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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709 DNB: Palmer [née Villiers], Barbara, countess of Castlemaine and suo jure duchess of Cleveland (bap. 1640, d. 1709), royal mistress LBT ID: DsCleve VIAF ID: 40616627 LOC ID: n50028639 | B/BAP: 1640-11-27 DIED: 1709-10-09 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
The daughter of William Villiers, second viscount Grandison (1614-1643) and mistress of
Charles II, who granted her the title in 1670. Her sexual adventures were detailed in
Delarivier Manley's The New Atalantis (1709). | |
