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Villiers is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets, and peers. Peerages held by the Villiers family include the duk
Graves of the 7th (left) and 8th (right) Earls of Jersey in All Saints' parish churchyard, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, the favourite, and possibly lover, of King James VI and I.
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1640–1709), a mistress of King Charles II of England, by Sir Peter Lely
Elizabeth Villiers, mistress to King William III of England 1680-1695
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
Villiers family
…received the two dukedoms: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628) rose to fame and influence as favourite of King James I of England, while Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1640–1709) became a mistress of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children. Elizabeth Villiers was the reputed mistress of William III…
Portrait attributed to John Greenhill. Dated to no later than 1676.
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely (c. 1666)
Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, circa 1705, by Sir Godfrey Kneller