Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn

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Eleanor Gwyn

Also Known As: "Nell Gwynne", "Mistress"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Convent Gardens, Kensington, Greater London, United Kingdom
Death: November 14, 1687 (37)
Pall Mall, London, Greater London, United Kingdom (2 strokes)
Place of Burial: St. Martin's Place, London, Middlesex, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Gwyn and Helen / Eleanor "Old Madam" Smith
Partner of Charles II of England
Mother of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans; James, Lord Beauclerk; <Private> Stuart and Lady Barbara Fitzroy, Prioress of St. Nicholas de Pontoise

Occupation: Actress, alleged prostitute
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About Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn

Wikipedia: English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Gwynne


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Gwynne


Eleanor Gwynne1

F, #105035, b. 1650, d. 14 November 1687

    Eleanor Gwynne was born in 1650.1 She was the daughter of Thomas Gwynne and Eleanor (?).1 She died on 14 November 1687.

Eleanor Gwynne also went by the nick-name of Nell.1 She and Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain were associated.
Children of Eleanor Gwynne and Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain

Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans+ b. 8 May 1670, d. 11 May 1726

James Beauclerk, Lord Beauclerk b. 25 Dec 1671, d. c Sep 1680

Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 257. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

[S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."



Eleanor Gwynne1 F, #105035, b. 1650, d. 14 November 1687

Last Edited=1 Mar 2011

Nell Gwynne by Mary Beale, 1675 2

    Eleanor Gwynne was born in 1650.1 She was the daughter of Thomas Gwynne and Eleanor (?).1 She died on 14 November 1687.
    Eleanor Gwynne also went by the nick-name of Nell.1 She and Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain were associated. Children of Eleanor Gwynne and Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans+3 b. 8 May 1670, d. 11 May 1726 James Beauclerk, Lord Beauclerk3 b. 25 Dec 1671, d. c Sep 1680 Citations [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 257. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family. [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family." [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 32. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.

* Notes: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15201653&pid...

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Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn's Timeline

1650
February 1650
Convent Gardens, Kensington, Greater London, United Kingdom
1670
May 8, 1670
Lincoln's Inn Fields, Westminster, Middlesex,, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1671
December 25, 1671
Pall Mall, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1672
July 16, 1672
Cleveland House (Present Bridgewater House, 14 Cleveland Row), City of Westminster, Middlesex, England
1687
November 14, 1687
Age 37
Pall Mall, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, St. Martin's Place, London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)