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Personal data Lady Charlotte Fitzroy 

• She was born on September 5, 1664.

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (15) when child (Charles Lee of Lichfield) was born (May 6, 1680) .

• She died on February 17, 1716/1717, she was 51 years old.
• A child of Charles II King of England and Barbara Villiers
• This information was last updated on March 29, 2023.

Household of Lady Charlotte Fitzroy

She has/had a relationship with Edward Henry Lee 1st of Lichfield.

Child(ren):

1. George Henry Lee 2nd Earl of Lichfield   
2. Lady Barbara Lee of Lichfield  
3. Lord Charles Lee of Lichfield  
4. Lord Fitzroy Heny Lee of Lichfield  
5. Lady Charlotte Lee of Lichfield  
6. Charles Lee of Lichfield  1680-1680
7. Lord Edward Henry Lee of Lichfield  1681-1713
8. Lord James Lee of Lichfield  
9. Robert Lee,4th Earl of Lichfield  1706-1776
10. Lady Anne Lee of Lichfield  

Notes about Lady Charlotte Fitzroy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Lee,_Countess_of_Lichfield

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Charlotte Fitzroy
Countess of Lichfield
Lady Lee, of Quarendon
Charlotte Fitzroy.jpg
Charlotte Fitzroy, Countess of Lichfield
Born5 September 1664
Died17 February 1718 (aged 53)
Noble familyStuart
Spouse(s)Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield

​(m. 1677; died 1716)
IssueCharlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore
Charles Lee, Viscount Quarendon
Edward Lee, Viscount Quarendon
Captain Hon. James Lee
Hon. Francis Lee
Lady Anne Morgan
Hon. Charles Lee
George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield
Hon. Francis Henry Fitzroy Lee
Lady Elizabeth Young
Barbara Browne, Lady Browne
Lady Mary Lee
Hon. Fitzroy Lee
Hon. FitzRoy Henry Lee
Hon. William Lee
Hon. Thomas Lee
Hon. John Lee
Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield
FatherCharles II of England
MotherBarbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (5 September 1664 – 17 February 1718), formerly Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England by one of his best known mistresses, Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Known for her beauty, Charlotte was married at age 12 to her husband, Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, with whom she had a large family.

Early life

Charlotte Fitzroy as a child, painted by Peter Lely.

Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, painted by Godfrey Kneller.
Charlotte Lee was born Charlotte Fitzroy, on 5 September 1664,[1] the fourth child and second daughter of Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine, the only child of the Royalist commander William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison. She was placed in the care of a governess in Berkshire House. [1]

Charlotte Fitzroy's mother had separated from her husband Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, but was still married to him. Castlemaine did not father any of his wife's children; Charlotte and her siblings were the illegitimate offspring of their mother's royal lover, Charles II. The king acknowledged his daughter and so she bore the surname of Fitzroy – "child of the King".

The diarist Samuel Pepys noted that the child would likely have good marriage prospects: "my Lady Castlemayne [Barbara Villiers] will in merriment say that her daughter (not above a year old or two) will be the first mayde in the Court that will be married…" [2]

Charlotte was the favourite niece of James, Duke of York, younger brother of Charles II, who would later reign as King James II. The historian John Heneage Jesse wrote of Charlotte Fitzroy: "we know but little of her except that she was beautiful."[3] As a child, Charlotte was painted by the court painter Sir Peter Lely, Charles II's Principal Painter in Ordinary, in which she is seated with her Indian page, holding a bunch of grapes and dressed in pink silk. Today, the painting hangs in the York Art Gallery.

The art historian Anna Brownell Jameson described Charlotte Fitzroy as having "rivaled her mother in beauty, but was far unlike her in every other respect."[4]

It appears that Charles II was a loving father. In 1682 he wrote to Charlotte: "I must tell you I am glad to hear you are with child, and I hope to see you here before it be long, that I may have the satisfaction myself of telling you how much I love you, and how truly I am your kind father, Charles Rex".[5]

Marriage and children

Charlotte Fitzroy and her husband Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, as children, painted by Peter Lely.
On 16 May 1674, before her tenth birthday, Lady Charlotte was contracted to marry Sir Edward Lee, and they were married on 6 February 1677, in her thirteenth year. When Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennox, died in 1673, Sir Edward was created Earl of Lichfield. Charlotte's dowry was agreed at £18,000, and her husband was awarded a pension of £2,000 per year. [6]

Together they had eighteen children:

Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore (13 March 1678 (Old Style) – 22 January 1721),
(1) Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, by whom she had six children.
(2) Christopher Crowe, Consul of Leghorn, by whom she had four children.
Charles Lee, Viscount Quarendon (6 May 1680 – 13 October 1680).
Edward Henry Lee, Viscount Quarendon (6 June 1681 – 21 October 1713).
Captain Hon. James Lee (13 November 1681 – 1711).
The Hon. Francis Lee (14 February 1685).
Lady Anne Lee (29 June 1686 – d. 1716?), married N Morgan.
The Hon. Charles Lee (5 June 1688 – 3 January 1708).
George Henry Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (12 March 1690 – 15 February 1743).
The Hon. Francis Henry Fitzroy Lee (10 September 1692 – died 1730).
Lady Elizabeth Lee (26 May 1693 – 29 January 1741). Married:
(1) Francis Lee, a cousin. Had one son and two daughters, the eldest of whom, Elisabeth (d. 1736 at Lyon) married Henry Temple, son of the 1st Viscount Palmerston.
(2) Edward Young, in 1731, author of the Night Thoughts, by whom she had one son. It is said that he never recovered from Elizabeth's death.
Lady Barbara Lee (3 March 1695 – d. aft. 1729), married Sir George Browne, 3rd Baronet of Kiddington.
Lady Mary Isabella Lee (6 September 1697 – 28 December 1697).
The Hon. Fitzroy Lee (10 May 1698 – died young).
Vice Admiral Hon. FitzRoy Henry Lee (2 January 1700 – April 1751), Commodore Governor of Newfoundland.
The Hon. William Lee (24 June 1701 – died young).
The Hon. Thomas Lee (25 August 1703 – died young).
The Hon. John Lee (3 December 1704 – died young).
Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield (3 July 1706 – 3 November 1776).
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
16. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
8. James I of England
17. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. Charles I of England
18. Frederick II of Denmark
9. Anne of Denmark
19. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
2. Charles II of England
20. Antoine of Navarre
10. Henry IV of France
21. Jeanne III of Navarre
5. Henrietta Maria of France
22. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
11. Marie de' Medici
23. Johanna of Austria
1. Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
24. George Villiers
12. Edward Villiers
25. Audrey Saunders
6. William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison
26. John St. John
13. Barbara St. John
27. Lucy Hungerford
3. Barbara Villiers
28. Paul Bayning
14. Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning
29. Susanna Norden
7. Mary Bayning
30. Henry Glemham
15. Anne Glemham
31. Anne Sackville
Death and legacy
Charlotte Lee died on 17 February 1718, aged 53, and was buried in All Saints Churchyard in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England.

A building was constructed right next to her house that would eventually be known as 10 Downing Street.[7]

References
Andrews, Allen (1970). The Royal Whore: Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine. Chilton Book Company. ISBN 0-8019-5525-4.
Jameson, Anna (1833). The Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second: A Series of Memoirs Biographical and Critical. Henry G Bohn, York St, Covent Garden, London.
Jesse, John (1855). Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts.
Notes
Andrews, p.216
[1] Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 21 February 1664/1665 Retrieved 2 October 2018
Jesse, page 171
Jameson page 82
Letter to of Charles II to his daughter, Countess of Lichfield, Whitehall, 20 October 1682. Archeologia, London, Vol LVII, Pt 1, p176
Andrews, p.120
"10 Downing Street". gov.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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