List of English royal mistresses

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This article contains a list of notable English royal mistresses.

## Henry I[edit]

* Gieva de Tracy[1]
* Ansfride (born c. 1070)[1]
* Lady Sybilla Corbet of Alcester (1077 - after 1157)[1]
* Edith FitzForne[1]
* Princess Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1073 - after 1136)[1]
* Isabel de Beaumont (c. 1102 - c. 1172)[1]

## Henry II[edit]

* Rosamund Clifford (before 1150 - c. 1176)
* Ida de Tosny was a royal ward and mistress of Henry II

## Edward III[edit]

* Alice Perrers (c. 1348 - 1400)

## Edward IV[edit]

* Jane Shore
* Elizabeth Lucy

## Henry VIII[edit]

Main article: Mistresses of Henry VIII

* 1515–1520 : Bessie Blount (c.1501 - 1540), mother of his only acknowledged illegitimate child, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
* 1520–1523 : Mary Boleyn (c.1499 - 1543), sister of his second wife, Anne, cousin of his fifth wife Catherine Howard and mother of Henry VIII's alleged children, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys
* 1535–1535 : Mary Shelton (c.1512 - c.1571), mistress during his marriage to her cousin, Anne Boleyn
* Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon (c.1483 - 1544), who was prosecuted for adultery in 1527

## Charles II[edit]

The royal mistress Louise de Kérouaille was presented with precious coral and pearls by an enslaved African child to emphasise her wealth and social standing. Painting by Pierre Mignard, 1682.

* Lucy Walter (c. 1630 - 1658)
* Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640 - 1709)
* Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649 - 1734)
* Hortense Mancini (1646 - 1699)
* Nell Gwyn (c. 1650 - 1687)
* Moll Davis
* Winifred Wells
* Jane Roberts
* Mrs. Knight
* Mary Bagot, widow of Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth
* Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon
* Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare
* Catherine Pegge (b. 1635)

## James II[edit]

* Anne Hyde (later his wife)
* Arabella Churchill (1648 - 1730)
* Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 - 1717)
* Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (rumoured)

## William III[edit]

* Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney (c. 1657 - 1733) (rumoured)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f Ashdown-Hill 2013, p. v.

## Sources[edit]

* Ashdown-Hill, John (2013). Royal Marriage Secrets: Consorts and Concubines, Bigamists and Bastards. The History Press.

## See also[edit]

* List of Scottish royal mistresses
* List of Swedish royal mistresses