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Leading Ladies

The French tradition of the royal mistress gave new opportunities for women at the court of Charles II.

Annalisa Nicholson | Published in History Today Volume 70 Issue 8 August 2020

Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland with her son, possibly Charles FitzRoy, by Peter Lely, c.1664. Philip Mould & Company/Bridgeman Images.

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