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Barbara Palmer, duchess of Cleveland [née Villiers]
(1640-1709)

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).
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