Palmer [née Villiers], Barbara (1641-1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland

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Palmer [née Villiers], Barbara (1641-1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland

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  • Barbara Villiers
  • Duchess of Cleveland
  • Countess of Castlemaine

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1641-1709

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Daughter of the 2nd Viscount Grandison, married Roger Palmer, 1659, later Earl of Castlemaine. Barbara Palmer was one of the loveliest ladies of the Court (so Pepys thought), but she was also one of the most promiscuous. She was mistress to the King, c 1... »

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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