Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond
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Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia.
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Frances Stewart wearing a buff coat by Jacob Huysmans![Reverse of a medal commissioned by Charles II from John Roettiers commemorating the 1667 end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War with the Peace of Breda, showing Britannia bareheaded with spear and Union Flag shield, marked: .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}favente Deo ("with God favouring")[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Jan_Roettiers%2C_Armed_Britannia_Surveying_Her_Navies_%28reverse%29%2C_1667%2C_NGA_108156.jpg/1280px-Jan_Roettiers%2C_Armed_Britannia_Surveying_Her_Navies_%28reverse%29%2C_1667%2C_NGA_108156.jpg)
Reverse of a medal commissioned by Charles II from John Roettiers commemorating the 1667 end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War with the Peace of Breda, showing Britannia bareheaded with spear and Union Flag shield, marked: .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}favente Deo ("with God favouring")[8]In their orbit 4
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Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia. She is one of the Windsor Beauties painted by Sir Peter Lely.
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