Charlotte FitzRoy, Countess of Yarmouth

Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy, Countess of Yarmouth (c.1650 – 28 July 1684) was one of the many acknowledged illegitimate children of Charles II of England.

Her mother, Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle,[1] wife of Francis Boyle (afterwards Viscount Shannon in Ireland), had been a maid of honour to Charles II's mother, Queen Henrietta Maria.

Charlotte married firstly James Howard, with whom she had a daughter, Stuarta. In 1672 she married William Paston, later the second Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the Paston family, and had issue. Both William and his father were in high favour with the Stuarts.

Charlotte FitzRoy died on 28 July 1684 in London and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 4 August 1684.

Children

With her first husband, James Howard (d. 1669), Lady Charlotte had a daughter:

Charlotte FitzRoy had at least four more children by her second husband, William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth:

See also

References

  1. David Hilliam, Monarchs, Murders and Mistresses, p. 239


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