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Frances Stuart
(1647-1702)
Other names: Frances Teresa[F76],
'La Belle Stuart'[F76]
Positions Held
Lady of the bedchamber to the queen 1668[F76]
Maid of honour to the queen, 1663[F76]
Biographical
Brought up in France and returned to England in 1663 to be maid-of-honour
to the queen.[F76]
The model for John Roettier's figure of Britannia, 1667.[F76]
Left London to elope from with the Duke of Richmond, 1667, which infuriated
Charles II once the marriage was revealed.[F76]
After a smallpox affliction, she was reconciled with the king and returned
to court to become his mistress, 1668.[F76]
Resigned her claim to the Aubigny estate in France, 1677.[F76]
Present at the coronation of Queen Anne, 1702.[F76]
Place of burial: Westminster Abbey[F76] |
