- Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland
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The Duke of Cleveland Barbara Palmer with her son Charles as the Madonna and child by Sir Peter Lely Duke of Cleveland Reign 9 October 1709 - 9 September 1730 ( 20 years, 335 days)Father Charles II of England Mother Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland Born 18 June 1662 Died 9 September 1730 (aged 68)Charles Palmer, later FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton, Chief Butler of England (18 June 1662 – 9 September 1730), styled Baron Limerick before 1670 and Earl of Southampton between 1670 and 1675, was the eldest son of Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine (née Barbara Villiers, later 1st Duchess of Cleveland) and the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and Scotland. As the putative son of Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, his nominal father, he was styled Lord Limerick from birth. His birth marked the separation of his parents; Lord Castlemaine, a Roman Catholic, had him christened into the Roman Catholic faith, but six days later the King had him re-christened into the Church of England.
In 1670, at the age of eight, he was betrothed to Mary Wood, daughter of Sir Henry Wood, Clerk of the Green Cloth, but with the proviso that the marriage be delayed until Mary turned 16. Following the death of her father, the Duchess of Cleveland more-or-less abducted Mary, with the intention of bringing her up with her own children. He had no children of this marriage but had from his second marriage to Anne Pulteney.
In 1670 he was created Duke of Southampton and upon the death of his mother in 1709 he became 2nd Duke of Cleveland, by a special remainder in the Dukedom which allowed it to pass to him, even though he was illegitimate. He died aged 68.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland 16. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 8. James I of England 17. Mary, Queen of Scots 4. Charles I of England 18. Frederick II of Denmark 9. Anne of Denmark 19. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 2. Charles II of England 20. Antoine of Navarre 10. Henry IV of France 21. Jeanne III of Navarre 5. Henrietta Maria of France 22. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 11. Marie de' Medici 23. Johanna of Austria 1. Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland 24. George Villiers 12. Edward Villiers 25. Audrey Saunders 6. William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison 26. John St. John 13. Barbara St. John 27. Lucy Hungerford 3. Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland 28. Paul Bayning 14. Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning 29. Susanna Norden 7. Mary Bayning 30. Henry Glemham 15. Anne Glemham 31. Anne Sackville Peerage of England Preceded by
Barbara PalmerDuke of Cleveland
1st creation
1709–1730Succeeded by
William FitzRoyNew creation Duke of Southampton
1st creation
1670–1730Succeeded by
William FitzRoyCategories:- 1662 births
- 1730 deaths
- House of Stuart
- Dukes of Cleveland
- Knights of the Garter
- Illegitimate children of British monarchs
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