Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
✓ Source-basedstableEnglish royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)
United KingdomLived 1640 to 1709 · aged 68Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 5
In their orbit 12
About this person
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. Barbara was the subject of many portraits, in particular by court painter Sir Peter Lely.
United KingdomFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.