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Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy (or Fitzcharles; 1650–1684) was the illegitimate daughter of Charles II of England and Elizabeth Killigrew[1], a Maid of Honour to Charles' mother, Henrietta Maria of France. Charlotte was a niece of Thomas Killigrew and stepdaughter of Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon.
She married James Howard, a grandson of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. In 1672 she married secondly William Paston, later the 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the gentry Paston family. Paston and his father, Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, were in high favour with the Stuarts.
She died on 28 July 1684 and was interred at Westminster Abbey, London, England on 4 August 1684.
In 'King Charles II' by Antonia Fraser there's the picture of Charlotte Fitzroy (Lady Castlemaine's daughter) and it says she was Charles' favourite daughter.
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She married James Howard, a grandson of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. In 1672 she married secondly William Paston, later the 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the gentry Paston family. Paston and his father, Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, were in high favour with the Stuarts.
She died on 28 July 1684 and was interred at Westminster Abbey, London, England on 4 August 1684.
With her first husband James Howard she had a daughter:
Charlotte had four children with her second husband, William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth.
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Walden, Essex, UK
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July 28, 1684
Age 34
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August 4, 1684
Age 34
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Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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