Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland

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English noblewoman courtier duchess royal mistress

Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, was a prominent 17th-century English noblewoman best known as one of King Charles II’s most influential mistresses and the mother of several of his illegitimate children.

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Label Occurrences
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland canonical 10
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland 3
Barbara Palmer 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman ⓘ
courtier ⓘ
duchess ⓘ
royal mistress ⓘ
ageAtDeath 68 ⓘ
associatedWithPlace St James's Palace, London ⓘ
surface form: St James's Palace

Palace of Whitehall ⓘ
surface form: Whitehall Palace
birthName Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barbara Villiers
burialPlace Chiswick ⓘ
surface form: Chiswick, Middlesex
child Anne Palmer ⓘ
Barbara FitzRoy ⓘ
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland ⓘ
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield ⓘ
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
court Court of Charles II of England ⓘ
createdDuchess 1670 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1640-11-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1709-10-09 ⓘ
era Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Restoration England
familyName Villiers ⓘ
father William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison ⓘ
fullName Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
givenName Barbara ⓘ
illegitimateChildWith Charles II of England ⓘ
knownFor extravagant lifestyle ⓘ
scandals and intrigues at court ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
marriedName Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barbara Palmer
monarchServed Charles II of England ⓘ
mother Mary Bayning ⓘ
nobleFamily Villiers family ⓘ
notableFor being a mistress of King Charles II of England ⓘ
political influence at the court of Charles II ⓘ
peerage Peerage of England ⓘ
placeOfBirth Durham House, London ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chiswick ⓘ
surface form: Chiswick, Middlesex
portraitBy Peter Lely ⓘ
Godfrey Kneller ⓘ
surface form: Sir Godfrey Kneller
positionHeld Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Catherine of Braganza ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Cleveland House, London ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Robert "Beau" Fielding ⓘ
Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine ⓘ
title Countess of Castlemaine ⓘ
Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton → paternalGrandmother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton → mother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland → mother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
Court of Charles II of England → hasMember → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
Dukes of Grafton family → founderMother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
Charlotte FitzRoy → mother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Charlotte FitzRoy → associatedWith → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Grafton dukedom → firstHolderMother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
subject surface form: Dukedom of Grafton
Villiers → hasNotableBearer → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
Villiers family → notableMember → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
Villiers family → nobleTitleHeld → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchess of Cleveland
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland → fullName → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland → birthName → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbara Villiers
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland → marriedName → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbara Palmer
Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore → mother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ
subject surface form: Charlotte FitzRoy
Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore → grandmother → Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland ⓘ