Lady Barbara FitzRoy

Lady Barbara FitzRoy
Born(1672-07-16)16 July 1672
Cleveland House, London
Died6 May 1737(1737-05-06) (aged 64)
Priory of St. Nicholas, Pontoise
NationalityEnglish
ChildrenCharles Hamilton
(illegitimate)
Parent(s)Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Charles II of England (possible father)

Lady Barbara FitzRoy (16 July 1672 – 6 May 1737), was the sixth and youngest child of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, a mistress of Charles II of England. Charles never publicly acknowledged her as his child, as he was probably not the father.[1] She became a Benedictine nun, known as Benedite.

  1. ^ Fraser, Antonia (1979), King Charles II, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, pp. 65, 286, ISBN 0-297-77571-5