Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, formerly Lady Charlotte FitzRoy, was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England by one of his best known mistresses, Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of
Charlotte Fitzroy, Countess of Lichfield
Charlotte as a child painted by Peter Lely (ca. 1672)
Charlotte Fitzroy and her husband Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, as children, painted by Peter Lely.
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, painted by Godfrey Kneller.
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of Engl
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
…17 February 1718), formerly Lady Charlotte FitzRoy, was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England by one of his best known mistresses, Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Known for her beauty, Charlotte was married at age 12 to her husband, Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, with whom she had a large family…
Portrait attributed to John Greenhill. Dated to no later than 1676.
Barbara Palmer's lack of fortune limited her marriage prospects
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely (c. 1666)
Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, circa 1705, by Sir Godfrey Kneller