BarbaraPalmer, 1stDuchess of Cleveland [1] (November 1640–9 October 1709) was a royal courtesan and one of the most notorious of King Charles II's mistresses.
She was born Barbara Villiers, the only child of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison (making her a cousin of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham), and the heiress Mary Bayning.
In December 1663Barbara announced her conversion to Catholicism, possibly in an attempt to consolidate her position with the King.
Barbara met King Charles II at the Hague in 1659, and accompanied him to England the next year - the King spent the first night of his return to the country in her company.
Barbara was, says Pepys: "removed as to her bed, from her own home to a chamber in Whitehall next to the King's own, which I am sorry to hear."
His marriage to Barbara Villiers was annulled and he returned to Scotland with the said Mary, and remained there until his death in 1712.
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Through the Mounts, he is related to many British aristocratic families, being descended from the 7th Earl of Denbigh, the 1st Earl of Ducie, the 1st Earl of Carnarvon, the 2nd Earl of Egremont, the 6th Duke of Somerset and the 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, as discussed here.
He is also a descendant of the 1st Marquess of Montrose, as well as of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia, the daughter of King James I.
His wife is a descendant of King Charles II and BarbaraPalmer, 1stDuchess of Cleveland, as well a descendant of King Charles II via his daughter by Moll Davies.
George Palmer, the king at this time not admitting the paternity of her second son See also:
The first husband of the duchess, Roger Palmer, earl of Castlemaine (1634–1705), diplomatist and author, was an ardent Roman Catholic, who defended his co-religionists in several publications.
The duke was succeeded in the title in turn by three of his sons, who all died without male issue; and consequently when Harry George, the 4th duke, died in 1891 the title again became extinct.
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, brokered his release in exchange for Defoe's co-operation as an intelligence agent.
In despair he wrote to William Paterson, the London Scot, and founder of the Bank of England and part instigator of the Darién scheme, who was in the confidence of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, leading Minister and spymaster in the English Government.
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The Dukedom of Southampton has not been created again.The Dukedom of Cleveland was created again in 1833 for the third Earl of Darlington, along with the title Baron Raby.
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HIS FATHER WAS THE THIRD SON OF CHARLES FITZROY, 2ND DUKE OF GRAFTON AND LADY HENRIETTA SOMERSET, WHICH MADE FITZROY A GREAT-GRANDSON OF BOTH HENRY FITZROY, 1STDUKE OF GRAFTON AND THE CHARLES SOMERSET, MARQUESS OF WORCESTER.
HE WAS NOTABLY A FOURTH-GENERATION DESCENDANT OF KING CHARLES II AND BARBARAPALMER, 1STDUCHESS OF CLEVELAND.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WAS CHARLES FITZROY, 1ST BARON SOUTHAMPTON.
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THROUGH THE MOUNTS, HE IS RELATED TO MANY BRITISH ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES, BEING DESCENDED FROM THE 7TH EARL OF DENBIGH, THE 1ST EARL OF DUCIE, THE 1ST EARL OF CARNARVON, THE 2ND EARL OF EGREMONT, THE 6TH DUKE OF SOMERSET AND THE 2ND EARL OF SHREWSBURY[CITATION NEEDED].
HE IS ALSO A DESCENDANT OF THE 1ST MARQUESS OF MONTROSE, AS WELL AS OF FREDERICK V, ELECTOR PALATINE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA, THE DAUGHTER OF KING JAMES I. Oh, Cameron
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