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Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)
- Child of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison and Mary Bayning
- Married to Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, Robert Fielding
- Dated 27 November 1640 CE – 9 October 1709 CE
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Overview
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Life
One office on record
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What this means
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- Dates unrecorded Lady of the Bedchamber
Family
The family of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
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The family as a list · 14
Family 14
What this means
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- child of (mother) Mary Bayning Peerage person ID=105609
- child of (father) William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison Irish peer and soldier
- parent of (child) Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex English Countess
- parent of (child) Barbara FitzRoy noblewoman; British prioress
- parent of (child) Cecelia FitzRoy (1670-1759)
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parent of (mother) Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland Son of Barbara Palmer (1662-1730), Countess of Castlemaine and Charles II of England - parent of (child) Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield British noble
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parent of (mother) George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland British Army general -
parent of (mother) Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton Illegitimate son of King Charles II and English duke (1663-1690) - parent of (child) unknown son Goodman Peerage person ID=333153
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partner of Charles II of England King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1630-1685) -
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partner of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough English soldier and statesman (1650-1722) - married to Robert Fielding English bigamist and rake
- married to Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine English courtier, diplomat, and politician
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- 5 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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