Anastasia Robinson
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Anastasia Robinson, later known as Anastasia, Countess of Peterborough, was an English soprano, later contralto, of the Baroque era. As a performer, she is best remembered for her association with the
Anastasia Robinson seated at the harpsichord, proof for 1727 mezzotint by John Faber the Younger after 1723 painting by John Vanderbank, British Museum
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, was a British army officer and Whig politician. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heires
Anastasia Robinson
…and Cornelia in Giulio Cesare (1724). Robinson's late career was overshadowed by a scandal in February 1724 involving the Italian castrato Senesino and Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough. Having secretly married the Earl in c. 1722–1723, Robinson was widely believed to be the Earl's mistress at the time of the scandal when she was in…
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Charles Mordaunt succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Mordaunt in 1675.
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