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(1) She is married to Charles II Stuart.

They got married about 1661 at Not Married.

They were never married, and thus the children could not make a legitimate claim to the throne.  However, the sons were given substantial titles.

Child(ren):

  1. Charles [illegitimate] Fitzroy  1662-1730 
  2. Henry [illegitimate] Fitzroy  1663-1690 
  3. George [illegitimate] Fitzroy  1665-1716
  4. Charlotte [illegitimate] Fitzroy  1664-1717 
  5. Anne [illegitimate] Palmer  1661-1722 
  6. Barbara [illegitimate] Fitzroy  1672-1737 


(2) She is married to Roger Palmer.

They got married on April 14, 1659, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Anne [illegitimate] Palmer  1661-1722 


Notes about Barbara de Villiers Duchess of Cleveland; dau of William Villiers, 2nd

dau of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison)

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i. Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (d 09.10.1709) m. (14.04.1659) Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine (bpt 04.09.1634, d 28.07.1705) p. Charles Stuart, King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland (b 29.05.1630, d 06.02.1685)

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She was also known as Barbara Palmer; Lady Castelmaine; Countess of Castelmaine; Duchess of Cleveland. She converted to Catholicism from Anglicanism. Charles met her just before the Restoration in 1660; she was 19 years old. She was already married to Roger Palmer who was happy to trade her for the title of Earl of Castlemaine. Although a great beauty with a wistful expression she had an evil temper and it was a wonder that the King tolerated her hectoring ways and notorious amours for 6 years. She is described as "the lewdest as well as the fairest of King Charles' concubines."  She had 6 children, 5 of whom King Charles legally acknowledged while admitting that the odds were against the likelihood that they were all his own. She was a termagant (violent, quarreling, scolding woman). Charles was little concerned over her infidelities but mocked them. When she took up with the handsome John Churchill, the future Duke of Marlborough, and Charles found them together in Barbara's apartments, he said to Churchill, 'Go, you are a rascal, but I forgive you because you do it to get a living.' Lady Castelmaine could not stand the King's sarcasm. She told him once that it very ill became him to reproach the one woman in England who least deserved it; that he never ceased to pick quarrels with her since his low tastes had first declared themselves; that to gratify his base desires he needed only stupid geese like Stuart and Wells and that little slut of an actress [Nell Gwyn] he had recently taken up with. Floods of angry tears accompanied these storms; after which, taking on the part of Medea, 'she would close the scene by threatening to massacre her children and burn the palace over his head'.  Her great mistake was to insult Queen Catherine. This was something that Charles, who was genuinely fond of his wife, would not tolerate. With his usual generosity he pensioned her off and created her Duchess of Cleveland.

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  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1640: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 5 » King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
    • August 28 » Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
    • October 26 » The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles.
    • December 1 » End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.
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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1659: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 6 » English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
    • May 21 » In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end.
    • May 25 » Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
    • June 29 » At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
    • November 10 » Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.
    • December 28 » The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1709: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
    • June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
    • July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
    • August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
    • August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
    • September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1709: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
    • June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
    • July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
    • August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
    • August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
    • September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.


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