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[[Image:Sarah Churchill and Lady Fitzharding.jpg|thumb|right|Barbara (left) playing cards with her closest friend, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, by Sir [[Godfrey Kneller]], c. 1702<ref>Field, |
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'''Barbara Villiers''' (c. 1654 - 19 September 1708) was a [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Anne of Great Britain]] and governess to [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]]<ref>''Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph'', Harvard University. 32044012939096X, p. 3.</ref>. Her sister, [[Elizabeth Villiers]] (later Countess of Orkney) was the acknowledged mistress of [[William III of England]] from 1680 to 1695. |
'''Barbara Villiers''' (c. 1654 - 19 September 1708) was a [[lady-in-waiting]] to Queen [[Anne of Great Britain]] and governess to [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]]<ref>''Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph'', Harvard University. 32044012939096X, p. 3.</ref>. Her sister, [[Elizabeth Villiers]] (later Countess of Orkney) was the acknowledged mistress of [[William III of England]] from 1680 to 1695. |
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Born to [[Edward Villiers (1620–1689)|Colonel Sir Edward Villiers]] of [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] and Lady Frances Howard (a descendant of [[John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk]]), Barbara became a maid-of-honor to the princesses of York before [[Mary II of England|Mary]] married William in 1677. Instead of accompanying her sisters Anne, Katherine, and Elizabeth to [[The Hague]], Barbara remained in England to join Anne's household, attracting the companionship of [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]], and invoking a sense of jealousy and rage within their royal mistress |
Born to [[Edward Villiers (1620–1689)|Colonel Sir Edward Villiers]] of [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] and Lady Frances Howard (a descendant of [[John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk]]), Barbara became a maid-of-honor to the princesses of York before [[Mary II of England|Mary]] married William in 1677. |
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Instead of accompanying her sisters Anne, Katherine, and Elizabeth to [[The Hague]], Barbara remained in England to join Anne's household, attracting the companionship of [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]], and invoking a sense of jealousy and rage within their royal mistress, Queen Anne.<ref name="FIELD"/> Naturally ambitious like the rest of her family, Barbara mixed scintillating wit with devious deception in order to promote dissatisfaction against the Churchills, who came to abhor the reign of [[William and Mary]] (1689–1702). |
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Barbara was thought to be a secret [[Jacobinism|Jacobite]]. |
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==Issue== |
==Issue== |
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Barbara married John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven (1650 - 19 December 1712). They had two daughters, neither of which inherited their father's title: |
Barbara married John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven (1650 - 19 December 1712). They had two daughters, neither of which inherited their father's title: |
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* Hon. Frances Berkeley married Sir Thomas Clarges, 2nd Bt. before 1721. They had 2 children.<ref>John Evelyn |
* Hon. Frances Berkeley married Sir Thomas Clarges, 2nd Bt. before 1721. They had 2 children.<ref name="BURKE">Burke, John Evelyn. ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1''. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832, p. 287.</ref> |
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* Hon. Mary Berkeley (bef. 1671 - 3 June 1741) married [[Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd| Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven ]] on 27 May 1703 in [[St. Martin-in-the-Fields]] in Church, Covent Garden, London. She was a [[maid of honor]] to [[Anne of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]. No issue.<ref |
* Hon. Mary Berkeley (bef. 1671 - 3 June 1741) married [[Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd| Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven ]] on 27 May 1703 in [[St. Martin-in-the-Fields]] in Church, Covent Garden, London. She was a [[maid of honor]] to [[Anne of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]. No issue.<ref name="BURKE"/> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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==Further reading== |
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* Hamilton, Elizabeth. ''The illustrious lady: A biography of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland'' Readers Union, 1981. (ASIN: B0007B1JXY) |
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==References== |
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* Field, Ophelia. ''The Favourite: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough''. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. (ISBN 0-340-76808-8) |
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*John Burke. ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1''. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832. |
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[[Image:Sarah Churchill and Lady Fitzharding.jpg|thumb|right|Barbara (left) playing cards with her closest friend, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1702[1]
Barbara Villiers (c. 1654 - 19 September 1708) was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne of Great Britain and governess to Prince William, Duke of Gloucester[2]. Her sister, Elizabeth Villiers (later Countess of Orkney) was the acknowledged mistress of William III of England from 1680 to 1695.
Born to Colonel Sir Edward Villiers of Richmond and Lady Frances Howard (a descendant of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk), Barbara became a maid-of-honor to the princesses of York before Mary married William in 1677.
Instead of accompanying her sisters Anne, Katherine, and Elizabeth to The Hague, Barbara remained in England to join Anne's household, attracting the companionship of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, and invoking a sense of jealousy and rage within their royal mistress, Queen Anne.[1] Naturally ambitious like the rest of her family, Barbara mixed scintillating wit with devious deception in order to promote dissatisfaction against the Churchills, who came to abhor the reign of William and Mary (1689–1702).
Barbara was thought to be a secret Jacobite.
Issue
Barbara married John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven (1650 - 19 December 1712). They had two daughters, neither of which inherited their father's title:
- Hon. Frances Berkeley married Sir Thomas Clarges, 2nd Bt. before 1721. They had 2 children.[3]
- Hon. Mary Berkeley (bef. 1671 - 3 June 1741) married Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven on 27 May 1703 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Church, Covent Garden, London. She was a maid of honor to Queen Anne. No issue.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Field, Ophelia. The Favourite: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. (ISBN 0-340-76808-8), pp. ix and 73.
- ^ Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph, Harvard University. 32044012939096X, p. 3.
- ^ a b Burke, John Evelyn. A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832, p. 287.
Further reading
- Hamilton, Elizabeth. The illustrious lady: A biography of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland Readers Union, 1981. (ASIN: B0007B1JXY)