of her first
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Tall, voluptuous, with masses of brunette hair, slanting, heavy-lidded violet eyes, alabaster skin, and a sensuous, sulky mouth, Barbara Villiers was considered to be one of the most beautiful of the Royalist women, but her lack of fortune left her with reduced marriage prospects. Her first serious
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In 1676, the Duchess travelled to Paris with her four youngest children, but returned to England four years later. Her extravagant tastes didn't lessen with time, and between 1682 and 1683 she had Nonsuch Palace pulled down and had the building materials sold off to pay gambling debts. She was
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in her own right. However, no one at court was sure if this was an indication that she was being jettisoned by Charles, or whether this was a sign that she was even higher in his favours. The dukedom was made with a special remainder which allowed it to be passed to her eldest son,
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Lady Castlemaine's influence over the King waxed and waned throughout her tenure as royal mistress. At her height, her influence was so great that she has been referred to as "The Uncrowned Queen" and she was known to assert her influence with the King over the actual Queen,
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a crowd of people at the theatre, she rushed to assist an injured child, and was the only court lady to have done so. Others described her as great fun, keeping a good table and with a heart to match her famous temper.
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reported that the customary bonfire outside Lady Castlemaine's house was left conspicuously unlit for the Queen's arrival. In point of fact, she planned to give birth to her and Charles' second child at
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before he married Barbara. She had complained of his "barbarous ill-treatment" of her after she stopped his allowance, and was eventually forced to summon the magistrates for protection.
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eventually reconciled with the King, who was seen enjoying an evening in her company a week before he died in February 1685. After his death, the 45-year-old Duchess began an affair with
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Lady Castlemaine was known for her dual nature. She was famously extravagant and promiscuous, with a renowned temper that often turned itself on the King when she was displeased. Diarist
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Of her six children, five were acknowledged by Charles as his. Charles did not believe he sired the youngest, but he was coerced into legally owning paternity by Lady Castlemaine:
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Her victory in being appointed as Lady of the Bedchamber was followed by rumours of an estrangement between her and the King, the result of his infatuation with
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to indirectly ridicule the King and his court, which made her position as royal mistress all the more precarious. In 1670 Charles II gave her the famed
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called her "the curse of the nation". She held influence over the King in her position as royal mistress and helped herself to money from the
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on every Troy pound of silver minted into coins. As a reward for her services, the King created her husband Baron Limerick and
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as well as taking bribes from the Spanish and the French, in addition to her sizable allowance from the King.
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son. It has been claimed that Roger, Lord Castlemaine, did not father any of his wife's children.
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from a wound sustained on 26 July at the storming of Bristol, while leading a brigade of
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in 1649, the impoverished Villiers family secretly transferred its loyalty to his son,
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In June 1670, Charles created her Baroness Nonsuch (as she was the owner of
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The King had taken other mistresses, the most notable being the actress
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The great lady, a biography of Barbara Villiers, mistress of Charles II
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Villiers is the protagonist in the following literary fiction novels:
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as a present from the King. She was made Countess of Castlemaine and
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Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine
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King Charles II took lower status lovers, in particular actress
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Barbara Palmer's lack of fortune limited her marriage prospects
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Barbara Palmer is often featured as a character in literature.
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In 1705, Lord Castlemaine died, and she married Major-General
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Barbara died at the age of 68 on 9 October 1709 at her home,
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She also participated in politics, combining with the future
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17 November] 1640 – 9 October 1709), was an English
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Upon the birth of her oldest son in 1662, she was appointed
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The Royal Whore: Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine
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Index

Lady Castlemaine
Duchess of Cleveland (disambiguation)
Her Grace

John Greenhill
St. Margaret's
City and Liberty of Westminster
Middlesex
Chiswick Mall
Middlesex
Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine
Robert Fielding
Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Barbara FitzRoy
William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison
Lady of the Bedchamber

William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison
née
/ˈvɪlərz/
VIL-ərz
O.S.
royal mistress
Villiers family
mistresses
Charles II of England

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